Torrential October rain suggested hard going for the 103 'victims' of this tough event, dating back 59 years, with four observed sections on the Saturday and 11 on the Sunday,…

"Safari Fever" by Nick Brittan. 160 pp., 81 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Motor Racing Publications) Ltd., 56, Fitzjames Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, SDD. £2.80.) This is an enthralling account of…

August 18th The sun shone and there was over-spill from the large car parks to an adjacent field for this year's Vintage S.C.C. Prescott Speed Hill-Climb. The entry of 103…

A Very Satisfactory Small Sports Car, Offering a Maximum Speed Comfortably in Excess of 110 m.p.h., Extremely Good Acceleration, Unexpected Docility and Outstanding "Safety Fast" Characteristics, Reinforced by Dunlop Disc Brakes…

The latest model to emerge from the great Billancourt factory of Regie Nationale des Usines Renault is the Type R.1100 Frégate, a competitively-priced six-seater saloon for world markets, endowed with…

J Stuart (ERA) and GG McDonald (Bentley) the outstanding drivers. Dunham's Alvis wins twice. The Vintage Sports-Car Club was lucky on June 28th, on the occasion of its Silverstone Race Meeting, for…

The question of sources has a topical ring to it. My announcement that all three of the racing Sunbeams which in 1912 finished 1-2-3 in the Coupe de l'Auto race…

The Bugatti OC has its enjoyable Classic Prescott hill climb on June 5/6, and the VSCC goes there for its notable annual event on August 7/8, practice first, timed action…

Rare encounter — a roamer with Duesenberg engine

"Bedford — GM's British Commercial" by Michael Sedgwick. 112 pp. 91/2" tt 61/4" (Dalton Watson Ltd., 76 Wardour Street, London W1V 4AN £7.00). This is Sedgwick's contribution to the picture-books…

How to Motor Trade! New cars being virtually unavailable for some time after the end of the 1914/18 war, those vending used vehicles were in a comparatively happy position. The…

Those who grew up, as it were, in the days when Lotus were successful in the Grand Prix field must be terribly shaken to hear that, allegedly, £10-million in-the-red, this…