Alle Autos der 80er Jahre

Bertone - Pioniere des Autodesigns. The illustrious name of Bertone is associated with over 120 years of car design. Giovanni and Nuccio Bertone, with their large circle of renowned designers, developed a range of futuristic cars as inspirational models for the whole motor industry, and the company name represents many realised designs that were able to prove the their quality in both form and practice in mass production. This success story has been written, evaluated and placed in its proper historical context by someone with a profound knowledge of Bertone - the motoring journalist Roger Gloor.As a journalist with the Schweizer Automobil Revue and other magazines, Gloor had professional opportunities for many years to visit Bertone, Pininfarina and Ital-Design, the firm founded in 1968 by Bertone's head designer Giugiaro, to analyse the background to their work and to test-drive the latest prototypes. After Ital-Design was taken over by Volkswagen and Pininfarina became part of the Indian Mahindra Group, Bertone ceased operations in 2014. This motivated the author to record his long experience and accumulated knowledge of Bertone's history into a unique and independent documentary volume. Here for the first time are described all design proposals, individual pieces and completed series production models for over 40 automobile brands. Car aficionados with an interest in body design, product designers and car builders will find here a wealth of previously unknown background information about car design. All 320 Bertone car models are described and illustrated, with additional tables and an index of names of 1,290 people from 1912 to 2019, making this a unique and informative work. It is the first catalogue of Bertone's work

Bertone - Pioniere des Autodesigns. The illustrious name of Bertone is associated with over 120 years of car design. Giovanni and Nuccio Bertone, with their large circle of renowned designers, developed a range of futuristic cars as inspirational models for the whole motor industry, and the company name represents many realised designs that were able to prove the their quality in both form and practice in mass production. This success story has been written, evaluated and placed in its proper historical context by someone with a profound knowledge of Bertone - the motoring journalist Roger Gloor.As a journalist with the Schweizer Automobil Revue and other magazines, Gloor had professional opportunities for many years to visit Bertone, Pininfarina and Ital-Design, the firm founded in 1968 by Bertone's head designer Giugiaro, to analyse the background to their work and to test-drive the latest prototypes. After Ital-Design was taken over by Volkswagen and Pininfarina became part of the Indian Mahindra Group, Bertone ceased operations in 2014. This motivated the author to record his long experience and accumulated knowledge of Bertone's history into a unique and independent documentary volume. Here for the first time are described all design proposals, individual pieces and completed series production models for over 40 automobile brands. Car aficionados with an interest in body design, product designers and car builders will find here a wealth of previously unknown background information about car design. All 320 Bertone car models are described and illustrated, with additional tables and an index of names of 1,290 people from 1912 to 2019, making this a unique and informative work. It is the first catalogue of Bertone's work

Der Leser erhält hier einen umfangreichen Prachtband mit profunder Information und einzigartigem sowie historischem Bildmaterial zu den Pkw der Jahre 1945-1960, die die automobilen Vorlieben der heute 50- bis 80-Jährigen entscheidend geprägt haben dürften. Der Autor Roger Gloor weckt aber nicht einfach nur Erinnerungen an einstige Traumautos oder an die Brot-und-Butter-Autos unserer Großväter, er schildert auch kenntnisreich und detailliert Geschichte und Geschichten dieser Fahrzeuge und macht so im Nachhinein verständlich, warum welches Fahrzeug zu der einen oder eben zu der anderen Kategorie gehörte.

Als Fachjournalist und Redaktor reiste der Autor dieses Buches während Jahrzehnten zu internationalen Presseanlässen, von denen die meisten eine Flugreise bedingten. Wenn immer möglich, ließ er sich seinen Passagierplatz an einem Fenster reservieren. Denn er hatte erkannt, wie wunderbar sich die Aussicht aus der Höhe auf unseren Planeten präsentierte. Klar, dass er da oft auch die Kamera in Aktion brachte. Auch als Rentner konnte er es nicht lassen, weiterhin das Flugzeug zu besteigen, sei es, um mit seiner Frau weitere Destinationen zu erleben oder seine Verwandten in Australien zu besuchen. Seine Schilderungen beziehen sich jedoch auf die Erlebnisse mit festem Boden unter den Füßen, sei es in Europa, Nord- und Südamerika, Ost- und Westafrika oder in Asien bis und mit China. Eine Lobeshymne auf das Fliegen also? Nein, der Autor ist sich der Umweltbelastung durch den Flugverkehr durchaus bewusst; er setzt auf die angekündigten schonenden Kerosintreibstoffe. - Mit seiner Vielseitigkeit vermittelt dieses Buch zudem Einblicke auf die verschiedensten Wirtschaftsbereiche.