Go like hell : Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans /
Baime, A. J.
Go like hell : Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans / A.J. Baime. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. - xv, 304 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-283) and index.
By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins with little business experience, 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, was crafting beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them. This is the 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 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.--From publisher description.
0618822194 9780618822195
2008052948
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987.
Iacocca, Lee A.
Shelby, Carroll, 1923-
Ford Motor Company--History.
Automobile engineers--History.--United States
Automobiles--Design and construction--History.--United States
Ferrari automobile--History.
Grand Prix racing--History.
Industrialists--History.--United States
Sports cars--Design and construction.--United States
Sports cars--History.--United States
Go like hell : Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans / A.J. Baime. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. - xv, 304 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-283) and index.
By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins with little business experience, 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, was crafting beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them. This is the 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 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.--From publisher description.
0618822194 9780618822195
2008052948
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987.
Iacocca, Lee A.
Shelby, Carroll, 1923-
Ford Motor Company--History.
Automobile engineers--History.--United States
Automobiles--Design and construction--History.--United States
Ferrari automobile--History.
Grand Prix racing--History.
Industrialists--History.--United States
Sports cars--Design and construction.--United States
Sports cars--History.--United States