{"id":494823,"date":"2015-10-01T00:02:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=16632"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:02:04","slug":"showcase-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/showcase-3\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Gentleman, Start Your Engines!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gentleman, Start Your Engines! The Bonhams Guide to Classic Sports &amp; Race Cars<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Jared Zaugg<\/h3>\n<p>As enthusiasts of exclusive limited series, record-making vehicles and legendary races, author Jared Zaugg and the team at Bonhams have collected the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of Bonhams offerings in recent years and chronicled them in this coffee table-style publication. The book features a selection of models that go far beyond mere technical stats and gleaming chrome. Rather, they all offer something far more valuable\u2014compelling stories. These include the rare and uniquely configured Lamborghini Miura SV Coupe purchased by rock star Rod Stewart. Or the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe, from 1937 that, after the owner\u2019s death, was rediscovered by his family sitting exactly as he left it nearly a half-century earlier. All the big names are included, but the focus is on what can be found behind the logos and the polished surfaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think of it as a hard-backed \u201cBest of\u201d auction catalog spanning the past 10-20 years. $70.00 \u2022 www.gestalten.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-750752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x-100x90.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x-770x696.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/9783899555677.RH_.0.x-293x265.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-538923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_6972-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gentleman, Start Your Engines! The Bonhams Guide to Classic Sports &amp; Race Cars By Jared Zaugg As enthusiasts of exclusive limited series, record-making vehicles and legendary races, author Jared Zaugg and the team at Bonhams have collected the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of Bonhams offerings in recent years and chronicled them in this coffee table-style publication. The book features a selection of models that go far beyond mere technical stats and gleaming chrome. Rather, they all offer something far more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":538923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-494823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Gentleman, Start Your Engines!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: The Bonhams Guide to Classic Sports &amp; Race Cars by Jared Zaugg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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