Automotive Atrocities: Cars You Love to Hate | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Peters
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 184908
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0760317879
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.222
UPC: 752748317871
EAN: 9780760317877
ASIN: 0760317879
Publication Date: July 31, 2004
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The bathtub-like AMC Pacer. The operationally challenged Yugo GV. The supremely unsavory Chrysler TC by Maserati. These wheeled nightmares and many more are gleefully trashed by author Eric Peters. If the eyesores like the decal powered 1978 Ford Mustang II King Cobra don't make you howl, well, consider this the used car buying guide of your dreams. - "Fright Club" Motor Trend, November 2004Automakers have foisted plenty of bad and even laughable cars upon an unsuspecting public over the years. Millions of people have been duped into buying mistakes-on-wheels, while millions more have been subjected to these cars after the new-car smell is gone, revealing only vehicular inadequacy.Automotive Atrocities: The Cars We Love to Hate is a truly distasteful collection of fake muscle cars, clown-car compacts, faux "luxury" cars, sales disasters, and other truly ugly and ill-conceived four-wheeled follies. Written for anyone who either unwisely decided or was forced against their will to drive an automotive atrocity, this book gives the motoring public the last laugh as everyone's least-favorite cars are skewered in book form for the first time.
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Hilarious! March 31, 2008
As someone completely ignorant of more than the general make & function of cars, I enjoyed this book much more than expected. It's entertaining & great for humorous quotes.
The author habitually comes into the store where I work, & talking to him is as enjoyable as reading the book!
 Atrocious Reading January 3, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is divided up into three sections: "Fake Muscle Cars," "Egregious Economy," and "Loathsome Luxury." The book contains mostly color pictures of the cars with some b&w shots. These photos seem to be a combination of press photos and brochure excerpts combined with privately-taken pictures. If you love snarky one-liners, your book has arrived. Peters never misses an opportunity to take pot shots at the vehicles in question- kinda like the little kid in the back of the classroom who's always making snide remarks under his breath, all the while thinking he is just *so* funny for it. Frankly, after reading the first five or six car reviews, it's tiresome and old. Peters needs to get a new routine. There are some facts in this book which Peters did not invent, and there are some pictures which are worth seeing, so the book is not a total loss, but I'd say don't waste your money on this book. Check it out from the library if you must. If you really want to know about the cars "featured" in this book, you'll do much better by looking on the internet or some current or back issues of such magazines as Collectible Automobile, or Hemmings Classic Cars. Lastly, Peters complains about the "dark ages" of the automobile, being the years 1974-1990. Yet, lo and behold, on page 9, Peters features his own car- a 1974-1976-vintage Trans Am, which would be comically ironic, except that I'm sure he wouldn't like it if someone called *his* car an automotive atrocity or leveled claims in kind against his ride with the same snarkiness.
 The book dishonoring the bombs of the seventies and eighties August 11, 2006
I got this book for the pure joy of entertainment, and really this book is a must for any car nut. The really interesting thing is i owned three of the Automotive Atrocites mentioned in the book, and agree with everything that was said about them ( The Mustang II, Dodge Omni, and Plymouth Reliant). Another car mentioned, my oldest sister owned,( The dreadful Chevy Vega) and needless to say, she would relate as well. What a laugh ad a half. The only thing is, he left out some truly hideous cars out such as the Edsel and the Corvair. However, for those of you who hated the book, get over it. I think it is funny, and will really bring back the memories, or have you relive your nightmares of one of those lemons, whichever comes first.
Automotive Atrocities! March 24, 2006
I really enjoyed this book. Automotive Atrocities is a must have for any car guy or girl. This book has great information and taught me some facts I did not know. The guys at work loved the book as well. This is a great buy.
 Lousy Layout January 18, 2006
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Overall, the book was interesting in spite of the heavy-handed attempts at humor. Peters shows some knowledge of the cars but obviously lacks first-hand experience of them. I could not give the book more than 3 stars because of the layout editor's idiot use of different color type over varying colored backgrounds. Makes the book difficult to read and detracts quite a bit.
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