Road testing cars today is a science executed with millimetric accuracy. But, as he looks back over 60 years of testing, our founder editor reveals that it was not always…

by Lawrence Dalton. 328pp. 91/2'' x 81/4" (Dalton Watson, 21 Brook Mews North, London W2 3BW, £39.95). Dalton Watson has a respected name for publishing top-class books about top-class motor…

"The World's Worst Aircraft" by James Gilbert. 192 pp. 10 1/4. in. x 8 3/4 in. (Michael Joseph Ltd., 52, Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3EF £4.95.) A curious title for…

A history of Crossley has been long awaited. Now Michael Eyre, Chris Heaps and Alan Townsin have supplied one. Quality-produced, it has an enormous display of interesting pictures, and is…

Aintree, Liverpool, July 15th. Skip to GT race After the fast straights of the Reims circuit the Grand Prix scene moved to the slow corners of the Aintree circuit, and…

"One Hundred Years of Motoring — An RAC Social History of the Car", by Raymond Flower and Michael Wynn-Jones. 224 pp. 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" (The Publications Manager, Box…

There is an increasing number of times when I wonder if we are simply going mad! Puerile TV shows are rife, political about-turns likewise, but on the motoring front, what…

THE HEADING does not refer to a bobbed-haired "flapper" in her sporting GN or Morgan, as well it might, but to a rather courageous journey undertaken in 1922 in one of the…

The Editor completes a Brisk Tour of Northern England in search of Objects of Motoring Interest. The great Ford Motor Company Ltd. of Dagenham contributes materially to the output record…

Engine: Flat-four cylinder, 82.5 x 74 mm. (1,582 c.c.). Inclined overhead valves operated by push-rods. 8.5 to 1 compression ratio. 75 b.h.p. (88 S.A.E. h.p.) at 5,000 r.p.m. Gear ratios:…

THIS is an affair which belongs to the era of London omnibuses running on "solids ' and sliding on the woodblocks at Hyde Park Corner, of quaint taxis and (they…

The VW Beetle still roams the world's roads and Foulis have come up with a 325-page book (10 3/4" x 8") by Lindsay Porter about how to purchase and maintain…