Un contenu éprouvé présenté sous une nouvelle forme : la nouvelle édition de cette œuvre standard est disponible dans le format plus petit de 24,5 x 30 cm et avec une seule langue par livre. Cela a donné aux auteurs Reinhard Klein et John Davenport la chance d'inclure des images encore plus fascinantes de la période la plus sauvage du rallye lorsque les limites étaient apparemment inexistantes. À ce jour, de nombreux fans considèrent encore le groupe B comme l'incarnation de la folie sur roues. Jamais depuis cette époque, les ingénieurs n'ont eu une telle liberté pour créer des voitures de rallye extrêmes comme ils l'ont fait pendant cette période fantastique du début des années 1980.
Ce livre raconte l'histoire de toutes les voitures développées au sein du groupe B, des Quattros aux exceptionnelles Lancias et Peugeots en passant par les voitures de sport exotiques de Porsche et Mazda. Mais tout le développement technique a atteint son paroxysme en 1986, lorsque l'euphorie s'est transformée en un risque ingouvernable. Les méfaits des ingénieurs, des organisateurs de rallyes, des politiciens du sport automobile et des fans ont conduit à des accidents tragiques qui ont finalement abouti à l'interdiction des voitures du groupe B des rallyes internationaux.
John Davenport, journaliste de rallye et auteur de plusieurs livres sur le rallye, a vécu cette époque de première main, car il était directeur du sport automobile d'Austin Rover à l'époque. Ses connaissances approfondies emmènent le lecteur dans un voyage dans le monde fascinant de ces voitures de rallye haute technologie et offrent un aperçu faisant autorité des luttes de puissance qui se déroulent derrière les coulisses.
Le livre est rempli de photographies provenant des archives du célèbre photographe de rallye Reinhard Klein. Ils montrent au mieux les détails techniques des voitures, l'ambiance légèrement folle de l'époque ainsi que beaucoup d'action des scènes spéciales.
Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
The new edition of this standard work comes in a smaller format and with just one language per book, which gave the authors the chance to include even more fascinating images from rallying's wildest period. This book tells the story of all the rally cars developed within Group B between 1983 and 1986, from the Quattro to the outstanding Lancia and Peugeot.
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -To this day, many fans still consider Group B to be the epitome of madness on wheels. Never since that era have engineers had such enormous freedom to create extreme rally cars as they did during that fantastic period of the early 1980s.This book tells the story of all the cars developed within Group B, from the Quattros to the outstanding Lancias and Peugeots and to the exotic sports cars from Porsche and Mazda. But all the technical development came to a head in the year 1986, when the euphoria somehow turned into an ungovernable risk. The mischief of engineers, rally organisers, motor sport politicians and fans led to tragic accidents that finally resulted in Group B cars being banned from international rallies.John Davenport, rally-journalist and author of several books on rallying, experienced this era first-hand, as he was Motorsport Director of Austin Rover at the time. His comprehensive knowledge takes the reader on a journey into the fascinating world of these hi-tech rally cars and offers an authoritative insight into the power struggles going on behind the scenes.The book is filled with photographs from the archive of well known rally-photographer Reinhard Klein. They show to best effect the technical details of the cars, the slightly crazy ambiance of the time as well as plenty of action from the special stages.Post-war international rallying has been in a state of almost constant evolution for the last seventy years. The cars have changed as have the rallies and the crews that contest them. This process has been catalogued in a series of books from McKlein under the titles 'Group 2 - the Genesis of World Rallying', 'Group 4 - from Stratos to Quattro' and 'Group A - When rallying created Road Car Icons - 1987-1996'. These volumes cover a period from 1946 to 1996. 256 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783927458567
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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -To this day, many fans still consider Group B to be the epitome of madness on wheels. Never since that era have engineers had such enormous freedom to create extreme rally cars as they did during that fantastic period of the early 1980s.This book tells the story of all the cars developed within Group B, from the Quattros to the outstanding Lancias and Peugeots and to the exotic sports cars from Porsche and Mazda. But all the technical development came to a head in the year 1986, when the euphoria somehow turned into an ungovernable risk. The mischief of engineers, rally organisers, motor sport politicians and fans led to tragic accidents that finally resulted in Group B cars being banned from international rallies.John Davenport, rally-journalist and author of several books on rallying, experienced this era first-hand, as he was Motorsport Director of Austin Rover at the time. His comprehensive knowledge takes the reader on a journey into the fascinating world of these hi-tech rally cars and offers an authoritative insight into the power struggles going on behind the scenes.The book is filled with photographs from the archive of well known rally-photographer Reinhard Klein. They show to best effect the technical details of the cars, the slightly crazy ambiance of the time as well as plenty of action from the special stages.Post-war international rallying has been in a state of almost constant evolution for the last seventy years. The cars have changed as have the rallies and the crews that contest them. This process has been catalogued in a series of books from McKlein under the titles 'Group 2 - the Genesis of World Rallying', 'Group 4 - from Stratos to Quattro' and 'Group A - When rallying created Road Car Icons - 1987-1996'. These volumes cover a period from 1946 to 1996. 256 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783927458567
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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -To this day, many fans still consider Group B to be the epitome of madness on wheels. Never since that era have engineers had such enormous freedom to create extreme rally cars as they did during that fantastic period of the early 1980s.This book tells the story of all the cars developed within Group B, from the Quattros to the outstanding Lancias and Peugeots and to the exotic sports cars from Porsche and Mazda. But all the technical development came to a head in the year 1986, when the euphoria somehow turned into an ungovernable risk. The mischief of engineers, rally organisers, motor sport politicians and fans led to tragic accidents that finally resulted in Group B cars being banned from international rallies.John Davenport, rally-journalist and author of several books on rallying, experienced this era first-hand, as he was Motorsport Director of Austin Rover at the time. His comprehensive knowledge takes the reader on a journey into the fascinating world of these hi-tech rally cars and offers an authoritative insight into the power struggles going on behind the scenes.The book is filled with photographs from the archive of well known rally-photographer Reinhard Klein. They show to best effect the technical details of the cars, the slightly crazy ambiance of the time as well as plenty of action from the special stages.Post-war international rallying has been in a state of almost constant evolution for the last seventy years. The cars have changed as have the rallies and the crews that contest them. This process has been catalogued in a series of books from McKlein under the titles 'Group 2 - the Genesis of World Rallying', 'Group 4 - from Stratos to Quattro' and 'Group A - When rallying created Road Car Icons - 1987-1996'. These volumes cover a period from 1946 to 1996. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783927458567
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