Cars With 2-Stroke Engines: D.K.W, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Wartburg, Trabant, Barkas, Lloyd, Goliath, Goggomobil & More [Soft Cover ]

This book covers what I consider to be the best cars (& vans) with 2-Stroke engines that were made by conventional car makers. The marques covered are D.K.W, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Wartburg, Trabant, I.F.A, Framo, Barkas, F.S.O, Lloyd, Goliath, Goggomobil and Melkus. I have tried to stick to cars with enough room for a small family as well as small commercial vehicles. This means I didn't include very many microcars. I had to draw the line somewhere! 2-Stroke cars were made from 1928 to 1990 and the book is a celebration of a bygone era when cars were a lot simpler and easier to maintain. The book covers the history, specifications, road tests, model changes, buyers guides, period adverts, prototypes and often the political climate that was prevalent at the time. It is not meant to be a workshop manual.It includes my own experiences buying and owning a number of these cars and the stories are told in a light-hearted and conversational style. 2-Stroke cars today make a highly entertaining choice of classic car that's somewhat different from more mainstream choices. Some are still very affordable too.Formerly published as "Two Stroke Cars Of The Past" in 2012, the book has been edited, proof-read, revised and has had a new layout in November 2018. What used to be an A4 size book has been resized to 6"x9" which is large paperback size. It now has 464 pages. This has reduced the printing costs, so the book is now cheaper to buy. It is also available on Kindle at half the price of the printed book. The only difference in the two is that the Kindle version has a mixture of both colour and black and white photos and the printed copy has only black & white due to the high cost of colour printing. Early criticisms of the original book largely concerned typos, and bad layout. These issues have been addressed and the whole book has had a thorough going over. I hope you enjoy it!