Go like hell : Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans / A.J. Baime.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.Description: xv, 304 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cmISBN:- 0618822194
- 9780618822195
- Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987
- Iacocca, Lee A
- Shelby, Carroll, 1923-
- Ford Motor Company -- History
- Automobile engineers -- United States -- History
- Automobiles -- United States -- Design and construction -- History
- Ferrari automobile -- History
- Grand Prix racing -- History
- Industrialists -- United States -- History
- Sports cars -- United States -- Design and construction
- Sports cars -- United States -- History
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
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.