Like most makers, Rolls-Royce sampled its rivals' products. Bill Boddy investigates why one such 'foreigner' was a light car, not a limousine If you are a member of the Rolls-Royce…

Replying to the query as to whether a recently-discovered Ford V8 "woodie", Reg No EXY 3, might at one time have been the property of Sir Malcolm Campbell, Michael Ware,…

Normally no information reaches the historian about experimental Rolls-Royce engines, so it was with great interest that I read the excellent address, "The History of a Dimension," by S. H.…

By 15, I was reading all the motor mags when I discovered that 'Auntie' Times,/em>, one of the world's most respected newspapers, published Cars of Today, a book reproducing its…

Last year I was able to drive the latest gas-turbine car by Chrysler International, as were journalists all over Europe. Some writers were critical after this experience, complaining of interior…

Mr Towers, Saviour of Rover and hopefully its future Guardian Angel, has, I believe, said plans for survival include not spending on developing new models too soon. Perhaps some astute…

I DROVE up to North Wales the other day to chat with Mr. Jeffrey Quill, OBE, AFC, FRAeS, the famous Spitfire test-pilot. Educated at Lancing College, Jeff Quill joined the…

It is so very true that there is nothing much new under the sun, or the moon or the stars, and I was reminded of this when I came upon…

Engine: Three cylinders, 74 x 76 mm. (980 c.c.). Two-stroke, 7.25 to 1 compression ratio. 50 b.h.p. (57 S.A.E. h.p.) at 4,500 r.p.m. Gear ratios: First, 16.7 to 1; second,…

Before the First War, the Benz company decided it needed a machine to boost its image. The result was a barnstorming monster which took the land speed record. Bill Boddy…

John Rowley's 1913 TH. Schneider It seems very unlikely that any more genuine Grand Prix racing cars of the pre-1914 period will come to light, the last such significant discovery…

The Jaguars of the 1950s are now classic cars, and of them the XK120 represents the start of significant developments. It took the motoring world by storm in 1949. Having…