THE SPORTS CAR, almost impossible though it is to define—was it Cecil Clutton who disposed of the problem by deciding it is any motor car through which you cannot walk…

"Air-Cooled Automotive Engines", by Julius Mackerle, M.E. 518 pp. 8¾ in x 5 4/5 in. (Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd., 42, Drury Lane, London, WC2. £8.00.) This is the second,…

No 44: The Beardmore Last summer I met Mr. George H. Allsworth who, although in his 94th year, was able to recall the early development of the motor car very…

The Motor Cycling Club is the oldest of its kind,founded in 1901 and soon catering for cars as well as bikes. For its first centenary, the MCC has published First…

The 40th birthday luncheon and tea at the "Jolly Farmer", Puttenharn, near the Hog's Back, on April 28th, of the Vintage MCC. included a well supported afternoon run. Among those…

An opportunity arose in May to drive four of the latest Ferrais, when Maranello Concessionaires Ltd made these available to journalists arid gave them lunch at the celebrated Le Manoir aux…

In 1867 the engineering business of Peter Brotherhood was established in London. They became well known as manufacturers of compressors, steam-turbines and as precision machinists. The Company was founded by Peter…

WE WERE very sorry to hear that John Walker, Competition Secretary of the Motor Cycling Club, died just before the recent Land's End Trial, at the age of 79. We…

Acceleration Thanks to a reader in America, Mr. John Bornholdt, we have some interesting facts on their drag racing, or  "sprints" as we know them. In a great many places in America there are permanent…

A section devoted to old-car matters The Dawn of "The Daimler" Last month's issue of Motor Sport had quite a Daimler flavour to it, what with my description of an…

Michael Schumacher had two ambitions before the start of this year's German GP, which he won so convincingly at Hockenheim. One was to prove victorious in front of the vast…

Last month we suggested that the Mercedes Sixty which won the 1903 Gordon Bennett race in Ireland, driven by Camile Jenatzy, was afterwards owned in the vintage years by Sir…