Published by Veloce an imprint of David and Charles, Driving the Dragon is a 224 page paperback.
The introduction tells the build-up of the car industry up to the end of the 90s. Then the following 17 chapters take the story from the early 2000s up to the current day. Largely chronological, each chapter builds the story through key cars that the author test drove showing how the Chinese auto industry was developing.
Extract from the introduction.
Chapter 1 looks at how China used the IP from the Rover 75 to help build the auto industry.
The book is illustrated throughout with around 150 photographs of various cars.
Chapter 14 looks at the rise of the new EV startup companies many of which took inspiration from Tesla and were hoping to cash in the government-led push to what China calls new energy vehicles.
