British Family Cars of the 1950s and ‘60s
Author | : Anthony Pritchard |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-08-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 0747807124 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780747807124 |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: With the end of the Second World War, it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain's suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.