motor vehicles

"Describes new technologies that are helping make road transportation, railroads, ships, airplanes, and space travel more efficient and discusses how transportation will change in the future"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the history of wheeled transportation, covering creation and development of early vehicles with wheels, automobiles, design, trucks and buses, motorcycles and bicycles, roads and highways, and more.

Discusses what it takes to work as a mechanic.

Side-by-side photographs reveal how methods of travel, including airplanes, trains, and automobiles, have changed and become more efficient. Includes a glossary and further reading sources.

Vehicles of all sorts get angry when they are stuck behind a slow-moving tractor.

Presents step-by-step instructions for building ten different vehicles--from a go-kart to a rescue truck--out of a standard collection of LEGO bricks.

Highlights some of the strangest racing machines in the world, including motorized skateboards, lawn mowers, snowmobiles that race on water, and a six-wheeled car.

Introduces the jobs of mechanics, describing the different types of vehicles they work on, as well as safety, education, equipment, and more.

Simple text and photographs describe eight different vehicles used by emergency personnel.