THESE DAYS, with very full performance figures published in road-test reports conducted by what is now termed "the Media", there is no lack of information as to how cars live…

"Autocar Road Tests, Spring 1962." 81 pp, 113/4 in x 71/2 in. Soft covers. (Rifle Books Ltd, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London SE1. 7/6d). These reprints of road-test reports that have appeared in…

First to wear the green" Last month we heard the good news that, after persevering since 1979, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu has been able to arrange for the return to…

"Grand Prix Murder," by Douglas Rutherford, 190 pp., 4 1/2 in. by 7 1/2 in. (Collins, 14, St. James's Place, London S.W.1. 10s. 6d.) This light-hearted crime story (if a…

Is it unusual that other people's memories spark off those of my own? Anyway, my memory was jogged by Steve Cropley's piece in Autocar about a colleague who was the…

"Capri — The Development & Competition History of Ford's European GT Car" by Jeremy Walton. 284 pp. 10" x 7". (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ. £14.50) The…

Two Renault  5's came up for test last month, the sporting TS and the newly-introduced 5-Auto. There is not much need to explain the Renault 5 in general, because these…

"Vauxhall" by Michael Sedgwick, 112 pp. 10 3/4" x 8"  (Dalton Watson, Ltd., 76, Wardour Street, London, W1V 4AN. £7.70) This book was a disappointment. I had expected that at…

Advanced Design OF recent years, sports-cars of advanced design, that is to say, of the roller-bearing, twin o.h.c., hand-assembled sort, have been equalled, if not overshadowed, in performance by more…

Last month's Roads of the 1920s mentioned a 1927 Morgan three-wheeler which when new was used for Sunday runs between Croydon and the south coast, with two small children in…

(August 29th) The Vintage SCC's decision to hold its final 1976 race meeting at the 2 1/4-mile Cadwell Park road circuit, the oldest established race course in this country, turned…

In Australia the winner of the VSCC of A's two-day Alex Bryce Memorial Rally was an LM Vauxhall, followed by an LMS Delage and a Lancia Kappa. In the Mt…