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The Cars You Always Promised Yourself

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“The best automotive writer there is. His books take you deep inside Ford, and now BMW, in a unique way because he’s an industry insider. They are a thrilling privilege to read.”

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Book Of The Month in Classic & Sports Car and Octane Magazine

This collection - a design history, a volume revealing a treasure trove of unseen cars and concepts, and a classy image collection of the author's highlights - is the most thorough car design book I've ever seen. There's no need to love BMW to love Saxty's trilogy - it reads like a novel.

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Deputy Editor Glen Waddington

"Fastidiously researched and exquisitely illustrated. Nearly every page brings a fresh wonder: a sketch that presages a known or unknown concept; an idea that had only been hinted at by BMW gatekeepers. The second volume, BMW's Hidden Gems: Unseen Cars and Untold Stories, which features dozens of concept cars, design sketches, and ideating noodling that will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable Bimmerphile."

"More than 200 pages, countless photos and images, succinct descriptions, quality paper and attractive design; if you love cars, and not only Fords, you'll love this."

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About the Author

Although Saxty’s father never learned to drive, his mother was an enthusiastic driver, continuing to do so regularly until her late 90s. Steve grew up just a few miles from Ford’s R&D center in the UK, where he became captivated by the prototypes driving past each day. This fascination inspired him to pursue a career as a car designer. Ford hired him in the 1980s as a design engineer, but it didn’t take long for both him and his supervisors to realize his creative talent might be better suited for marketing than designing car components.

Driven partly by the lure of fancier company cars, Saxty joined Mazda in the early ’90s just as the MX-5 was being launched. Soon after, he moved to Porsche, where he oversaw UK sales.

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