NEW CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE!

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WORLD'S CHEAPEST CAR

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REVIEW OF MINI - THE ESSENTIAL BUYER'S GUIDE

Mini Magazine has recently featured the brand new Veloce book Mini - The Essential Buyer's Guide by Mark Paxton. Click image to view full size.



More Essential Buyer's Guides from Veloce ...

SPECIAL OFFER!

The first edition of the little book of smart by Paul Jackson is available at half-price from the Veloce website. Now at the giveaway price of just £3.99! That is a smart price!
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ALASTAIR WALKER INTERVIEW - AUTHOR OF THE CAFE RACER PHENOMENON (PARTS 1 & 2)

Forthcoming! The Café Racer Phenomenon by Alastair Walker.
The Café Racer is one of the most enduring styles of motorcycle ever created, capturing the rebellious spirit of the 50s. This is a look back at the glory days of the Café Racer, from Friday night dices on the North Circular, through the street specials craze of the Seventies, to the modern day revival.
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MINI TO THE MAX!

-PRESS RELEASE-

Maximum Mini, a brand new book by Amsterdam-based motoring journalist Jeroen Booij is the first to focus solely on cars derived from the original classic Mini. Small GTs, sports cars, roadsters, racers and fun cars: Mini derivatives that changed the specialist motoring market completely in the early sixties, while newer designs kept it busy for nearly four more decades.

Published by Veloce at £24.95 in large square format, and containing 540 mainly colour pictures, the majority of which were specially shot for this project, this unique book is the result of over five years of Jeroen's own research and world travels to meet owners and picture their cars.

Maximum Mini features an extensive collection of almost 60 lovingly described and photographed cars. From the well known Unipower GT and Mini Marcos that raced at Le Mans, to the very obscure but equally exciting Coldwell GT and Sarcon Scarab. Some represent genius, some are crazy, but all are out of the ordinary, colourful and fascinating. Many of the people originally involved with designing and building them were interviewed - including famous F1 designer Gordon Murray - and even some cars thought to be long gone were discovered during Jeroen's researches.

Just like the enthusiasm needed to build the cars it describes, this book has been written with a true passion. After a career as a road test editor for a Dutch motoring magazine, Jeroen decided to become a freelance motoring journalist. He prefers describing the weird and wonderful of the automotive industry, specializing in classic, specialist, or simply unusual cars, which has often led to full features on vehicles that are hardly taken seriously by the regular press. With a passion for Minis, it was a logical step for Joroen to write a book about the unusual cars that derived from it.

Jeroen Booij commented: "The old Mini has been of great influence in the cottage industry as it offered perfect opportunities for derivatives. Once I'd started researching them I came across more and more cars and there was just no way back anymore. Every car had its own cool story which I became insatiable for."

The 128-page book was published this month and is available now from bookshops or from www.veloce.co.uk.


This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Mini and what better way to celebrate it than with the book that looks at the extreme forms of the classic little car!

THE WHO MAGIC BUS DIECAST MODEL

A limited edition, 1:43 scale model of a unique 1965, split-screen Volkswagen Transporter van with special The Who Magic Bus branding will be available to order online or from the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles network of dedicated Van Centres from later this week.

The Who Magic Bus Volkswagen Transporter van was created for a fundraising competition last year organised by UK charity Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) and legendary British rock band, The Who.

Only 1,000 of the 1:43 scale die-cast models of this vehicle are being produced, of which 100 will be available in the UK, at a retail price of £40. A donation of €2 from each model sold will go to TCT for children and young people suffering from cancer.

The Who Magic Bus is one of a range of models and toys available from Volkswagen’s Retro Collection of merchandise. Other items include scale models of the current Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles range such as the Crafter or Caddy vans, the California campervan (from £13.70), key rings (from £3.90), 1GB USB campervan memory sticks (£15) and a cuddly campervan soft toy (£15). The range will expand again later this year with the addition of a classic T1 Samba-Bus.
Source:Volkswagen/Newspress

A new diecast toy cars book is coming very soon from Veloce!

Diecast Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s by Andrew Ralston.
Collecting vintage diecast toy cars has become an increasingly popular hobby over the last 25 years, and this book provides a comprehensive overview of the companies that made these toys during the 1950s and 1960s.
As well as examining the major names such as Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and Matchbox (Great Britain), Solido (France), Tekno (Denmark) and Tootsietoy (USA), this book is unique in its coverage of many smaller and more obscure brands, not only from Europe or the USA but from countries as far afield as Japan, Israel and Argentina.
The book provides fascinating insights into the history of individual companies, accompanied by 300 photographs of rare examples, most of them with their original boxes. A further unique feature is the inclusion of a large selection of colourful and evocative illustrations from catalogues and period trade advertisements.
For the newcomer to the hobby, this volume will provide an ideal introduction to the history of the manufacturers active in this field, while experienced collectors will make many new discoveries.
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