Lorenzo Ardizio

Porsche, the great Stuttgart-based manufacturer, certainly needs no introduction. In over 60 years, it has built unforgettable road and racing cars, which have every right to be part of the fabric of motoring and motor sport history. Their designations may be numbers, but behind each one of them there is a legendary car; the 356, 911, 928 and 959, the 550, 906, 908, 917, 956 and 962 are just some of the cars that make up this first 'virtual gallery'. An assembly of all Porsche's fundamental models in chronological order, their stories told in brief passages complete with their technical and design specifications. A true vademecum that has to be part of every Porsche enthusiast's library.

Ferrari, ett av de största namnen i biltillverkningens historia skapade sig ett namn med sin handtillverkade V12-sportbil på 1950-talet. Sedan dess har märket vunnit otaliga sportbils- och Grand Prix-lopp och det är nu den mest önskvärda bilen i världen att äga. Detta är den illustrerade berättelsen om Enzo Ferraris idé och alla modeller från den handtillverkade klassikern till de massproducerade bilarna idag. Lyxbilar är en helt ny serie kompakta illustrerade böcker som firar de mest kända bilmodellerna från 1900-talet. Varje bok fokuserar på ett klassiskt bilmärke och dokumenterar koncept och utveckling, lansering och produktion, samt dess varianter och egenskaper. De över 100 fotografierna är en blandning av arkiv-, fabriksbilder och bilder från reklam och broschyrer som alla exemplifierar den ikoniska stilen. Boken är tvåspråkig och är därmed både på svenska och norska.

An event as significant for Alfa Romeo enthusiasts as the reopening of the marque's historic museum at Arese - held on 24 June 2015, the day on which Alfa celebrates its 105th anniversary - could hardly not be celebrated with a book. The official catalogue of the new museum represents an opportunity to review the history of the marque and above all to accompany the reader/visitor around the new exhibition layout in which the cars have been thematically grouped and subdivided. The glorious racing cars (from the P2 to the 33 in all their variants, through to the less successful cars that competed in F1) are brought together under the section VELOCITA' introduced by Alfa Romeo driver Nino Vaccarella, while cars such as the 1759, 8C 2900, 6C 2500, 1900, Giulietta and Alfetta, along with the most recent production models, illustrate the most important episodes in the Biscione's industrial history in the TIMELINE section - introduced by American journalist Nick Czap.The section BELLEZZA - introduced by designer Lorenzo Ramaciotti, head of Style for the Fiat Group for years - focuses on the undisputed protagonists being cars such as the 33 Stradale, the Carabo and the Nuvola, milestones in the evolution of automotive styling. A specific chapter also features all those models that do not appear in the exhibition. The catalogue is therefore an indispensable instrument for all those visiting this authentic temple of history, technology and culture.