Archive George Wicken wins "Daily Telegraph" Trophy A crowd of 46,000 watched thrilling racing, splendidly organised by the 500 Club under J. F. Gale, at Brands Hatch on August Bank Holiday. This was an International Meeting, but… September 1950 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive VW Victory in Australian Alpine Trial News came to hand late in January that the 1957 Australian Alpine Trial was a victory for Molina's Volkswagen, another Volkswagen taking second place, ahead of a Peugeot. In this… March 1958 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Book Reviews., March 1955, March 1955 "The Kings of the Road," by Ken W. Purdy. 216 pp. 5 1/2 in. by 8 1/2 in. (Hutchinson and Co., Ltd., Hutchinson House, Stratford Place, London, W.1. 15s.) This… March 1955 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Mystery Car! The pictures on this page were sent to us by the Head Librarian of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, in the hope that someone can tell him more about… September 1981 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Hockenheim: how we laughed Simon Taylor in Modern Times last month commented on how the Hockenheim circuit brought forth hoots of derision when in 1977 it replaced the Nürburgring as site of the German… October 2001 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Miniatures News, September 1957 Playcraft Toys scored something of a scoop by introducing their Corgi miniature of the G.P. Vanwall about the time of Moss' great victory in one of these cars at Aintree.… September 1957 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Visit to a Mercedes In MOTOR SPORT last November I described how Lt.-Col. Gallop made the re-acquaintance of the 16-valve Aston-Martin be drove in the 1922 French Grand Prix at Strasbourg. This day in… January 1948 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Re-acquaintance with the Baby Renault In November, 1948, we published a detailed and particularly praise-worthy account of the little rear-engined, four-door Renault 760. Recently we have been able to take an extended test in a… November 1952 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Anglo - German sensations They were the two greatest marques in the vintage years of sports car racing, yet rarely met directly on the track. Bill Boddy assesses which had the edge — Bentley… February 2004 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Luxury and high-performance from 1-1/2- litres The Remarkable Borgward Isabella Coupé There is a growing demand for a car which, although luxuriously appointed and pleasing to look upon, has an engine in keeping with the requirements… January 1959 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Identity Crisis? Last July what was described as the ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire was entered for the Brooks auction at Beaulieu. The catalogue quoted from my MOTOR SPORT article in which I praised the… May 1999 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Cars In Books, August 1995 Re-reading The Private Life of a Country House 1912-1939, reissued by Clio Press, Oxford, in 1992, one enjoys again Leslie Lewis's account of what life was like in an Essex… August 1995 Issue By Bill Boddy