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Go like hell

Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans
2009
Describes the battle between Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s, and Ford's determination to not only beat Ferrari at his own game, but bring attention to the failing Ford Motor Company at the same time.

From the fryer to the fuel tank

the complete guide to using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel
2000

Christine

1983
Arnie Cunningham, a bookish and bullied high school senior, becomes obsessed with a 1958 Plymouth he is restoring named Christine.

Clueless about cars

an easy guide to car maintenance and repair
2007
A guide to car repair and maintenance, providing an introduction to the mechanical parts of the car, discussing preventive maintenance and safety tasks, symptoms of trouble, and buying and selling a car, and including instructions for simple repairs, as well as advice on how to communicate with a mechanic.

Slide or die

2006
Seventeen-year-old Kennin and his sister move to Las Vegas to be near their father who is in prison and becomes friends with Tito; but when Tito shows up one night with a stolen car, Kennin takes over the wheel and uses extraordinary driving skill to avoid being caught by the police.

No right turn

2005
After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.

Fastback Beach

2003
When Miles is put on probation for stealing a car, he learns about hot rods and rebuilding cars. When the project is stolen, Miles has to face up to his friends.

Cars 1990 to present days

production goes world wide
2002

From a Buick 8

a novel
2002
Eighteen-year-old Ned, having taken to hanging out at the barracks of state police Troop D in rural Pennsylvania after the death of his father, Trooper Curtis Wilcox, becomes obsessed with learning the truth about a 1954 Buick Roadmaster--apparently a conduit to the underworld--the squad has had secreted in a locked shed since 1979 when its owner mysteriously disappeared.

The car

1994
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

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