Sir, The first Firestone racing tyres brought into this country from America have achieved an immediate and outstanding success. They were fitted to the Ford Galaxie which won the production…

Michael Schumacher’s decision to cancel his Formula 1 comeback came as a massive disappointment to the motor sporting world, and not least to the thousands of fans who had hurriedly…

Sir, The Roesch Talbot is a good car, however I would not list the dynamotor among its virtues as perhaps Mr. J. H. Clarke does. Why? I have just met…

Can any Ferrari in the current range be called a family car? If it can, then the 2 + 2 Mondial t is that Pininfarina-designed coupé. It has never been…

Following our mention of the Riley Register members' millennium tour to the Arctic Circle in commemoration of Rupert Riley's 1934 hazardous trip, A L V Hardwicke of the Frazer Nash…

STD Register Rally, Wolverhampton (June 14th) A smaller one-make, or rather three-make, gathering, took place when the STD Register, catering for Wolverhampton Sunbeam, Roesch Talbot, Lago Talbot and Darracq cars,…

Alan Coren recalls his first sports car. The first car I ever owned was an MG PA Midget, five years my senior; which no doubt entitled it to the mastery…

Sir. Somewhat consoled by Mr Duncan-Brown's sorry tale of an Austin Se7en Countryman, I feel encouraged to recount my own "Diary of a Mini" :— Nov 1960; Morris Minivan, loaded with extra,…

The reason why this article headlines a warning to 400-m.p.h. John Cobb is because a reader has sent us a cutting from Mechanix Illustrated for last December which describes Bob…

Historic racer Martin Stretton had a fortunate escape from a major accident during the RAC TT Celebration race at Goodwood. Despite a high-speed impact with the tyre wall for the…

Sir, On page 516 of the May issue of your magazine, you describe this model as disappointing. I have a GLS 1600 and find it far from so. It is,…

Sir, Paul Fearnley's article on the Lotus 72 brought back many memories for me, the greatest of which was watching Ronnie Peterson take pole position for the 1973 British Grand…