The RAC Veteran Car Run is not a race, in spite of what some papers say. At one time certificates were issued quoting the average speed attained on the journey from…

Lord Brabazon of Tara, in the course of the debate in the House of Lords on the Road Traffic Bill, rose at. 6.39 p.m. on February 22nd. to speak on…

The Editor enthuses over Kenneth Neve's 1911 40-50hp London-Edinburgh Silver Ghost Rolls-Royce "The 'London-Edinburgh Type'.... is the most coveted of all early Silver Ghosts"—Anthony Bird, in Profile No. 91 The…

From modest origins as a cheap self-build class, 500cc racing became the route to the top. Bill Boddy recalls the part he and Motor Sport played in its inception. During…

The Daihatsu Charade XTE Having gone to the starting-point of the Brighton Run in a two-cylinder car (a Citroen Visa), I indulged in a spot of one-upmanship and drove to…

The fun of finding motoring mentions in non-motoring books continues. From "Beautiful and Beloved" by Roderic Owen with Tristan de Voss Cole (Hutchinsons, 1974), one reads not only of the…

Some comments about British Leyland's remarkable universal four-wheel-drive car The Range Rover, latest revolutionary vehicle to emanate from the workshops of the brilliant engineers at Solihull, is unique technically, and…

W Bentley will forever be respected as the instigator of some of the greatest sportscars of vintage years. Most 'Bentley Boys' of today will also know that he braved going…

• Brooklands Books of Cobham, Survey, have two more Gold Portfolios in their enormous range of one-make books. which must now constitute the most complete historical source of reference available,…

One make or many? Having been almost all my life a motoring journalist or, as I prefer to consider myself, a motoring enthusiast who writes (a word arranger, in less…

At last, at last... We promised that when one of the big British manufacturers produced a car that is a real breakaway from stereotyped design we would give it a…

Monte Carlo Rally Before the war the Monte Carlo Rally was THE great winter adventure, greatly enjoyed by the many entrants from Great Britain. In the years just preceeding the…