Delage - La belle voiture française
A Delage is the marriage of performance and elegance, the symbol of good luxury and good French taste. This work demonstrates that the greatest successes are only achieved through passion and hard work that never lets up. Building simple to make solid, such was Louis Delâge's initial objective.
Surrounding himself with a high-quality team, he propelled his brand to the top in a few years, triumphing simultaneously in the most select elegance competitions, as well as in the most legendary races. And when the 1930 crisis came to stop its fine momentum, placing itself under the protective wing of Delahaye, the Delage brand managed to survive with great dignity for twenty years, a chance that most of its competitors did not have.
Communication is an art, Louis Delâge exercises it marvelously, knowing how to transmit his passion to his colleagues, knowing how to use the fallout from his racing successes by maintaining privileged relations with the specialized press.
This book re-establishes the truth about some misconceptions, peddled about the manufacturer and his work. The research undertaken to evoke the different aspects of this beautiful adventure, insufficiently known today, brings new information on many levels, thanks to the study of technical documents from the factory miraculously found, to discoveries made in many public or private archives, in banks and ministries, and thanks to testimonies.
As for the iconography, the fruit of 20 years of passionate and mostly unpublished collecting, it will amaze readers.
Information
| Author: | Daniel Cabart, Claude rouxel |
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| Details: | 384 pages, 29 x 24 cm / 11.4 x 9 in, hardback |
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| Illustrations: | 700 b&w and colour photos |
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| Publisher: | ETAI (F, 2005) |
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| ISBN: | 9782726894323 |
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