ISBN 978-3-658-01193-2
Springer Vieweg, Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden, 1913
848 pages, 1507 illustrations
Price: EUR 99
This book has been realised with the help of 76 contributors. It provides a comprehensive history of coachbuilding. There's a separate chapter for biographies of major German automotive designers and there's a directory of German coachbuilders, spanning 400 pages.
Plus:
- comprehensive
- well-researched and offers further reading for many entries
- lots of pictures
Negative:
- only carriages and passenger cars (no trucks, buses etc)
- silly format. This is a hardcover book, which looks like a technical, a scientific tome. But it is also a car history book. It looks strange - to me
- Only small and b&w photos. There's no color illustration at all. And even the best-looking cars are featured in tiny images. At the price at least a 10-page color selection would have been warmly welcomed.
All in all, highly recommended. I can get get a copy for about EUR 90, if you are interested
