"John Player Motorsport Yearbook 1976".8 in. x 7 in. 336 pp. (Queen Anne Press Ltd., 12, V andy Street, London, EC2A 2EN, £2.95). You would not be far wrong if…

Birthday parties given by owners to their favourite cars are not unknown. In 1940 Anthony Heal gave such a celebration at "The Ely" near Camberley for his 1919 5-litre Ballot, on…

The road-test report in this issue of Motor Sport emphasises the quite fantastic performance of the Fiat 1500. In Italy it is regarded as a quite normal sort of 4-seater…

CONGRATULATIONS ... . . . . to Paddy Hopkirk and Henry Liddon on their splendid outright victory in the Monte Carlo Rally, endorsing all MOTOR SPORT has said in the…

  A New Version of the Most Scientifically-Contrived Car on the Market. A Safe, Very Comfortable and Essentially "Different" Family Saloon The many unusual but essentially practical technical features which…

A section devoted to old-car matters The Brooklands Re-Union The Brooklands Society's annual Re-Union took place on June 26th, in this 70th Anniversary Year of the opening of the Weybridge…

Roger Dennistoun Poore has died at the age of 70. He will be remembered for his company-director achievements but equally for his prowess at the wheel of a racing car.…

Last November we referred to the Revell kit for constructing a very-detailed 13½ in.-long model of a 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II with Gurney Nutting bodywork. This kit has since been…

Motor Sport conducts a severe test of a popular high-performance car  Last year Motor Sport  tested a "Competition" model Allard two-seater; this year the coupé model came up for test. This set…

Before the war the VSCC had race-meetings at Donington Park but not at Brooklands. It has since discovered this famous venue, rather late in the day, and on February 5th held its second…

It is excellent that dear old Murray Walker is starting another spell of F1 commentary. The pre-season ITV programme about his career was well worth staying up for, Murray's account…

Williams — The business of Grand Prix racing by Alan Henry. 232 pp. 9-1/2in x 6in. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ. £15.99. Among the many books which…