As Britain entered the Second World War in September 1939, so too it entered the bleakest period in the history of its motor car.
The 1940s was a time of war, deprivation and austerity, and, for almost a decade, car development stood still.
Wartime motorists faced petrol and tyre rationing, the hazards of the blackout and restricted areas.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Austerity motoring 1939-1950, paperback/andrew lane
