It’s pedal-to-the-metal time for L.A. brokers who ship rare and exotic cars to racing-gloved buyers in foreign lands. As the dollar has fallen, foreign collectors and purveyors of exotic cars have ...

Introduction -- 1. Earliest exotic -- 2. Exotic easts, from Rome to romanesque -- 3. Self-styled exotic : construction Venice -- 4. From three to four : the invention of America -- 5. Elusive emporia ...