Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

by Baime, A. J.
ISBN: 9780547336053
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The epic story also told in the film FORD V. FERRARI: By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather's company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them.

Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something no American car had ever done.

Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory, or doom.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Baime, A. J.
  • ISBN: 9780547336053
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 336
  • Publication Year: 2010

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  • True Story Of How Two Of The Best Car Companies In The World Went To War On The Race Track

    Tim M. - 5 years 11 months ago

    GO LIKE HELL is a great story, of how Ford And Ferrari competed for automotive supremacy on the roads and race tracks. People such as Henry Ford and Enzo Ferrari have compelling backstories, and being a motor sports fan I was especially drawn to the drivers (i.e., John Surtees, Ken Miles) who proved their prowess and helped make the history contained in this book. The events take place during the 1960's - a truly dangerous era for drivers. The movie FORD VS FERRARI is well worth watching but please read this book to get the full effect!!