Limited Edition Two-book Set Featuring The Cars You Always Promised Yourself & RS Icons
Remastered, restomodded, longer, larger, more affordable and, after six years, now available
Signed by author Steve Saxty, and limited to just 500 copies, this new remastered edition charts the evolution of Ford of Europe’s design, engineering, and marketing through the iconic cars that customers craved as well as those that never saw the light of day
Larger, with a new soft feel cover and additional content, the 336-page book is Saxty’s largest-ever book. It comes with a copy of the acclaimed RS Icons publication and is available now as a two-book set for £85.95 with free UK P&P, see below for details.
Having sold out its initial print run of the 2019 RAC Book Of The Year Finalist and with hundreds of back orders, Steve Saxty has released a new, limited edition 500 copy run of The Cars You Always Promised Yourself. Available now, this larger format edition charts the evolution of Ford’s most desirable coupes including the Capri, Puma, XR, and RS Sierra. Spanning 336 pages, it features a soft feel cover and custom-commissioned double-page renders of cars such as Henry Ford’s unique RS2000 alongside fascinating insight from the original designers.
Intended for enthusiasts who didn’t manage to secure one from the original run, Saxty explains, “We had hundreds of requests to reproduce the original and although we could have simply reprinted it, we wanted to do more. I envisioned a ‘restomod’ version—longer with extra content, larger to match the size of my recently launched BMW books and minor improvements to highlight what was inside,” says Steve Saxty. “As the definitive story of the design of the Capri, Sierra and RS Cosworth, we wanted the new cover to convey what was inside.”
Remastering an
Award-Winning Book
To fully recount stories of Ford’s desirable coupes from the 1970s to the early 2000s, Saxty had full access to the company’s archive and spent hundreds of hours talking to the designers, engineers and managers that brought to life the cars that defined car culture and remain firmly in demand by enthusiasts today. Saxty’s book provides fascinating anecdotes and stunning images of the cars as they evolved from hand-drawn sketches through to clay models, intriguing mules and for some, emerging as showroom stars. Alongside the cars the public adored, Saxty also offers a tantalizing glimpse into the Fords we didn’t get. The book is filled with images of concepts and prototypes alongside their stories of why they never reached the road.
Since first writing this, his first book, Saxty has quickly established himself as a definitive and respected writer on car design, particularly with his works on Ford and BMW. Both companies granted Saxty unparalleled access to their archives and designers, enabling him to tell untold stories and reveal previously unseen secret cars.
With half the allocation already sold to satisfy the preorders, the remaining copies of The Cars You Always Promised Yourself are now available (with a free copy of RS Icons) with free UK P&P.