Retro car book and video recommendations

In honour of the Oscars we've come over all Hollywood with the recommendations this time.

First up with have all round Retro legend and hero to any right minded individual, Steve McQueen. More specifically we have McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Legend which details the famously petrolheaded McQueen's find array of machinery. Just about any one of which we'd give a major organ to own.

Next we have a DVD for a change. Rockstar Games are more famous for producing the Grand Theft Auto series of games. During the course of that they commissioned a video to be made about The Majestics lowrider club from Compton, LA. That video is called Sunday Driver and is worth opening your wallet and getting.

Thirdly we have more American cars! Muscle Car Confidential: Confessions of a Muscle Car Test Driver is the collected tales of Joe Oldham who through the golden age of the American muscle car got behind the wheel of pretty much all of them. His stories are really well told and the whole book is a quality product with some really great photography.

So finally we bring it all the way back round back to Hollywood. Sure this one falls firmly in the coffee table territory, but it is such a fun book with some great photographs and some stunning cars in it. Star and Cars does exactly what it says on the cover. Its photos are fantastic and the pages are filled with little snippets and facts to go along with the sumptuous picture content. Stick it on your birthday list, or treat yourself right now..