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Colin Chapman - Inside the Innovator(Rating: 5)
For anybody who is interested in the ideas and technology behind the greatest innovations in motor sport, this book is for you. Packed full of images and technical drawings, this is a masterpiece of the highest calibre. The insight into the origin of aerodynamics for one is unparalleled. This combined with many other fascinating areas of racing car design makes this book 400 pages of essential reading.

Carl Gilkeson.

Needs an Editor(Rating: 4)
This book deals with Colin Chapman's contributions to automotive technology by way of a series of themed chapters - concepts, engines, transmissions, suspensions, structures, aerodynamics etc. The book is very comprehensive as you'd expect from Karl Ludvigsen and initially I was very impressed. But as the book wore on (and it is a big book)I felt that the same ground was being covered again and again, albeit with a slightly different focus each time around. I don't know how Karl writes so many big books but I suspect that he has a team of researchers/helpers on hand to get all the material marshalled together. I felt that the book could have been improved with a bit of editing.