Top Gear: The Cool 500: The Coolest Cars Ever Made

I ordered this book expecting it to just be a normal medium sized picture book filled with someone's favorite cars. However, when I received it, I was pleasantly surprised to see its size! It's a large book and is perfect for display and fits on the average bookshelf. The content was informative, but in a way that doesn't bore you to tears. My ONLY complaint, was that it was a bit dirty on the front and back covers when I bought it. It had some sort of small crusty things stuck to it, which was unsettling, but I simply cleaned it off and it was perfect. The dirty covers could have simply been a one time mistake. I recommend this for any Top Gear fan or car fanatic!!!!

It was a beautiful book, if I was into cars and top gear I would want it. Sadly, the person bought it for decided they didn’t want it, so nothing wrong with it!

This book delivers exactly what the title states, a list, in chronological order of 500 of the coolest cars ever made. Of course the book is filled with the supercars that make fanatics drool like the Ferrari Enzo, Lamborghini Countach, and the Aston Martin DB5. It isn't all 6 and 7 figure supercars though, there are quite a few more practical and eclectic cars thrown into the mix. Things like the 1965 Ford Transit Van and the 1962 Peel P50.Every entry is accompanied by a photo of the car and short entry giving some information or thoughts on the vehicle.Being a BBC book the whole thing has a bit of eurocentric feel as may be expected. Of he 500 cars featured it seems that about 90% of them are European. The few American cars included feel like they were included only grudgingly and usually have some backhanded compliments or snide remarks in the entry. A few examples:From the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, "It ought to be stressed, however, that while there has never been a truly bad 911 (speaking of the Porsche), there has seldom been a Corvette that qualified as even half-way good."From the 2000 Saleen S7, "Although Americans are widely, and quite rightly, ridiculed for most of the detritus they manufacture in the name of motoring, there are some monumental exceptions."From the 2004 Cadillac CTS-V, "Cadillac has never made much of an impression on the UK, perhaps because we didn't want overpriced, dynamically redundant saloons with slushy auto boxes and all the class of a pimp's thong."While it wasn't much of a problem for me, if your love is for American cars then you should look elsewhere. I personally enjoyed seeing lots of the lesser well known European cars I'd never been exposed to before.

I bought this as a gift and my fiancé spent hours reading it and telling me about why this car or that one was impressive. Lord knows some of the cars in those pages don't look like much but they represent a turning point in this or that feature. He loves it and it was well worth the price. Its a large book.

This book is better than expected and very thorough. I bought it for my 11 year old son and he enjoys it a lot. It is however, written for an adult. The commentary about each car is done in British fashion with words spelled differently than American's would. My son questioned why 'color' was spelled 'colour'. Their written humor is over the top of most kids as well, but very entertaining for car enthusiast adults. I'd definitely recommend for anyone of any age.

This book was given to my grandson who is not only a detail driven car fan but is also is a great fan of Top Gear so, the book was a hit all the way around.

Great gift for soon to be driving nephew who is learning all about cars!

I got a look at this book before giving it as a gift. Car buffs love this kind of thing and most of us have cars we think were absolutely the coolest in design. Kind of fun also for those of us who are older and have seen a lot of model years of a lot of brands.

not my thing but my brother loves it

Great facts and photos for the car buff. Book arrived early and in excellent condition!

With beautiful photos and crisply written descriptors, often very witty, this is an amazing collection of the most amazing 500 cars till date for children and adults.

Auch wenn nun die neue Serie mit neuen Presentern angefangen hat - das Buch ist noch immer interessant für "Petrolheads". Junge und Alte.

珍しい車ばかり載っていて大変面白い。最新の車もあり、飽きない一冊だ。