{"title":"Oxford Diecast and the brands it distributes","description":"Oxford Diecast is a British company which manufactures a large range of items under it own brands - Oxford Diecast, Oxford Rail and Oxford Figurines. It also distributes other brands such as Welly, Cararama and Auto Review books.","products":[{"product_id":"sets-5-piece-land-rover-classic-set-76set49","title":"5 Piece Land Rover Classic Set - 1:76 Scale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e76LAN180001Land Rover Series I 80 inches Canvas Back - Sage Green \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHUE 166 is one of the iconic 'originals' which has been so popular when issued as a single model. Here it comes again with its delicate sage green body and sand coloured canvas effect to the back. The interior is grey and the chassis is silver. 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There's lots of black satin trim to the exterior, a variation from the norm, while the interior is finished in black and beige and the distinctive wheel trims are silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDimensions and Weights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked: 22.7cm x 9.2cm x 4.9cm ( L x W x H )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnpacked: 20.3cm x 6.2cm x 2.5cm ( L x W x H )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eExcludes shipping carton\u003ch6\u003e\u003ch2\u003eScale\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cp\u003e1:76 scale means that this is 76 times smaller than the full sized vehicle(s)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a much more detailed explanation of scale and the history please follow \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.oxforddiecast.co.uk\/blogs\/news-1\/a-question-of-scale\" title=\"All about scale\"\u003ethis link\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OXFORD DIECAST","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183242387611,"sku":"76SET49","price":39.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/76SET49_d0836460-158a-4ac9-8bb5-4b8deb364b35.jpg?v=1668162763"},{"product_id":"sets-5-piece-land-rover-set-76set55","title":"5 Piece Land Rover Set-1:76 Scale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e76SET55 - 5 Piece Land Rover Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Land Rover gathering brings together five of the vehicle's varied configurations across the years in equally interesting colour schemes, making for a very desirable set:-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e76LR3S005 Land Rover Series III\u003c\/strong\u003e is a short wheelbase model registered SLA 215L in the vehicle's Bronze Green colour scheme to the body and cream hard back upper section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e76LRDF008AD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Rover Defender 90 Station Wagon\u003c\/strong\u003e comes in Phoenix Orange and black with roof rack, registered VK15 NEJ, representing their contemporary and special edition Adventure vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e76LAN18001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Land Rover 80 inches Canvas Back\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the iconic 'originals', registered HUE 166. 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BMAC intended to licence-build Sikorsky S-42 flying boats in Hamble. That project collapsed, so Folland acquired the firm and renamed it Folland Aircraft Ltd. In 1939-42 Gloster built Hurricanes for its parent company, Hawker, but in 1940 a contract was awarded to build Britain's first jet fighter, its engine designed by Frank Whittle. The E.28\/39, which first flew in 1941, led to the twin-engined Meteor, the only jet used in combat by the Allies in the Second World War. The delta-wing Javelin of 1952 was the last Gloster aircraft design to be built. At this point we look at Saunders-Roe, formed In 1929, when A V Roe left the Avro aircraft company he had founded and with John Lord he took a controlling interest in the famous Isle of Wight boat-builders S E Saunders (see Auto Review 44: Fast Boats). The firm was renamed Saunders-Roe (Saro) and produced flying boats in the 1930s, combining Sam Saunders' hull technology with Roe's aviation expertise. After a number of ill-fated designs, including the enormous Princess flying boat, in 1951 Saro took over the Cierva Autogiro Co and went on to produce the Skeeter helicopter. In 1959 Saro built the SR.N1, the first practical hovercraft, for the NRDC. Also in 1959 Westland took over Saro's helicopter and hovercraft activities. After the Second World war, Saro had turned its Beaumaris flying boat factory to bus body manufacture. This became very successful, many buses being built there. In later years the plant was used by Cammell Laird to produce refuse collection vehicles, and by MCW for more bus bodies. Laird military vehicles, including the Centaur, were built at Beaumaris, before the plant was acquired by the German Faun concern. Back in Gloucestershire, at the turn of the 1970s Hawker Siddeley Group merged Gloster with Saro, to make fire appliances and tanker bodies. Gloster-Saro was based at the Gloster Hucclecote plant. 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During his short life (he died at only 55) Vincenzo produced a stream of unique designs, among which notable masterpieces included the Lambda and the Aprilia. After his death his widow and son took over the company, but they had to sell it to a cement tycoon called Pesenti. He was also unable to make a profit, selling out in 1969 to Fiat, who maintained the unique ethos of the marque. Lancia; The very name evokes a finely-honed hand-crafted creation, a sleek, sharp lance. To quote Autocar magazine; 'One of the magic names in the enthusiast's dictionary of cars that matter'. On another occasion the same magazine stated that 'Lancia appeal owes a lot to the undoubted mystique and kudos of the name, but it is backed up by typically Italian qualities and generally sound engineering'. Among countless other quotes, in 1966 Bill Boddy declared in Motor Sport that 'Lancia of Turin have never made a really bad car'. Could this claim be made of any other car manufacturer in 1966? Many British car enthusiasts had a soft spot for the Lancia marque, so it was a disappointment when Lancia withdrew from the UK market after an over-reaction in the popular press to a corrosion problem with the poor quality steel specified by Fiat for the new Beta. Fiat compensated all Beta owners affected, but the damage was done. Interesting Lancia cars and commercial vehicles continued to be made, but in 2014 it was announced that the Lancia brand would only be applied to certain cars sold in Italy.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183240388763,"sku":"AR101","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR101.jpg?v=1668162806"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-eastbloc-cars-ar102","title":"Auto Review AR102 Cars from the Eastbloc by Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThe 'Eastbloc' of the Comecon countries was created after the Second World War, and lasted for around 45 years. From 1989 to 1992 the Iron Curtain gradually rusted away, the Berlin Wall fell, and we witnessed the democratisation of many of the states which had previously been under Soviet control. Thus the period during which car production had been centrally controlled and severely constrained came to an end. During those years, 1945 to around 1990, East European engineers struggled to produce cars, in the face of political interference, economic hardship and shortages of materials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the period covered by this book, many western countries set up modern auto plants in the former Comecon countries. In this publication we show what cars were produced in those countries while they were still part of the 'Eastbloc'. Marques and models covered include Skoda, Tatra, Aero, Jawa, Walter, Praga, Velorex, 'Z', EMW, IFA, AWZ, Trabant, Horch, Barkas, Sachsenring, Wartburg, Framo, Robur, Melkus, FSO Wrszawa, Syrena, Polski Fiat, Polonez, Tarpan, Zastava,ARO, Dacia, Oltcit, Russo-Baltique, Riga Auto Factory, NAMI, GAZ, Uaz, Zis, Zil, Zim, Pobeida, Chaika, Volga, Moskvih, Izh. Vaz, Lada, Samara, Niva, Volin and Zaporozhets.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183240323227,"sku":"AR102","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR102.jpg?v=1668162809"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-australian-cars-ar104","title":"Auto Review AR104 Australian Cars by Paul Nieuwenhuis","description":"\u003cspan\u003eNot just Holdens, Fords and Chryslers; also covered here are Australian cars built by BMC, Leyland, Hartnett, Vauxhall, Mitsubishi, VW, Standard-Triumph, Rootes, Datsun, Toyota, Ascort, Bolwell, Buckle, Lightburn, Elfin, Purvis, Ilinga, Toohey, Gvang, and many more. Paul Nieuwenhuis is a director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University in Wales, and in this capacity he has had dealings with car companies and governments around the world, including Australia. He first became aware of Australian cars through Dinky's Holden EJ model of the 1960s and later through the London-Sydney Marathon, in which DAFs participated (see Auto Review 60 DAF Cars). Paul also lived in Australia during a key period in Australian automotive history in the early 1970s when Holden, Ford and Chrysler produced some of their most iconic cars, and Leyland launched its ill-fated P76. Paul learned to drive in Sydney, where his first car was an EH Holden Special Sedan, which he upgraded with a 186ci engine, making it into a real Q-car, to the surprise of many drivers of the new HQ at the lights. His dad had an HG Premier as a company car at the time, and Paul also had the opportunity to drive several other local cars, including an HQ Kingswood and a Monaro GTS 350. During more recent visits he was able to sample 21st century Australian offerings of Holden, Ford and Toyota. Paul's interest in Australian cars is further illustrated by his large collection of scale models of Holdens, Falcons, Valiants and a few P76s. Paul is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183240192155,"sku":"AR104","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR104.jpg?v=1668162812"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-vehicles-of-the-aa-ar105","title":"Auto Review AR105 Vehicles of the AA By Ian Barnard","description":"\u003cspan\u003eIn 1997 we published 'Vehicles of the RAC' in the Auto Review series, with the intention of following it up with a similar publication devoted to vehicles of the AA. It took 17 years for us to persuade Ian Barnard to take on the enormous task, but no-one is better qualified to describe the vehicles used by the Automobile Association, as can clearly be seen when you read his biography: Ian Barnard was educated at Chiswick County Grammar School, then he qualified as a toolmaker, working on turbochargers for VC10 aero engines. He moved to a smaller engineering firm, but he found the work dull, and the tolerances too broad. He started as an AA Patrol in September 1970 in West London, driving an Austin 8cwt van. After just over six years, in 1977 he was made Sergeant, helping to run Patrol teams in North London. Ian was then given the job of running the 15 Patrols that covered the M1 from the North Circular Road up to J14 at Newport Pagnall. In 1983 he was promoted to Inspector with responsibility for two Sergeants and 38 Patrols covering central, south and south-west London. In 1989 Ian came out of uniform and moved into management as Head of Training for the south eastern counties, responsible for training around 800 Patrols, and for two operations centres in Maidstone and Thatcham. Two years later Ian moved to the Road Services Team in the headquarters at Basingstoke, managing a wide range of projects and developments. Not all projects went into service, but his job was to test good ideas and cost them against benefits. A new business had been started within the AA at Halesowen in the West Midlands, which Ian helped to get up and running. The new business began to pick up rapidly, and he was offered the job of head of its admin unit, which necessitated moving the family up to Worcester. After five good years the business was sold, as it was not considered sufficiently profitable to retain, whilst the AA was preparing itself to be sold, for the first time in its history. In 1999 Centrica bought the AA and Ian took the opportunity to move back into managing a team of Patrols. He spent seven happy years with the Worcester Patrols, and a year with the Gloucester Patrols. Then Centrica decided to sell the AA, which was bought by two private equity companies, CVC and Permira. As they had done in previous acquisitions, the first thing they did was to slim down the existing management team. In 2005 Ian accepted a very reasonable offer of redundancy, leaving the AA after 35 years service. But, as is so often the way of things, Ian became bored with sitting at home, so in 2007 he re-applied for a position as an AA Recovery Patrol. Seven years later in 2014, when this book was published, Ian was still driving a Renault Midlum 12-tonne slide-bed truck for the AA. Ian always had a deep interest in the Automobile Association and its history.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239831707,"sku":"AR105","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR105_1ec36d9f-7381-489b-90f2-d42bf99187a1.jpg?v=1668162815"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-bedford-album-ar106","title":"Auto Review AR106 Bedford Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eFor many years Bedford was the biggest-selling brand among UK commercial vehicle manufacturers, yet it does not exist today. It is hard to understand how General Motors, the brand owners, could let this leading marque fade away from the market and eventually disappear completely. Bedford vehicles originally came from the same stem as Hendon-assembled Chevrolet trucks, production of which transferred to the Vauxhall factory in Luton, along with many GM Hendon staff. The Chevrolets were popular with UK buyers, but their all-British Bedford descendants proved to be even bigger sellers. In only eight years from the launch of the new brand to the outbreak of war in 1939, Bedford became a dominant force in commercial vehicle sales in Britain and the Empire. After the Second World War, in which Vauxhall and Bedford made an enormous contribution to the war effort, new products were continually developed. Great designs, from the ubiquitous OB buses and CA vans to the S-type Big Bedfords, and their RL 4x4 military versions led on to such iconic vehicles as the TK lorries and VAL buses. All commercial vehicle manufacturers struggled through a difficult period in the 1970s and a worldwide sales slump in the early 1980s, but Bedford seemed to suffer more than most. Their lightweight coaches stopped selling, and a military truck contract was lost. When their ambitious plan to turn Bedford into a narrowly-focused specialist 4x4 range had to be abandoned, General Motors apparently had no 'Plan B'. They sold the ageing truck range and the Dunstable factory to AWD, but retained the Bedford brand. Without a broad range of trucks and buses carrying the Bedford badge, however, the name was meaningless when attached to a range of Japanese-designed light vans, which were re-badged as Vauxhalls. The story of the meteoric rise of the Bedford brand is told in this publication, along with its eventual sad demise.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239602331,"sku":"AR106","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR106_de9fbb68-a531-4e69-82b3-793001b528ce.jpg?v=1668162817"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-fiat-album-ar107","title":"Auto Review AR107 Fiat Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThe products of the Fiat industrial conglomerate span every engineering sector. This publication covers Fiat cars and commercial vehicles, with a sidebar on aircraft, but among many other activities Fiat also built ships, marine engines and railway rolling stock. Fiat has taken over a number of other car makers down the years, including SPA, Ansaldo, OM, Bianchi, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Autobianchi, Ferrari and Maserati, none of whose stories is told here, though some get a mention. Alfa Romeo and Lancia already have Auto Review publications devoted to them, and we hope to add more titles in future on Italian marques. A number of minor Italian makes were Fiat-based, including Abarth, Siata and Moretti, but there is no space here to describe their products in detail. Such was the hold which Fiat exerted on the Italian economy that as early as 1927 80% of commercial vehicles made in Italy were Fiats, and in 1962 85% of all vehicles made in Italy came from Fiat-controlled companies. The percentage increased over succeeding decades until almost all Italian vehicle production was by the Fiat group. The acquisition of Chrysler resulted in the Fiat Chrysler group being the second largest producer of vehicles in Europe and the seventh largest in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239536795,"sku":"AR107","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR107.jpg?v=1668162820"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-austers-and-others-ar108","title":"Auto Review AR108 Austers and Others by Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eWhen the epic stories of warplanes and globe-spanning airliners are told, their designers get full credit for their achievements. Every aviation enthusiast knows that R J Mitchell designed the Spitfire, Sydney Camm designed the Hurricane, and Roy Chadwick designed the Lancaster. Here we describe the more modest achievements of lesser-known designers who tried to popularise personal aviation with their light aircraft designs between the wars. In some cases it was regarded as more commercially viable to adapt a successful foreign design for the UK market, and some of those efforts are also described here. The best-known and most successful licence-built foreign light aeroplane was the American Taylorcraft, which became the British Taylorcraft Auster. The story of the Auster is the longest tale told in these pages. Other designers and manufacturers described here include John Kenworthy, George Handasyde, W S Shackleton, John Bewsher, K N Pearson, Nicholas Comper, George Cornwall, A E Hagg,Gerard Fane, the Moss brothers, C H Lowe-Wylde, O E Simmonds, C H Latimer-Needham, A W J G Ord-Hume, Aeronca GB, Desoutter, Hillson-Praga, C G Taylor, A L Wyles, Taylorcraft, British Taylorcraft, Auster, Beagle, Chilton, Boulton-Paul, Bristol, Currie, Tipsy and Chrislea.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239504027,"sku":"AR108","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR108.jpg?v=1668162822"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-leeds-in-steam-ar109","title":"Auto Review AR109 Leeds in Steam-Derek Rayner-Kris Ward-Andrew Johnson","description":"\u003cspan\u003eIt was claimed that, at its peak, Leeds had more steam locomotive builders to the square mile than any other place on earth. Matthew Murray, the 'father of Leeds engineering', built locomotives 13 years before the Stockton \u0026amp; Darlington Railway opened, and his workshops trained up whole generations of engineers who went on to form their own companies, in Leeds and elsewhere. The last steam loco built in Leeds was produced by the Hunslet Engine Co in 1971, a wood-burner for Java, Hunslet's 2,236th steam locomotive. Another local firm, Kitson's, built around 5,400 steam railway locomotives, and many others were made in Leeds, over 160 years. Road steam traction started later, and ceased much earlier, only lasting about 80 years, but along the way thousands of steam traction engines, steam wagons and other vehicles were built by famous names including Fowler and McLaren. Steam cranes, trams, marine engines, steam generating plants and much more were also produced in Leeds. This publication introduces the reader to the main characters and companies involved. Among the marques described here are Hunslet, E B Wilson, Manning Wardle, Kitson's, Hudswell Clarke, Fowler, Green's, Mann's, Greenwood \u0026amp; Batley, Joseph Booth, Thomas Smith, Mclaren and Yorkshire.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239372955,"sku":"AR109","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR109.jpg?v=1668162825"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-honda-album-ar110","title":"Auto Review AR110 Honda Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurely everyone knows that Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, and that it has held that position since 1959. The firm had already produced ten million two-wheelers by 1968, and by the 1980s it was making three million every year. The grand total of all bikes sold exceeded 100 million by 1997 and the total number of Super Cubs ('Honda 50s') alone passed the 50 million mark in 2006. Honda is also the biggest producer of internal combustion engines for all purposes, making 14 million per year for many decades. With such a cascade of big figures, Honda car production looks modest by comparison, but the company is the ninth biggest car manufacturer in the world, its products made in 20 countries and sold in 150 countries. Among its highly-successful overseas divisions, the British operation produced its two millionth car in 2008. But this is not just a tale of big statistics, it is the story of Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa, and their struggle to put Japan on wheels after the devastation of war. The high standards they set became the guiding philosophy of a world-ranking company. The Honda company was always aware that they were latecomers in their chosen fields, in Japan as well as in other markets. They had to spend more on research and development than their competitors; 5% of turnover, compared with a more typical 3% to 4%. Nothing came easy to Honda designers and engineers, but advanced solutions could eventually be achieved through frustrating processes of trial and error. They were given unusual freedom, for this industry, to choose their own projects and stay with them for as long as it took to get the right results. Those results speak for themselves; the Honda brand is respected worldwide in the 21st century for its technology, and by 2014 global production totalled almost five million vehicles per year. This production level will continue to rise, for as long as Honda make products people really want and need. This publication describes Honda two-wheelers, cars (including Acura, NS-X and others), racing cars, commercial vehicles, power products (tractors, mowers etc) and Hondajets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239274651,"sku":"AR110","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR110.jpg?v=1668162827"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-thornycroft-album-ar111","title":"Auto Review AR111 Thornycroft Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eJohn Isaac Thornycroft designed a steam carriage in 1862, and in 1864 he set up the Steam Carriage and Wagon Co in Chiswick. Official antipathy to steam carriages meant that, having also designed a small steam launch, he instead set up a shipyard as John I Thornycroft and Co, building the Royal Navy's first torpedo boat. He retained his interest in road vehicles, however. In 1896 a lightweight vertical steam launch engine was fitted into a van. Production versions were soon selling well, and in 1898 a new works was opened in Basingstoke. In 1902 steam wagon production was licensed to Stewart of Glasgow as the Stewart-Thornycroft, and in 1904 the shipyard moved from Chiswick to Southampton. Steam vehicle production at Basingstoke ceased in 1907, replaced by motor vehicles, which had first been produced in 1902. From 1903 to 1912 Thornycroft also built luxury cars. After 1907 the two Thornycroft concerns were separate firms; shipbuilding in Southampton and road vehicles in Basingstoke, plus a boatyard for smaller craft on the Thames at Hampton. In 1948 the vehicle firm was renamed Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd to further separate it from the shipbuilding company, and in 1961 it was taken over by Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd, the group which also owned AEC. ACV was itself absorbed by Leyland a year later. In the early 1970s, as sales diminished, Thornycroft vehicle production ceased, to avoid internal competition with Leyland-owned Scammell, which sold to similar markets. In 1966 the Southampton shipbuilding firm merged with Vosper \u0026amp; Co, and Vosper Thornycroft became a single entity in 1970, soon renamed the VT Group.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183239209115,"sku":"AR111","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR111.jpg?v=1668162831"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-auto-union-ar112","title":"Auto Review AR112 Auto Union by Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eWe all know that the four rings on the modern Audi badge came from the four companies (Horch, Audi, Wanderer and DKW) which comprised the prewar Auto Union. Two of those firms were founded by the automotive pioneer August Horch, but the driving force behind the grouping together in 1926 of the four Saxon companies as the Auto Union was a Dane, Jè¸rgen Skafte Rasmussen, with a bit of pressure from his bankers. Wanderer had previously employed Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche to design their cars, so when he conceived a new and revolutionary rear-engined racing car in the 1930s it was built by Auto Union, with the support of the Nazi regime. After the Second World War the Auto Union factories found themselves in the Russian zone. Some production continued there, but the marque names remained in West Germany, where Auto Union was revived in Dè¼sseldorf. DKW cars returned to production after the war, and the Audi name was revived. Under the control of Volkswagen, then of Mercedes-Benz, and finally of Volkswagen again, the Audi brand gained in popularity until it reached a pre-eminent position in the 21st century. All of this is described in this publication, plus the story of NSU, which was combined with Audi by VW, and whose Neckarsulm plant built Audis in the 21st century.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183238979739,"sku":"AR112","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR112.jpg?v=1668162834"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-scottish-vehicles-ar113","title":"Auto Review AR113 Scottish Vehicles by Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThere are lots of interesting stories told here, from early steam and electric pioneers to the biggest Scottish firms; three A's and a B. Argyll was said to be second only to Ford of Detroit in output of chassis in 1907, Arrol-Johnston was the fifth largest British car maker in the years before the Great War, and Albion was a leading British commercial vehicle maker for many decades. Beardmore was an engineering colossus, remembered in later years mostly for its London taxis. There are many other makers described in these pages, some of whom had aspirations to greatness, though others had more modest aims. In the postwar years government attempts to deal with unemployment resulted in motor manufacturers setting up new plants in Linwood and Bathgate. Unlike similar 'directed' motor vehicle factories in England, these two ventures did not survive. Most other attempts to produce vehicles in Scotland were short-lived, though one success story was that of the Volvo buses built in Irvine. Most enthusiasts will be surprised by the number of companies described here, and by the large quantities of vehicles produced in a country with a population of fewer than five million people. Coverage includes Arrol-Johnston, Galloway, Argyll, Albion, Beardmore, Rootes at Linwood, BMC at Bathgate, Argyle, Cuthbertson, Bruce, Stonefield, Volvo-Ailsa buses, and dozens more smaller manufacturers are also described.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183238914203,"sku":"AR113","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR113.jpg?v=1668162837"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-guy-album-ar114","title":"Auto Review AR114 Guy Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eGuy was one of the great names in British commercial vehicle history, The marque lasted for over 60 years before disappearing into the British Leyland abyss. When we think of Guy vehicles, we usually mean lorries or buses, but few enthusiasts today realise that in the 1920s Guy also made cars. It should not be such a surprise, however, as Sydney Guy was previously works manager at Sunbeam, a company which made both cars and commercial vehicles. His own firm aimed to offer all kinds of road vehicles, cars, buses and lorries, all built to high standards. Guy cars were too expensive, however, so production ceased in 1925, though Guy then took over the neighbouring Star Motor Co, and made Star cars until 1932. When the Star project also turned out to be unprofitable, Guy gave up on car manufacture and turned to military vehicle production in the mid-1930s, though trolleybuses was another profitable market sector, and after the war Guy took over Sunbeam trolleybus production. Another motor industry visionary, William Lyons of Jaguar, had a similar concept to that of Sydney Guy; to make quality vehicles in all sectors. In 1961 Jaguar took over Guy, but the motor industry amalgamations that followed snuffed out the idea of an upmarket vehicle group, as Jaguar was combined into BMH, then absorbed by BL. All Guy vehicles were essentially handmade, but they were sold at similar prices to those of competing mass-produced products, so it is not surprising that the marque inspired loyalty among Guy owners as well as among the dedicated staff in Wolverhampton. In this publication we tell the story of Guy Motors, from its optimistic birth before the Great War, to its slow death under British Leyland ownership.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183238586523,"sku":"AR114","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR114.jpg?v=1668162839"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-saab-album-ar115","title":"Auto Review AR115 Saab Album By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eFirst, should it be spelled SAAB or Saab? Like the names of Daf and Fiat, previous Auto Review subjects, SAAB began as an abbreviation, expressed in capital letters, but it later became formalised as a word in itself, as Saab. The 'Saab' title was in general usage after the Second World War, so we use 'Saab' throughout this publication for matters after 1944. Here we tell the story of a Swedish company which had its roots in the aviation industry. The first part of this publication is devoted to Saab aircraft from the 1930s to more recent years. Then we go on to Saab cars from 1946 to the 21st century, with all the twists, turns and changes of ownership en route. For almost three decades, from 1968 to 1995, Saab was merged with the Scania-Vabis commercial vehicle company. In the third part of this publication, therefore, we also look at Scania; before, during, and after the period in which it was connected to Saab. Saab cars have always had their keen adherents, though in more recent years colleagues in the motor trade declared that Saab convertibles were 'hairdressers' cars'. That was not a image shared by makers of British televison cop shows, however. They saw a Saab as a tougher proposition; Detective Superintendent Pullman drove a Saab 9-3 convertible in New Tricks, Detective Superintendent Dalziel drove a Saab 900 turbo in Dalziel and Pascoe, and Detective Inspector Rebus in the eponymous novels and tv series drove a Saab 900, though it was rather old and tired, like its owner. We will see what the perception of Saab cars becomes in future years.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"AUTO REVIEW","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183238455451,"sku":"AR115","price":6.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/9369\/0011\/products\/AR115.jpg?v=1668162842"},{"product_id":"auto-review-books-horse-power-ar116","title":"Auto Review AR116 Horse-Power: horse-drawn vehicles By Rod Ward","description":"\u003cspan\u003eIt may seem quaint and archaic to recall this in the 21st century, but as a small child in Lancashire in the late 1940s the author would see more deliveries by horse-drawn vehicles than by motor vehicles. Donny Green delivered milk in churns with a two-wheeler float. The Co-op had two four-wheel horse vans; one from the bakery, the other delivering the weekly grocery order from the local shop. Coal came in sacks on a flat 'lurry', the rag and bone man had a similar cart, and beer was delivered to the local pub by a horse dray. Only 30 years earlier the author's grandfather made deliveries from his butcher's shop with a 'little mare and a trap' (though in fact his 'trap' was a Liverpool Gig). On the other side of the Pennines, Ringtons still delivered tea with small horse-drawn vans. Householders looked out for manure dropped in the road by all these horses; it would be immediately scraped up and added to the compost heap. Other horse-drawn vehicles which persisted for longer than one might expect included the Governess Cart, which was still produced into the 1930s, because few 'nannies' could drive a car when taking their small charges for outings. Whenever there was a fuel shortage or petrol rationing, horse vehicles would reappear on the streets; in 1939, in the 1956 Suez crisis and even during the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Here we collect together descriptions of vehicles drawn by horses (and some other animals). We have mostly concentrated on the British Isles, with some mentions of the USA; apologies to readers elsewhere; horse-drawn vehicles have been used in almost every country in the world. 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This book does not set out to propagandise the future of electric propulsion for road vehicles, though it seems likely that its use will grow in future. The environmental and energy issues are complex and some are contradictory. Recharging from the electricity mains still means that pollution must be produced at power stations, though possibly at a lower and less widespread level than from petrol or diesel exhausts. 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