Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic

Chris Harris is a car enthusiast who has a lifelong obsession with automobiles. He calls it "unhinged geekery," but the rest of the world calls it infectious enthusiasm, adrenaline-fueled escapism, and rigorous journalistic integrity. He has famous skills at the wheel, from city cars to rally cars, and has a Guinness World Record for the 3.4km sideways in an electric car. This book is a true one-off, told with wit, warmth, and disarming honesty.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2023
Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Nobody knows cars like Chris Harris does. He calls it "unhinged geekery," but the rest of the world calls it infectious enthusiasm, adrenaline-fueled escapism, and rigorous journalistic integrity. And then there are his famous skills at the wheel, from city cars to rally cars, not forgetting the Guinness World Record 3.4km sideways in an electric car.

And now for the first time, Harris takes us down the road of his lifelong obsession with the automobile – along surprising diversions, around hazards and obstructions, down the fast lane collecting Gs and back to the lock-up to prep the stock.

From the six-year-old who could recite the stats from What Car? magazine to the YouTube car guru whose honest reviews got him banned by Ferrari. From the Scalextric track of his childhood to podiums as a racing driver out in the world. From behind his garage doors to the floodlit Top Gear studio.

Variable Valve Timings brings you an incredibly engaging story of adventure and petrolhead joy, told with wit, warmth, and disarming honesty. This book is a true one-off, just like Chris.

Weight: 504g
Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529913590