Includes index

"Professor McPaw explores the history of the car, starting with the steam engine in the early 1800s, the advent of the combustion engine in 1872, the popularisation of the car by Henry Ford in the early 1900s, the evolution of motor racing, luxury cars of the 1950s, the Japanese innovations of the 1970s, and finally the new technologies of electric and self-driving cars today."--

BC (before cars) -- Age of steam -- Bend it like Benz -- Electric vs gasoline -- Henry's vision -- Early cars -- How a car works -- Practical post war cars -- 1950s luxury -- Early motor racing -- Motor racing today -- Motor maze -- Modern car and the rise of Japan -- Types of modern car -- Alternatives to gasoline -- Electric cars -- Professor McPaw's favourite sports cars -- Cars of the future -- Weirdest cars of all time