By the early 1960s; the Ford Motor Company; built to bring automobile transportation to the masses; was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II; who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of; knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves; looking for speed not safety; style not comfort. Meanwhile; Enzo Ferrari; whose cars epitomized style; lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars; "science fiction on wheels;" but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them. Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II; with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer; Carroll Shelby; concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing; where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design; build; and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world; something no American car had ever done. Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled; glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists; the cars they built; and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory; or doom.
#3945519 in Books Franklin Watts 2010-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .10 x 6.74 x 9.02l; .23 #File Name: 053124910732 pages
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