Engine Similarity Sir, After reading some comments in one or two of your contemporaries about certain new products of the B.M.C., I have made the following little chart, which I…

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Camel Trophy returns in 1989 to the Amazonian jungle, its place of origin. Teams from fourteen countries will be tackling the tough terrain in turbo-diesel…

Daytona 500-mile Race. Standard Saloons (February 27th) The banked track race on the Daytona Speedway was stopped five miles short of the full 500 miles, due to rain. Despite delays…

Most motorists who read this almost hackneyed phrase in manufacturers' catalogues have little or no idea of the very intricate process of chromium plating. They think that it takes the…

Sir, How sad it is to have to relate to you that having arrived recently in Bahrain to take up my new job I was informed by my colleagues that…

A Report by Owen Wyn Owen The end of October saw the completion of the first six months' work on "Babs", so perhaps a short report of progress would be…

Targa Florio Sir, While recently enjoying David Owen's book "Targa Florio" (Foulis/Haynes Publishing Group, 1979). I was surprised to learn that a British driver, one Cyril Snipe, had actually won…

We have received the following statement from Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.: "Bentley Motors Limited obtained judgement in the High Court against Mallalieu Engineering Limited, now known as Mallalieu Cars Limited, which confirms that…

Sir, In the annual Reports of the Road Research Board and the Director of Road Research for 1962 it is suggested that motor vehicles travelled over 78,000 million miles in…

GP2 replaces F3000 Twenty years after it started at a cold, wet Silverstone in March 1985, the Formula 3000 International Championship has been supplanted by the new GP2 Series. Just…

In its first full season of racing the Jaguar XJR-6 achieved one world Sports Car Championship victory, at Silverstone in May and accrued enough points during the season to come…

Sir, With further reference to "Traction Avant," I must be the only one, to date, who has had trouble with the constant velocity joint at only 250 miles! I purchased…