[Book Review] Streamlined: Classic Cars of the 20th Century

Streamlined: Classic Cars of the 20th Century

Malte Jรผrgens, Photographs By Michel Zumbrunn & Urs Schmid

In 2009, the Prototyp car museum in Hamburg, Germany, organized a special two-month exhibit where 25 classic, streamlined automobiles had an unprecedented โ€œaerodynamic rendezvous.โ€ The exhibition included such automotive gems as the 1940 BMW Mille Miglia Touring Coupe, the 1977 Mercedes-Benz C111/III, Porscheโ€™s 356 Pre-A coupe of 1950, Petermax Mรผllerโ€™s 1938 World Record Volkswagen, Das Auto magazine founder Paul Pietschโ€™s 1952 Avus Coupe, and the Kamm K3 from 1938. Michel Zumbrunn, who specializes in classic cars, photographed this unique exhibition of never-before-shown-together works of art. With 142 color photos, spread across 324-pages, in a slipcased, coffee table-style book, the result is a remarkable artistic documentation of the history of these aerodynamically advanced automobiles.

$75.00 @ www.schifferbooks.com