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Technical Book of the Car
Technical Book of the Car
Technical Book of the Car
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Technical Book of the Car

By Jorge Lucendo

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The car is part of our lives, and according to a study carried out in 2016, we spent 25,000 hours driving, which is about 3 years of our life. The car is our way of life, because thanks to it we can make a full social life, thanks to it we can access our way of life which is work, and at no time we can do without this means of locomotion. This book explains one by one, all the means and all the technological advances that the car has experienced from the beginning to the present, explaining the vehicle in general, with all kinds of details, engines, braking systems, safety systems , in short, all the components of the car, including, all the technological advances in the automotive industry, all illustrated with around 180 images.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJorge Lucendo
Release dateJun 12, 2019
ISBN9781393945802
Technical Book of the Car
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