Chapman's Car Compendium

The Essential Book of Car Facts and Trivia
Giles Chapman

If you have ever wondered which the best taxi ride in the world is or how old you have to be to drive in Ethiopia (a rather dangerous 14 years old), Chapman’s Car Compendium covers it.

A useful, and sometimes hilarious, selection of facts about the motor industry that will keep you annoyingly gripped. I certainly didn’t know that “I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment,” was actually written on an insurance claim form. EF

Published by Merrell, ISBN 978 1 8589 4414 2, £9.95