Extra Lemon
Tony Davis
Bantam Press. 163 pages. $16.95

EXTRA Lemon outlines the sometimes-shameless history of the automotive industries “heroic failures”.

Tony Davis has dubbed these vehicles lemons, for various reasons such as terrifying flimsiness, catastrophic sales figures and being deathly dull. Davis examines some of the well-known Australian released lemons being the Holden Camira and the Chrysler Valiant. He also brings to the reader’s attention some of the more obscure vehicles, many readers would not have heard of such as the Ford Pinto.

Extra Lemon is a cynical and sometimes funny read for the car buff and the car novice. Army news has a copy of Extra Lemon to give away. In 25 words tell us if you have owned a lemon and why it was one to you. Entries to simone.heyer@defencenews.gov.au

– Pte Andrew Hetherington