British Family Cars of the 1950s and ‘60s
British Family Cars of the 1950s and ‘60s
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About this book
With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain’s suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This highly-illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.
Contents
- ?Introduction
- The First Post-war Family Cars
- A New Era
- The Outsiders
- Ford: Favourites of the Fifties
- Major Advances
- Cars for the Better-off
- Retrospection
- Suggested Reading
- Places to Visit
- Index
Paperback; April 2009; 64 pages; ISBN: 9780747807124