Automobiles are more than just commodities used for moving from one place to another In fact numerous vehicles have either gained cult status or they have become the object of automobile desire or they have written technological history What is frequently forgotten however is the fact that a car is not only a piece of nicely shaped metal on four wheels but that it also has a fiery heart in the shape of an engine beating inside it & there has hardly been another invention which has influenced the 20th century the same way the combustion engine has This book is an homage to both the combustion engine & the fascination that is the automobile It presents more than 85 engine classics as well as the corresponding vehicles However it is not just about vehicle legends which have celebrated great victories in racing but also about those cars & their engines which have got special stories to tell