When I was about 12 I think, I wandered past the bargain bin within a bookstore and saw an enormous coffee table sized book titled "The Lore of Flight". It was richly illustrated with line drawings, cockpit views, aerial maps - all kinds of crap. I latched onto it and lugged it home. Over the next several months I read about ailerons, service ceilings, reduction gears, pilot hypoxia, wartime induced innovations, and on and on. To this day it's one of my favorite technical reads of all time.
I personally haven't come across such a book about cars but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist. You might get close searching something like "automotive technical history" or "motor racing technical history" on Googlebooks or Amazon. The folks at Motorbooks International may know a title off-hand. Also, check the on-line used book networks like Abebooks. Some of the book dealers within the network specialize in automotive books and know thousands of titles (and they answer their email). Focus on obtaining a title first. Then worry about finding the book because it's probably out of print.
In the end I agree with what everyone else has said. A book like this is going to be so large and rambling that few people would buy it. (Recall I mentioned my airplane book was in the bargain bin....) Most car books I buy tend to be a mile deep and an inch wide, not the other way around.