Cars: The Early Years, by author Brian Laban

Cars: the early years = die Anfänge des Automobils = les premières années de l'automobile

Entering into the twenty-first century, it is difficult to image a world without the automobile, a world without the mobility and the personal freedom it offers, or the virtually unrestricted horizons it has created… The fact is that the world had to learn to live with the automobile because it cannot live without it. That became true from the moment of its birth, more than a century ago. Since then the story of the automobile has been a constant battle between passion and conscience, spiced by speed, style and extraordinary personalities. —- From the Introduction.