Perhaps because his Rover 2000TC uses no oil between 5,000-mile servicing periods, last month the Editor referred to lubricating it with Castrolite; the grade recommended by the makers for this…

The Bugatti trust is enlarging its premises at Prescott, which house priceless archives from the Ettore Bugatti regime, including tens of thousands of works drawings. The current issue of the…

Britain’s first World Rally Champion, Colin McRae, was killed in a helicopter crash in September. The machine came down near his home in Lanarkshire, where he had a helipad, and…

Continental hill-climbs usually offer a much longer climb than their British counterparts, so the chance to enter such an event in Switzerland should be of interest. The AC Suisse are…

The light car & Edwardian Section of the VSCC held its Driving Tests and Trial in April. The results are as follows: Llwynbarried Trophy: Peter Gledhill (1928 A7); Winifred Boddy…

When BP introduced Super Visco-Static last year, we said it beat oil fatigue. What we didn't say was why your engine was more likely to suffer from oil fatigue in…

  Continual rain throughout the day made the paddock and starting area very muddy and the bottom left-hand bend of the hill was decidedly slippery. In consequence the racing cars had…

August 18-20 In a 14-race weekend celebrating the Cooper marque at the magnificent Laguna Seca track, it was wholly appropriate that three race wins went to cars from the famous…

Channel Air Bridge will bring their four-engined Carvair aircraft into service in April; these will be able to carry five large or six small cars (seven Minis!) and 23 passengers.…

Sir, The well-written article on Peter Arundell in the December issue is a welcome tribute to a driver whose skills have never previously been appropriately acknowledged. I met Peter for…

British rally stalwarts Jeremy Easson and David Stokes are among the leading entries for the 2009 Roger Albert Clark Rally, which starts in Pickering on November 13 and finishes four…

THE Austn-Healey Sprite and M.G. Midget are now powered by the 1,275-c.c., 65-b.h.p. engine of the Cooper S. This gives a little more power and better torque than the 1,098,c.c. unit…