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First Gear

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

First Gear

By Keith Ray

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About the book

What was the first real `automobile'? And what actually constitutes an automobile, anyway?SUCH questions are not easy to answer, but Keith Ray has embraced the challenge and compiled a myth-busting book packed with fascinating facts. Ranging from the `firsts' in motoring technology such as the disc brake, fuel injection and four-wheel drive, through the legislation that brought in the driving test, speed limit and first conviction, all the way to the first roundabout, dual carriageway, motorway,...Show more

Road and motor vehicles: general interest

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ISBN

9780750988162

Publisher

The History Press Ltd

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

First Gear

Format

Paperback

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