At "Rusty" Russ Turner's excellent high-speed day at Ghent in Belgium, John Goddard's turbo-supercharged 3.8-litre Bentley did 126.59 m.p.h. over the two-way kilo, but a piston burnt out as the…

Armstrong Siddeleys, advertised as being 'of Aircraft Quality', were wellmade cars of dignified appearance. C G Grey, editor of The Aeroplane, had several and asked of his first how far…

The Editor samples some two-stroke motoring in an Auto-Union D.K.W. F102 and a Saab Sport, and two-pedals a General Motors' Pontiac Parisienne THERE have been rumours lately that D.K.W. and…

The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1977 Nineteen-seventy-seven was an enjoyable motoring year, even if some of the faster, better motor cars eluded me just as…

When Morland & Co. decided to build a new public-house in Preston Road, Abingdon-on-Thames, they instituted a ballot amongst the townspeople, which showed that the name preferred for the new…

247 pp., 5 1/2 in. by 8 1/2 in. (Bentley Drivers Club Ltd., " Madges," Long Crendon, near Aylesbury, Bucks. 30s.) This "Bentley Bible," compiled with monastic devotion by the…

The Complete Car Modeller 2, by Gerald Wingrove (revised edition). Haynes / Foulis, £14.99. Gerald Wingrove is a genius builder of incredibly detailed, very accurate scale-model cars. He has now…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters THE "BOXING NIGHT INFORMAL" IN SPITE of arctic conditions another "Boxing Night Informal" was held successfully last December. This time the route of the…

The Editor Visits D. R. Grossmark's Collection of Acton-built Cars This isn't a history of the Napier—the person qualified to write one is D. R. Grossmark himself—and I apologise for…

It must have been some 40 or so years ago that I attended a steam-car rally. It attracted, if I recall correctly, only a Doble saloon, a home-made "pot-boiler" and a Turner-Miesse.…

No, not that palace — the Crystal Palace, London's only motor racing circuit which has never been as well documented as Brooklands or Donington. It all started in 1927, with…

"Aston Martin and Lagonda" by Michael Frostick. 196 pp. 10 in. X 7 in. (Dalton Watson Ltd., 76, WardoUr Street, London, WAV 4AN. £7.50.) Although any more about Aston Martins at present…