In Japan some passage of time is usually required before an event, an artefact or an era can be defined as a classic. But the 1976 Japanese GP was different…

The B.R.D.C. will hold the British Empire Trophy Race at Oulten Park on April 2nd, with practice all day on April 1st. The race will be for sports cars running…

In Essex a 1919 Daimler Light-30, believed to be the only one of its kind in existence, bought in 1964 with a non-original DH coupe body, has been rebuilt as…

IT is becoming customary for racing drivers to notify us when they wish to sell their homes. The latest to do so is Alan Brown, who is "moving into something…

Sir, Mr. Piggott appears to have been misled himself by the delightful publicity statements to which he refers, because, as far as I can make out, VW is the biggest…

Not for sale Typical. After we went to press with last month's issue, news leaked that Bonhams' sale of the Williams team's reserve collection wasn't going to go ahead after…

I was interested to see Michael Hay's recent book about Bentley - `Old Number One', which describes, race by race, the Le Mans and Brooklands career of this famous Speed…

Two American Championships have been decided in the past month and a third has come close to a decision. On the same weekend, but on opposite sides of the country,…

Sebring, March 25th. It is a strange quirk of the International calendar that two of the World Manufacturers Championship events for sports cars happen within just over a month of…

Bugatti -- An Illustrated History of the Cars from Molsheim by Hugh Conway and Jacques Greilsamer. 280 pp. 9-1/2" x 12-1/2".   Editions Modelisme, 94, Boulevard de Sebastopol, 75003, Paris, France.  260.00…

by "Baladeur" Having started my motoring career with the cars of just before and just after the Kaiser war, some of which were, I suppose, among the fastest vehicles in…

Type Approval Your gloomy views on the building of specials are, I believe, justified only if the builder is starting from scratch, that is constructing an entirely new chassis, suspension,…