In the days before the war when the MCC reliability trials numbered their entries in many hundreds of cars apart, from motorcycles and three-wheelers, a list of finishers was published…

Sir, Thanks for a great February issue. Let me just draw your attention to page 85 and the pictures there. The large one on top (number one) does indeed show…

There is some talk of a new street rating circuit in Cape Town. If it happens, it will be far removed in character from the region's old Pollsmoor track, scene…

THE latest available statistics from the SMM & T show that last October British Leyland sold 40,682 cars, Ford-of-Britain 22,634, Chrysler UK 8,098 and Vauxhall 7,155. Of the Importers, Renault…

On January 15th Taruffi took his remarkable 1 ,750-cc Maserati-engined, twin-boom Italcorsa machine to the Appian Way near Rome and clocked 143.9 mph for 50 miles. This beats handsomely the old International…

The opening round of the 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship at Jerez was remarkable not only for a victorious debut for a new chassis, but for an unprecedented 1-2 for…

The Midland AC, which celebrates its centenary next year, has enrolled 54 new members since March and will have a National hillclimb at Shelsley Walsh on September 23/24 and a…

Porsche are to return to single-seater racing this season for the first time since 1964, with a programme aimed specifically at the Indianapolis 500, but taking in too the entire…

LIZ FIRMIN has won the John Yoxall Trophy as "Caravanner of the Year". Part of her contribution to caravanning was to drive from London to Athens in less than 48…

"Lamborghinl Countach" by Jean-Francois Marchet and Peter Coltrin (Osprey AutoHistory. 1214 Long Acre, London WC2. £7.95) It is an astounding 15 years since the Countach burst on to the stage…

Sir, I do not see the point behind F. Dorman Byers' letter. Surely no vintagent maintains that the design of his car in original form is necessarily better than current…

A comparative test of various makes of tyre is something one rarely sees being carried out by one of the tyre manufacturers themselves, at least not publicly, a reservation which…