The vintage SCC decided to get all ambitious this year and extend its Oulton Park Meeting over two days, with sponsorship from The Observer and the Cheshire Life Building Society. Such is…

A refined, safe-handling, expensive FWD saloon I call the Triumph 1500 rather odd, because it manages to be a nice family conveyance in spite of a quite old-fashioned specification. Eventually,…

"Bugatti by Borgeson — The dynamics of mythology" by Griffith Borgeson. 223 pp, 10" x 7" (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LP. £9.95). Osprey are to be congratulated…

Corgi claim that their new Bedford tipper miniature faithfully reproduces the solid short stubby appearance of the original; No. 494 in the Corgi Toys series of die-cast models is four…

The Blower Bentley may be regarded as a racing failure but one very special single-seater did achieve success, lapping Brooklands faster than anything else had before. By Bill Boddy. It…

Graham Skillen had an informative article in the VSCC Bulletin on the elusive Frenchman T B Andre, who sold Marlborough light cars which he brought over from France, with premises…

In time for Christmas comes the excellent news that Minimodels Ltd. have introduced their "Scalextric" rail-racing kit. They will be remembered for their Scalex model racing cars, and it was…

Apart from its intrinsic interest the "War Diaries of Harold Macmillan" (Macmillan, 1984), covering the politics and war in the Mediterranean from 1943 to 1945, have a number of references to…

New 5.3-litre engine endows the familiar fast touring car with excellent and effortless acceleration and high speed cruising. A report on the Series-3 2+2 coupé. Last year the long-awaited twelve-cylinder…

In doubling the tax on motor fuel and imposing purchase tax on commercial vehicles the Government has given a more than usually clear indication of its determination to back rail…

"Corvette A Piece Of the Action" Edited by Beverly Ray Kinks 224 pp. 12" x 9 1/4" (E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 201, Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003. £25.35.)…

A £1,100 competition saloon which is also a very practical road car, possessing extremely usable acceleration, very powerful Girling brakes, a top speed of over 100 m.p.h. and good handling…