From the moment that cars were invented, we have been traveling faster and faster, and here Martin Roach tells the extraordinary story of those who have come to be obsessed by speed, including such daredevils as Camille Jenatzy—who in 1899 became the first man to drive at over 100 kmh—and Malcolm Campbell and his Bluebird. This illustrated history also looks at the technology, the engines, and the inventors who helped progress in speed at all levels, from Formula One to the Ferrari and Mercedes.