Let the Bathroom Readers' Institute take you on the ultimate road trip! From the first motorized vehicles to the flying cars of tomorrow, you'll race around the world to learn about some great sets of wheels and the men and women who make them go. So strap on your seatbelts--it's going to be a fun ride! Read about...

* The Batmobile--a timeline
* The yacht that cost more than some countries' GDP
* The stories behind car songs, from why Sammy Hagar couldn't drive 55 to the real Little GTO
* The most expensive clunkers in automobile history
* The Black Beetle: a New York Central train outfitted with jet engines
* Clark Griswold's "Wagon Queen Family Truckster" and other famous movie cars
* Make your pickup into a Monster Truck!
* The real story of the Car Talk guys
* Ghost planes and haunted ships
* Setting the land speed record
* Who were Harley and Davidson?
* The legal woes of Abraham Levy, inventor of the dashboard shade
* NASCAR's greatest heroes and sorest losers
* The origin of crash-test dummies
* Driving to work on the moon

Please note that only the first half of the text is available for preview here. If you would like to request a complete review copy, please email jennifer.frederick@baker-taylor.com.