Having held driving-tests at Enstone in December, the Vintage Sports Car Club decided it would like some more in January. It held them at Barton Stacey Camp near Andover. Notwithstanding…

Today a Bugatti is an object of reverence, but it was not always so, as WB demonstrates with this much-altered example The Bugatti was one of the foremost sports cars…

From time to time Mr. Harold Butcher has shown interest in items about happenings in the Herefordshire country where he grew up which have appeared in Motor Sport and, realising…

In the old-fashioned English summer we have been experiencing this year, the 90th birthday of the oldest speed venue in this country, Shelsley Walsh in the peaceful Teme Valley, was…

A convincing demonstration The Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. has been holding a series of demonstrations in various parts of the country to endorse their claim that their steel-braced "X" tyres conserve…

• Tight squeeze The prevailing state of the National economy is a matter for political rather than motoring writers and for this we are grateful, because we confess we would…

I read with amusement the editor's comments on how the V16 BRMs lived up to their original failures at the marvellous Goodwood Revival Meeting. Much has been written about Raymond…

Forty years ago Mrs WB started the Sunbeam Register (owning then a 1927 Sunbeam 16 tourer, the opening rally being held at the Hog's Back Hotel, near Guildford, the most…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Oulton Park Race Meeting (June 21st) This popular event was as well supported as usual, with 151 entries, and was run off in…

Motorway Madness Statistics are sometimes suspect, but those about Motorway accidents are presumably accurate. They show that 6166 crashes caused 9790 casualties, resulting in 228 deaths and 1545 serious injuries,…

by Gino Rancati. 198pp. 81/2 x 51/2. (GT Foulis & Co Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 777. £9.95). Following the death of Enzo Ferrari it is inevitable that books about…

As all petrol is virtually the same, except for octane-rating, it seems droll that so much competition exists to sell one brand against another. Yet it is so, and most…