Not all that long ago I recalled Jenks' illegal 1957 Christmas Day drive on public roads in a Formula Two Lotus 12 in full racing trim, and how a phone…

by SCH Davis (184 pp, 15s. Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, SE1). The subject-matter of this book is self-explanatory from the title. It is written in Sammy Davis' inimitable…

"Sentencing The Motoring Offender" by Roger Hood. 244 pp., 8¾ x 5½ in., (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 48, Charles Street, London, W1X 8AH. £3.50). "Drivers After Sentence" by T. C.…

It was nice to find myself in an Alfasud again, Barry Needham having arranged for me to try a bright yellow 1.5 Super four-door saloon. The Alfasud has been a…

THIS well-known and well-attended event, the 20th of its kind, takes place on July 4th at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire, and not at Luton as mistakenly announced…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters CLERES MUSEE DE L'AUTOMOBILE FRANCE has woken rather late to an appreciation of motoring history but is rapidly making amends by running a number…

I have seen something of the development of cars since WWI, and recall how feelings were mixed on the arrival of independent front suspension, forced on designers perhaps rather more…

We had a parade of historic racing cars at a big Silverstone meeting three years ago and the V.S.C.C. holds its own races for such cars, but it is high…

THE 12th annual exhibition of the Guild of Aviation Artists can be seen at the Qantas Gallery in London from June 16th to July 9th. Paintings by such well-known artists…

"Porsche The 4-Cylinder, 4-Cana Sports & Racing Cars" by Jerry Sloniger. 122pp. 8 1/2 x 11" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge.  CB3 8EL. £7.50.) Really, one would have thought that…

Count Zborowski's 'Chitty-Bang-Bangs' gave their name to a breed of aero-engined behemoths, which makes pinning down this mystery machine's history difficult Ever since I wrote that book about aeroengined racing…

Ernest Chalenor-Barson It is with personal sadness that I learn of the death, following a long illness, of Chalenor Barson, special builder supreme. I met him in 1991 when he…