AS we write, the war-news is grave; may it have improved by the time these words are read. The fact remains that it is mechanised forces which have swept through…

It is true, as Mr B J Walsh of Loughborough pointed out in his letter (MOTOR SPORT, December 1986), that the increasing use of anti-lock brakes may increase the number…

"The Sky Suspended," by Jim Bailey. 166 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (Hodder & Stroughton, Warwick Lane, London, E.C.4. 21s.) Jim Bailey, now a publisher in Africa,…

In commenting last Show-time on the trend of design, Autocar pointed to the recent re-introduction of multiple valves as an aid to engine efficiency. Thus we have seen the latest…

Mille Miglia 1984 The quaintly named Musical Watch Veteran Car Club, together with l'Automobile Club di Brescia, is organising a re-run of the Mille Miglia in 1984, from May 24th…

With the European Common Market confronting them and competition for orders hotting-up all over the World, the engineering and sales departments are reporting as follows:— Simca: The Simca 1000 has been…

FUN AND GAMES AT GOODWOOD The Guild of Motoring Writers held its annual Test Day at Goodwood on October 25th. It is to be congratulated on the excellent organisation, aided…

While much criticism of Sir Michael Edwardes was appearing in The Times for handling of British Leyland, a small number of motoring writers made a visit to Britain’s second largest…

The article I wrote about Adrian Liddell's ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire (Motor Sport, December 1977) has resulted in much interesting correspondence, including a letter from Mr. Denham Brown, who, as a fitter at the…

The New Scientist reports a single-seater Bugatti on view at a new London Transport Museum. Some years ago a motoring paper told of the same car as being a Type…

This month this feature appears on a vintage page, because it concerns vintage miniatures. The picture above is of a fine 1/5th-scale working model of a 1913 A-type Gnome Monosoupape…

"In the carefree days before 1914, when collars and incomes were high and taxation low, the acme of smartness was to be seen with a girl from a George Edwardes…