Sir, W.B., like so many English people, seems to have his priorities wrong. He feels for the imagined suffering of two well-fed, well-cared-for lion cubs on the BMW stand, animals…

Since we published a photograph of two Gwynne Eights last June, news of them has come in to a surprising degree. Not only has Walter J. F. Griffiths acquired a…

Sir, In view of all the glowing publicity and praise surrounding the Japanese cars which are being sold in the UK at the moment I feel I ought to relate to…

Sir, Thinking of replacing the four-year-old Lucas battery on my 1951 Riley, I removed it and replaced it, cleaning the posts and cable ends in doing so. The cure was…

Sir, Being a Jaguar 420 owner, and a regular reader of your fine magazine, I noticed last month's letter referring to this particular Jaguar, and would like to add my…

Sir, With reference to Mr. Pigott's letter regarding the type 158 Alfa-Romeos. He is perfectly correct when he says that they took part in the Circuit de St Cloud on June…

Sir, In answer to your correspondent W. Gibbs, Jean Bugatti did complete a practice rim at Shelsley in 1932, crashing during a later run. C. A. N. May in his…

by Christopher Hilton. 171pp. 8” x 5”. (Transworld Publishers Ltd, 61-63 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5SA. £3.95) For a straightforward biography of this country’s leading Formula One driver, you…

Great expectations We have recently published criticisms of the BLMC, for which we do not repent. But, having discussed these editorials with Lord Stokes in his eyrie on the sixth…

Although the Monte Carlo Rally is not one of the oldest of motoring competitions, the road to Monte Carlo has for a very long time exercised a peculiar fascination over…

Sir, Mr RJ Wade’s letter (Motor Sport, April 1988) surely misses the point. It is the incorrect use of the first and second lands on motorways that causes congestion in…

Sir, English is a living language, but it is living it up a shade too fast for some old codgers! In the same issue as another splendid piece by Jenks…