The book, "Touring Cars" represents a thorough pictorial review of the world of touring car racing.  From its first years spent in the long shadows of Formula One, where "saloon" car races were run alongside F1 events, touring car racing has quickly developed into a dedicated following of its own.  "Touring Cars" begins with a look at the interesting history of this sport, from the early days of saloon car racing in the 1950s to the emergence of the British Touring Car Championship.  "Touring Cars" also highlights its relationship with other European championships and explains its connection with stock car racing in the United States.  Within the pages of "Touring Cars" are full descriptions of competing cars with detailed specifications of all the major models.  "Touring Cars" also analyzes each race team's performance and profiles the leading BTCC drivers with accompanying statistics covering their career and race record.  The major sections of "Touring Cars" are as follows: 1) The History of Touring Car Racing; 2) The Advent of Super Touring; 3) Touring Cars Around the World; 4) The Teams; 5) The Cars; 6) The Drivers; 7) Appendices and 8) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, "Touring Cars" includes the following features: 1) 2 black and white photographs and 2) Approximately 106 color photographs.  For any fan of tour car racing, "Touring Cars" is an indispensable guide to the modern touring car scene.  This book is 96 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is John Tipler.  Edition published in 1997.