About the Author

Andrew Noakes graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in automotive engineering and became technical editor of Fast Car magazine. He was later editor-in-chief of Classics before going freelance, and has since worked for a wide range of automotive magazines and websites. He has written more than twenty books including four previous titles for Crowood, most recently Merecedes-Benz SL and SLC 107-series 1971-1989 - The Complete Story. He is a past chairman of the Guild of Motoring Writers and alongside his writing he is course director of the unique Masters degree in Automotive Journalism at Coventry University.