* I was amused to see that in my story on the less expensive vintage Italian sportscars the Bianchi was quoted as being equipped with ‘rakes’. (My copy named only…

We are grievously saddened to hear that Betty Haig, great-niece of Field Marshall The Earl Haig, died in an Inverness nursing home on April 31. She became an all-out motoring…

"Riley Sports Cars — 1926-1938' by Graham Robson 203pp 10" X 8" (Haynes Publishing Group. Sparktord. Yeovil, Somerset 8022 7JJ £14.95)  Here, as No 13 in their 'Classic Car Series' . Haynes have enabled…

For the mathematically-minded, Mays stopped to refuel at 50 laps, when two seconds behind Bira, which took one minute and lost him two places, and 1 min 42 sec on…

"Motor Sport" Road-Tests the A105 A Spacious, Comfortable, High-Performance Family Saloon at a Competitive Price, Plentiful Flow of Smooth Power Characterises Two-Carburetter Six-Cylinder Engine. During the Christmas recess we were…

• Longenvity.— We would not like to take bets on how long a car which is correctly serviced and carefully driven can he made to run. In general, the edge…

Three months ago (Motor Sport, March 1987) we recalled the "Babs" cot which was set up in perpetuity at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in 1927, as a…

Avon tyres are an all-British product and were seen in the proud position of being fitted to the Rolls-Royce and Bentley exhibits at the last NEC Motor Show, as they have…

Ever since H F Locke King built his remarkable Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey in 1906/7, it has been recognised worldwide as the first ever motor race course.…

Not a forgotten make, a forgotten model. A bit of a sad Rover story, in fact. There is no doubt that the Rover is, and was, one of Britain's great…

I do not propose to have an "Oh Dear . . ." Department this month, because most of the slip-ups in last month's issue were typographical errors, easily understood, one…

At Taggs Island in the Thames on October 16th, A.C. Cars Ltd. entertained the Press at the Casino built in 1913 by Fred Karno, for the purpose of introducing their new…