More Marpleisms This summer, not only will Marples' 50-m.p.h. speed limit be imposed over 750 miles of trunk roads at week-ends, but this 50-limit will apply to every road in…

A news-release from Stan Nowak of New York informs us that there was an important break-through in vintage car racing last month, when a race for such cars was permitted…

128 pp. 8-1/2 in. x 8 in. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 20, New Bond Street, London, W.1. 27s. 6d.) This is another pictorial history of the motor car, copiously illustrated, many…

This once regular feature refuses to go away. Three readers have kindly written to draw my attention to appropriate books. The first is A Mountain of Light by Austin Coates,…

A section devoted to old car matters. Another facet of Vauxhall history—The Ill-fated 1914 TT/GP Cars Under Laurence H Pomeroy, their Chief Engineer, Vauxhall's produced several road racers, starting with a side-valve…

With the current surge in aeroengined motor cars and the attention being paid to them — a book, an invitation to the VSCC Iubilee Shesley hillclimb, flat-out timing of them…

Over the August Bank Holiday week-end a 2-day fire engine rally will be held at the Montagu Motor Museum, from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on August 271h-28th. Fire engine entrants…

In view of DSI's recent comments on the wonderful sounds made by racing engines, the following remark by Warwick Wright, back in 1927, is rather apposite: "I maintain that the…

Motor Sport held a party at its offices last November, attended by many notabilities from the motor trade and sporting world, for the purpose of showing the Esso films. These included a…

To complete last month's report on the Veteran Car Run to Brighton, those who failed to start (no doubt to the relief of the 51 reserve entries) numbered 65, and…

The posession of trade number-plates must be the dream of most motoring enthusiasts who own more than one car. I thought that they were confined to the motor trade until…

The first of the 1963 Formula One cars was revealed to the motoring Press just before Christmas. This car is the A.T.S. which was formerly to be known as the…