A 75,000 word compilation of motoring columns, features on new developments, road tests and topical reports published by motoring author Eric Dymock in 1990. This full-length anthology covers 1990’s automotive events, a time when petrol cost 40p a litre, £1.82 per gallon against 2012’s £1.40 or £6.30 a gallon. Eric Dymock’s selection of the 100 best cars on sale in Britain, detailed by class and price, recalls the best-sellers and also-rans of 22 years ago. The Austin Metro was best economy family saloon up to £7,000, Vauxhall Cavalier best family car under £10,000, and Vauxhall Senator best executive recommended for Sunday Times readers. The author adds retrospective detail: “Maybe I wasn’t driving enough top Mercedes-Benzes – they were a match for the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II.” Book reviews and comment on environmental issues are selected from published material and remain uncut and virtually untouched. A unique insight into motoring history.JanuaryGranada revamped for a smoother rideGreening the unclean machineCar giants enter the power gameLast work is a Bugatti biblePerforming with polite ApplauseTrimmed-down Citroën acquits itself noisilyDiesel cars point the way to a fresher futureCleaner engine lifts Golf’s gameOn the heels of prestige rivalsFebruaryLotus’s quiet influenceLancia is still in the raceBritain steals the show with new dateOld master routs young pretendersSecond thoughts give the Cosworth a first-class finishFast master of understatementThe golden years of a Silver GhostParty may be over for American importsCLASSIC CARS by Eric DymockVauxhall revs up in sales fightAttacking market on all foursAlan FearnleyMarchFangio folklore v the factsFiat in move to rout rustGucci drives into the world of haute voitureThe Geneva Motor Show finds the world’s car manufacturers facing up to fierce pressure from environmentalistsLowdown on a high-speed agreementScimitar cuts a dash for charityJapanese cars on the executive marketAmazing Mazda’s sporting chancePeugeot passes tough desert testAbout the author:ERIC DYMOCK Editorial Director Dove Publishing Ltd1962-1965 road test staff of The Motor. Grand Prix Correspondent of The Guardian, and The Observer 1966-1980. Motoring correspondent Town (Haymarket), 1966-1968, The Observer, 1980-1982, The Sunday Times 1982-1995. Winner of four Jet Media Excellence Awards including the outright title in 1988. Twice winner of the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy presented by the Guild of Motoring Writers. Compiler of TV motoring programmes 1970s, 1980s. Contributor to The Times, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Scotsman, classic car magazines, Scotland on Sunday 2002-2006 and The Business 2007. In 2004 the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers, honouring Scots who have achieved excellence in the field of motoring, presented him with the Jim Clark Memorial Award.Author of: Champion Year with Jackie Stewart (Pelham, 1970), The World of Racing Cars (Hamlyn 1972), The Guinness Guide to Grand Prix Motor Racing (Guinness Superlatives, 1980), Postwar Sports Cars (Ebury, 1981), Austin-Healey Sprite, MG Midget, a Collector’s Guide (Motor Racing Publications 1981, Heel Verlag 1991), BMW, A Celebration, (Pavilion UK and Orion USA, 1990), Jim Clark, Tribute to a Champion (Dove Publishing 1997 and Dove Digital 2011) and Ecurie Ecosse, (PJ Publishing 2007). Also under Dove Publishing’s imprint, Rover The First Ninety Years, Saab Half a Century of Achievement, which gained the Guild of Motoring Writers Montagu Award for 1997, Honda the UK Story and High Speed Diary. Dove’s series of Eric Dymock Motor Books includes definitive histories of Audi, Renault, Vauxhall, MG, Jaguar, Ford in Britain and Land Rover. The Complete Bentley, published in November 2008, won a second Montagu and is now available as an ebook. Other Dove Digital ebooks include two volumes of Sports Car Classics.
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