<p>Tracing the history of the automobile, from the first prototypes to the super cars of today, <i>Car</i> covers the technological developments and manufacture of cars, the cultural backdrop against which the various models arose, and the enduring impact the car has had on society as an object of curiosity, symbol of luxury, and item of necessity.</p> <p>The most lavishly illustrated treatment of the subject on the market, featuring the most noteworthy cars of each decade in beautifully photographed catalogs, <i>Car</i> is truly an international view of the automobile through time, with histories of the men and machines that created brands which are now household names.</p>