"Useless If Delayed," by Paul Wyand. 256 pp. (George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 182, High Holborn, London, W.C.1. 18s.). In this extremely entertaining account of his career as a…

Colin Chapman is truly versatile! Apart from building sports cars, racing these and F. II cars, preparing the Lotus Elite coupé for production, getting cars ready for racing, acting in…

2-1/4-litre Saloon with "Over-Square" Engine Provides Effortless and Comfortable 70 m.p.h. Travel and is a Pleasure to Drive Having taken a Ford Consul up to Charterhall and back for the…

The Royal Air Force and the RAF Volunteer Reserve provided some good and exciting flying in the years before the war, when keen young men could graduate from the Sopwith…

Pre-View of the Earls Court Exhibition In preparing a pre-view of the Earls Court Motor Exhibition, it became evident that this year's Show would see a development of two main trends --  cars…

"The Profound Attachment" by Eileen Hunter (Andre Deutsch, 1969) is mainly concerned with the author's father, who founded the famous Sun Engraving Company, with those well-known premises at Watford in…

Unless we writers receive a book for review we have to be very circumspect these days, because all manner of restrictions are placed on those who reproduce any of the…

Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 SR Hatchback THE front-drive General Motors' Vauxhall Cavalier, or Lutonian Ascona if you like, which arrived in the summer of 1981 to replace the previous well-liked rear-drive…

Following discussion of fake vintage and historic cars in Motor Sport, CE Allen, the founder of the Vintage MCC, comments on the subject from the motorcycle angle, in the club…

London, November 20th. For the first time in living memory, and I have been here quite a long time, the banks are shut without prior warning. On this day, as…

It was evident, when Jaguar announced their new V12 5.3-litre engine and installed it in their well-established E-type sports-car, that it was destined to power the XJ6 saloon. This duly…

Marvellous that the Heritage Lottery Fund, in giving £1.5 million to the Brooklands museum, has recognised that the first-ever Motor Course is indeed a National Heritage. Marvellous that, with 25%…