Ultimate Collector Cars

My father-in-law is a rabid car enthusiast— a founding member of a national car museum level of car enthusiast— they are his great hobby. When I saw this set, I hesitated over the price and confirmed with my spouse (his Dad afterall!) that this was a gift which would be appreciated. From the photos my Mom-in-law sent, he spent hours going through the pages. It’s extremely well protected in its own special box, HEAVY and has high production values throughout. Dad-in-law is also a serious amateur photographer and he was impressed by the photos too. A great win all around! Thanks Amazon for alerting me to this set.

Large heavy coffee table 2 volume set with gorgeous pictures of some of the world’s most gorgeous cars. Surprisingly text well written and informative

This 2-book set had a 30 LB sticker on the box when it arrived - to warn you not to hurt your back while lifting... True story. These books are massive, heavy, and printed on extremely nice, thick media. Nice publishing and packaging.The car selection, photography, packaging - all combined this set is worth the price if you're a motorhead. Volume One is 1900-1950's. Volume Two is 1960-present. The most recent is a 2020 McLaren. There is a distinct bias towards high end very low production volume race cars and limited production machinery, however it's tough to say the selections included in the set are not correct. There seems to be more rare (unusual, even obscure?) Italian stuff included than not, a bit of a European bias. There are some '60's and newer Mopar, GM, and Ford. Not much old (prior to 1960) American at all aside from Stutz, Duesenberg, Auburn.There is no glossary to list the cars included, but basically a lot of stuff you'd expect to see in the best museum you've ever been to. Very nice high quality photography. One flaw that's worth mentioning is that there is no "centerfold" - so that very nice 2-page pics have a seam down the center that you just can't overlook. That flaw isn't worth even a half star for me. This set is awesome.

I've had to give up on owning the car of my dreams, so I've put together a pretty good automotive library instead. Two of the "heaviest" tomes are Assouline's "Ultimate collection of cars" and now Taschen's Ultimate collector cars.Which I haven't received yet, but I'm looking forward to. I do hope someone, besides me decides to do a direct comparison, of not just books but of the cars selected. I'm going to give it all 5 stars in the meantime.

I try not to let my enthusiasm flow over onto friends, but in this case I cannot contain myself. Taschen is renowned for its photography and publishing quality, but the have outdone even themselves. Exquisite photography and fascinating hitorical narrative. Limited edition, so get it while you can,

I ordered this book set for my husband as a Christmas gift. It was delivered damaged. The shipping box was not damaged, but the book set is damaged. Taschen will not help since this was purchased through Amazon. The set weighs almost 30 lbs. What am I supposed to do with these expensive and heavy damaged books?!

This seems like a great gift for a car lover but the quality of handling of the presentation box is poor for what this product costs.

Book arrived immaculate. The quality of the paper and pictures is exceptional. Would not hesitate to purchase other books from publisher.