The Editor visits British Leyland's £31-million factory at Solihull I was glad to avail myself of the GMW's expedition to the new Rover factory at Solihull last month, because this…

In order to sell more cars, manufacturers seek victory on the racetrack, preferably in a 'prestige event. One of these is the Le Mans 24 hours; another such was the…

Michael W. B. May THE death has occurred of that great Alvis exponent, Michael May. Michael began competitive motoring in his University days, with 8/18 and 10/23 Talbots and took…

The Montagu Motor Museum took on the role of a transport museum when the "Bournemouth Belle" went to live in Lord Montagu's garden. This role was extended when, on April…

The best age for a racing driver is presumably somewhere between 18 and 30. I looked for some confirmation of this in Denis Jenkinson's erudite book "The Racing Driver" (Batsford,…

We learn that the one-off re-enactment in Northamptonshire by the National Traction Engine Trust of the 1907 steam road trials went off very well. The road routes were well supported,…

The Barrington The Barrington car failed ever to go into production but that was no fault of AE Budd and John Barrington Budd who conceived it, for their enthusiasm for the project was…

Described to the Editor in a recent interview Those who are inspired by pre-war MG performances will certainly not have forgotten R. T. Horton, who achieved many notable successes with…

Forgotten Makes No 95: The DFP If the DFP is remembered at all it is usually because WO Bentley and his brother HM sold these cars here before the First…

Good weather, a good attendance, too many non-starters, sums up the last but one B.A.R.C. Meeting counting towards the 1965 MOTOR SPORT Brooklands Memorial Trophy. Burnard's 2-litre Simca Abarth, from…

On May 14 the VSCC had another speed hill-climb at the pleasant and interesting course at Wiscombe, which Majors Richard Chichester and Charles Lambton had the initiative to turn this…

A one-time avid Beetle enthusiast, it was some time since I had driven a VW, when the Scirocco came up for tests, with the 1.8-litre fuel-Injection engine. This was not…