List of illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Part 1 The beginnings: a decade that set the motoring agenda * The first age * For millionaires and the millions * The complete car * Living machines * Women behind the wheel * Services * Speed * Postscript * Part 2 Defining modern motoring 190739 * Motoring lifestyles * Women motorists * The ideal car * Intimate living things * Something extra * Roads today highways for tomorrow * Speed with safety * Being British * Postscript * Part 3 Motoring discourses since 1940 * Popular motoring * Cars for everyone * Art and the car aesthetic * Sex and sexuality * Road battles * Environmental matters * Postscript * Concluding notes * Select bibliography * Index List of illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Part 1 The beginnings: a decade that set the motoring agenda * The first age * For millionaires and the millions * The complete car * Living machines * Women behind the wheel * Services * Speed * Postscript * Part 2 Defining modern motoring 190739 * Motoring lifestyles * Women motorists * The ideal car * Intimate living things * Something extra * Roads today highways for tomorrow * Speed with safety * Being British * Postscript * Part 3 Motoring discourses since 1940 * Popular motoring * Cars for everyone * Art and the car aesthetic * Sex and sexuality * Road battles * Environmental matters * Postscript * Concluding notes * Select bibliography * Index.