Bugatti Blue (ePub)
Prescott and the Spirit of Bugatti
Imprint: Pen & Sword Transport
File Size: 55.8 MB (.epub)
Pages: 192
Illustrations: 200
ISBN: 9781526734761
Published: 10th January 2019
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The British have had an affair with Bugatti for decades and perhaps Prescott Hill-Climb in Gloucestershire is the place where that relationship has reached its highlights across the decades. This collection of photographic images captures the brilliance of Bugatti design amid Bugatti blue at Prescott's wonderful natural amphitheatre in the Cotswolds – to which visitors, Bugatti owners, enthusiasts and addicts have travelled from all over the world to gather and to race up the hill.
The author has spent years around old cars, often visiting Prescott and its home to the Bugatti Owners Club – which itself celebrates the 80th anniversary of its base at Prescott in 2018 and, the Club’s own 90th anniversary in 2019.
In this collection of over 200 photographs, much of the masterworks of Molsheim are captured in action and at rest, at the altar of British Bugatti enthusiasm. Herein are wonderful moments and memories of old Bugatti cars, their owners and drivers, and other vintage and classic cars in VS-CC action at this revered location.
This new collection of stunning images, allied to a concise narrative (with assistance from Bugatti experts), should provide the classic car enthusiast with something new to accompany their own memories amid a record of Prescott and the Bugatti Owners Club events and Veteran Sports-Car Club days.
Very much a Bugatti 'insider's' book, enthusiasts will enjoy the marque atmosphere which the author captures.
Society of Automotive Historians, Issue 97 Summer 2019
This book very interesting by the quality and diversity of these many photos is primarily dedicated to the pleasure of the eyes and not to learn about Bugatti models or its history. It is dedicated to the Bugatti Owners Club and its Prescott headquarters steeped in history.
4 Legend
The author Lance Cole offers text, which remains concise, supported by Bugatti experts.
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'Prescott Hill Climb has hosted the Bugatti Owners Club since 1938 and this special relationship between the cars and the Gloucestershire hill climb course is examined and paid tribute to in this quality hardback presentation. The book features excellent photographs mostly taken by Lance Cole, that shows cars in action and in the paddock, plus drivers, passengers, admirers and lots of those special details that define cars.'
Classic Car Weekly, May 2019
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Austro Classic, 3/2019
Lance Cole’s book about probably the most famous racing car of all time is packed with brilliant photographs and an unmissable history of the beautiful machine. Modern cars pale into insignificance…
Books Monthly
A file of photographs of extraordinary beauty.
Miniaturas JM
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Antiques Diary, May – June 2019
Good for lovers of classic cars in action. You can almost hear those exhausts….
York Model Engineers
Author Lance Cole is obviously a huge fan of the different types of Bugatti and his enthusiasm spills over into every page of this praiseworthy volume the effectively encompasses the special relationship between machine and location.
Best of British, April 2019 – reviewed by David Brown
This new collection of stunning images, allied to a concise narrative (with assistance from Bugatti experts), should provide the classic car enthusiast with something new to accompany their own memories amid a record of Prescott and the Bugatti Owners Club events and Veteran Sports-Car Club days.
My Car Heaven
This would make a great gift idea for any Bugatti or classic car fan. It’s a big thumbs up for me, and makes me want a Bugatti (one day maybe) all the more.
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Octane, April 2019
Set in the tranquil Cotswoldd countryside, Prescott Hill Climb has become the home of Bugatti in Britain. In this book, author Lance Cole has captured the spirit and beauty of the cars and location combined.
Practical Classics magazine
Beautifully presented.
Classic Cars, 1st March 2019
As a classic enthusiast, it’s difficult to find any dislikes. The book is clear, concise and accurate, with a strict emphasis on delivering a great photographic experience to the reader, accompanied by an essential but less intrusive narrative.
Classic Car Curation
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This book will surely put Prescott, especially the “jewel in the crown” event each August, on your bucket list.
Speed Readers
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About Lance Cole
Lance Cole has been a motoring and aviation writer and PR for over 30 years. He is also an internationally published photographer, illustrator and designer. The author of over 20 books, he has a parallel career as a news correspondent and TV camera-journalist. But it is old cars and their design and driving that fascinates him. He has driven Saabs all over the world and contributed to Saab design when he was a young design student. Lance wrote Erik Carlsson’s obituary for the Daily Telegraph.
Lance currently lives in England but yearns for a return to the outback of Australia where old cars rule.
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