Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-419) and index.

Introduction: living with cars -- Making cars -- Buying and selling cars -- Keeping the car at home -- Maintaining the car -- Filling up -- Parking, pre 1939 -- Parking, post 1945 -- Scrapping the car -- On the road -- The car and the countryside -- Hospitality for the motorist -- Traffic in towns, 1896-1939 -- Traffic in towns, 1945-2010 -- Conclusion.