The two prototype classes will be combined for next year’s American Le Mans Series. Championship bosses have revealed that they will tinker with the rules to ensure parity of performance…

Engine: Four cylinders, 86 x 92 mm. (2,138 c.c.). Pushrod-operated overhead valves. 9.0-to-1 compression ratio. 105 (gross) b.h.p. at 4,750 r.p.m. Gear ratios: 1st, 11.6 1; 2nd, 7.43 to 1;…

We regret to record the death of Frank Stroud, the owner for 40 years of Chater's Motoring Bookshop.

Old car matters crop up almost everywhere these days. Last year, for instance, even The Lady published a long article by someone who described what it was like to own…

Sir, With reference to your article on Fiat in the 1923 200-Mile Race: in a hook entitled "The Romantic Story of Motor Racing", by Sir Malcolm Campbell, he mentions a…

(see also page 101) Former Le Mans winner Jurgen Barth has retired from Porsche after 42 years. The 57-year-old followed his father Edgar into the Stuttgart sportscar manufacturer, joining as…

Berger suffers breaks and burns Gerhard Berger's horrific accident at the San Marino Grand Prix on April 23 resulted in nothing worse than a broken rib, a cracked shoulder-blade and…

1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji  How proud were you in 1961 to become the first Japanese rider to win a world championship motorcycle grand prix? People talk about this…

In our recent road test of the rear-engined Imp-powered Ginetta G15 we criticised the arrangement of the sliding side windows. Subsequently the Witham, Essex, company have modified the windows by…

Pace, panache & personalities From more than 10 Porsche 917s to the largest recent collection of pre-war Auto Unions; from Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows to Jim Clark’s Indy-winning Lotus 38, via…

In our article on page 150 of the February, 1984 issue we published a photograph described as "Not what it seems to be : a blower Bentley for sure, and…

Sir, On reading the letter from John Britten I assume the quick Land Rover he saw on the M3 was a 101. The 101 is a forward-control Land Rover built…