The book, American Cars Past To Present traces the history of American cars beginning with the automobile's early days and Henry Ford's invention of the assembly line up through the present day.  "American Cars: Past And Present" takes a look at America's most prestigious brands like Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge and Oldsmobile and major manufacturers like Ford and GM.  It also tells the interesting stories of the industry founders Henry Ford, Louis Chevrolet, Walter P. Chrysler and Henry Leland, as well as those visionaries who tried to reinvent the automobile like Buckminster Fuller with his Dymaxion and Preston Tucker with his Torpedo to maverick John Delorean with his DMC12.  The major sections of "American Cars: Past To Present" are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) Chapter 1 - An Industry Stirs To Life; 3) Chapter 2 - 1912 - 1929 Cars for the Masses; 4) Chapter 3 1930 - 1941 Depression and Elation, The First Golden Age of the Automobile; 5) Chapter 4 - 1942 - 1948 The War Years and Recovery; 6) Chapter 5 - 1949 - 1960 The American Automobile Reinvented; 7) Chapter 6 - 1961 - 1972 The Second Golden Era; 8) Chapter 7 - 1973 - 1981 Recession, Regulation, Recession; 9) Chapter 8 - 1982 - 1989 Renaissance; 10) Chapter 9 - 1990 Present The Roaring 90s and a New Millennium; 11) Bibliography, Index and 12) Photographic credits.  In addition to an informative narrative, "American Cars: Past To Present" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 124 black and white photographs; 2) About 249 color photographs and 3) 8 black and white illustrations.  This book is 300 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is Matt Delorenzo.  Edition published in 2004.