" . . owning and running a Bentley, with all its attendant joys, is perfectly feasible even on the limited budget of a car-owning, wage-earning 21-year-old. So if you are…

Research reveals interesting facts from the past. For instance, I have been wondering whether that great pre-war German racing driver, Rudi Caracciola, truly disliked aeroplanes and if so, why? When…

Looking around the veterans at the finish, we noticed the de Dion engine in Fotheringlaam-Parker's 1903 Renault, the snug landaulette body on Watters-Westbrook's 1903 Renault, the side radiators on Collinson's…

Back in 1922, one of the most meritorious achievements at Brooklands Motor Course was the "Double-Twelve-Hour" record established by Capt John Duff in his own 3-litre Bentley four-seater, at an…

"An MG Experience" by Dick Jacobs. 188 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Transport Bookman Publications Ltd., Syon Park, Brentford, TW8 8jF. £3.95 or £4.40 inclusive of parking…

Our recent references to air-cooled car engines brought a response from Graham Skillen of the BSA Front Wheel Drive Club, listing a number of cars which had such engines in…

When my friend Tom Lush and I ran Austin Sevens I recall some amusing episodes with them. On one occasion I went to see him and parked behind his Austin…

By Jerzy B. Cynk. 760 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Putnam & Co. Ltd., 9, Bow Street, London, WC2. £7.50.) Anyone who owns every aeronautical book published…

He is remembered as the man who pushed back boundaries of speed, but behind the record-breaker was a racer of distinction. Bill Boddy recalls a versatile and respected driver Back…

In the days before Rolls-Royce announced the 40/50hp Silver Ghost, the Napier was regarded by many as Britain's Top Car. Rolls-Royce soon corrected that, the Derby company doing everything it…

As quite a lot of people took us to task for our analysis of the European sports-car races of 1951 we are shy of race-analysis. So we do not propose this…

It is well known that in 1930 Rolls-Royce was alarmed at the performance and appeal of WO Bentley's fine 8-litre model, which was in direct competition with its Phantom II…