It was amusing to have a Volkswagen as my "Christmas car" once more, the much loved Beetle having served in that capacity 30 years ago. The latest twin-cam sixteen-valve Golf…

"Auto-Universurn-1966." Edited by Arthur Logoz. 212 pp. 13 in. 9 1/4 in. (Arthur Barker Ltd., 20, New Bond Street, London, W.1. 63s. This, the 9th edition of "Auto-Universum," is a…

The Mk. III Sceptre is now the only car to carry the honoured name of Humber, but should really be described as a de luxe, or in modern jargon "executive,"…

The Changeling Why is it that cars sometimes deteriorate, in respect of minor design details, the longer they are in production? I have now driven three of the very excellent…

"The Vintage Motor Car Pocketbook." Compiled by Cecil Clutton, Paul Bird and Anthony Harding. 256 pp. 5⅝ in. by 41/8 in. (B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 8s.…

The Italian job Some time back I wrote of the SLIM car, suggesting that it must have appealed to those troubled about their weight and on a diet. Now we…

"Sir Henry Segrave," by Cyril Posthumus. 227 pp. 81/2 in x 5 in. (BT Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1. 21s.) This it a scholarly biography of the late Sir Henry Segrave, who…

The Ziebart Vehicle Rustproofing concern has introduced new services for car users. One is their Envirogarde laminated windscreen-repair service. This uses the new Novus Method of repairing the damage, which…

IN THE adjacent reports on the VSCC Wessex and Welsh Trials on page 572 last month P.H.J.W. had it that in the first of these events that enthusiastic competitor Branislav…

Described to the Editor in a recent interview Colonel Rixon Bucknall is a great motoring enthusiast, as well as being an authority on ships and railways of the steam era.…

SINCE Mr. Owen Wyn Owen of Capel Curig disinterred the 27-litre Thomas-Special "Babs" a number of mysteries about the car have been posed not all of them relating to how…

The very many nourishing Clubs endorse the healthy state of the motoring pastime in this country. The Riley RM Club issues its sizeable magazine R. Memoranda, which contains not only…