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From the Austin Allegro to the Renault Safrane, and from the MGB to the Volkswagen Beetle, this book brings together 50 of the worst cars ever to grace the roads of Britain. The book features everything from the aesthetically pathetic to the mechanically misguided and includes tales of the most bizarre and appalling cock-ups in motoring history. With full-colour photos to illustrate each entry, this chronicle of classically Crap Cars will transport you back to the beige and brown world of the seventies and eighties and your very own Morris Marina.

Top Gear presenter and columnist for the Daily Telegraph, James May brings together another brilliant collection of his most controversial and humorous writing. From tales of motoring adventures through India, Russia and Iceland, to classic articles on essential subjects such as driving songs and haunted car parks, these gems from the number one car connoisseur will take readers on a motoring journey that will amuse and entertain in equal measure.

Top Gear is a phenomenon. The three presenters' collective and infectious enthusiasm for all things automotive, and the on-screen dynamic between ultra-competitive Clarkson, painstakingly pedantic May, and Hammond caught between the two, is television gold and has turned a niche-interest BBC2 programme into family entertainment with viewing figures regularly hitting 8 million. And now "The Big Book of Top Gear", the first ever Top Gear annual, combines in one irresistible package all the elements of the show that make it so popular: an unashamed petrol-head need for speed; a bit of Boy's Own adventure; special features based around each presenter such as Jeremy's 'Page of Power' and James May's 'Ooh, That's Nice' rundown of some of his favourite comfy, wood and leathery cars, plus essential automotive stats and details for the hardcore motoring nuts and much more.Equally delightful for teenagers and their great-grandparents, "The Big Book of Top Gear" will be the must-have Christmas present for 2008.

Following up on "Crap Cars" and "My Dad Had One of Those", for Father's Day 2008, "Top Gear" celebrates the mid-life crisis with the definitive collection of the flashest, fastest, most impractical cars ever to be found in the driveways of otherwise perfectly sensible men. The noise, speed and power miraculously replace lost testosterone. There's no room in the back for the family; the multi-storey car park is Monte Carlo and the man behind the wheel feels young and free again.Drawing on the high level of Top Gear expertise in this area, this book surveys mid-life crisis cars from the 1950s onwards, identifying over 60 classics in the genre, spanning the whole spectrum from Ford Capri to Ferrari. It will offer fascinating insights into what each make and model reveals about the current mindset of its owner, and there'll be a simple score system indicating how well the choice of car deals with any issues that might need to be resolved. "Top Gear's Midlife Crisis" will be irresistible to anybody who has ditched the estate car for the sports car, and to anybody whose partner has done so.

Did you know that Jasons and Tracies crash more cars than Jacquelines and Damons? Or that a boomerang can be used to repair a knackered clutch? Have you ever wanted to visit a naked car show, wondered what it's like to drive on the world's most dangerous road, or receive the world's most expensive speeding ticket? Want to read about flying cars, amphibious cars, or atomic cars? What about the Accord that can actually strike a chord, or the love car park? Dip inside to find all these plus stacks of other stuff, including cars in films, cars on TV, cars in songs even cars as coffins. This is a car book like no other. It's full of the strangest stories, fascinating facts and spectacular stats a must for any car nut.

Good old Dad and his good old Dads car. As solid and dependable as the man himself, if a little less balding, Dads car was almost a member of the family, whisking you to exciting days out, or just to visit boring relatives in distant parts of the country to the chant of are we nearly there yet? Like the man behind the wheel, Dads car made you feel safe and secure, because it was as reassuring and sensible as he was. Maybe in an idle moment Dad dreamt of driving something rakish and fast, just like in idle moments he dreamt that your Mum was Twiggy, but the demands of family life meant soft tops, hard suspension and anything even remotely sporty were off the cards. Even anything less than four doors would have been wildly hedonistic. But although the family car may not have been the very essence of rock n roll, Dad was proud of it. Spanning the 1950s to the 80s, this is a celebration of the heyday of the Dad car. From much loved family workhorses like the Ford Cortina and Vauxhall Viva to the rakish excitement and playground kudos of the Rover 3500 and Citroen CX, all the great Dad cars are here. Reflecting a time before people carriers and lifestyle off roaders, when the nearest thing to an airbag was hiding behind your fat brother, this is a celebration of simple, honest cars that were as flawed and as loveable as your Dad himself.

Pitting man and machine against the most challenging natural and manmade elements, Top Gear Top Drives takes six cars across six continents to bring you some of the most spectacular car journeys in the world. From a Smart in Russia to a Ferrari over the mountains of Ecuador, Top Gear Top Drives will take you across Polar planes in a pick-up truck, up sand dunes in a Toyota land cruiser, along remote and rugged coastlines, into the Australian outback and through the gates of Draculas castle in a Mercedes-Benz. You'll drive in fast cars, cool cars, inappropriate cars, tiny cars and some very expensive cars in Top Gears road trips of a lifetime. Illustrated throughout with over 200 stunning photographs, and with a foreword by Jermey Clarkson, this inspirational travel book features 20 spectacular behind-the-wheel adventures, and will be irresistible to anyone who dreams of heading for the horizon with a scorch of the tyres in a cloud of dust.

Top Gear's Richard Hammond describes the 100 cars NOT to drive. One positive if belated aspect of 'Cool Britannia' is that British-originated cars have become (again?) among the coolest on the planet. Range Rover, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin - especially the Aston Martin - these are names not only of historic significance but have a new resonance in the contemporary world too. But what of the not so cool cars, the cars you shouldn't opt to buy - and those you shouldn't even be seen in or alongside? No, not the Skoda or station wagon, which have a heroic anti-car coolness of their own, but the Golf or Astra or professional footballer's Ferrari. This is a book that jumps from an enormous height on personalised number plates, but celebrates Jarvis Cocker's decision to drive a station wagon and Roger Moore a Renault 5. It questions what happens to the status of your car after you have seen Bernard Manning or Jade Goodie posing next to a model of it in the newspaper. So there is a 'Showroom Questionnaire' for car manufacturers to check out their customers before they deign to sell them a car that might become irrevocably uncool as a result. As funny as it is cool and aspirational, WHAT NOT TO DRIVE will entertain all who love the information, banter and humour of BBC TV's Top Gear.