At the VSCC Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb on July 8 Charles Dean's T51 Bugatti made FTD in 35.86sec. Fastest vintage car was Dick Smith's Frazer Nash (38.35sec) and Bruce Spollon drove…

Thanks to a reader who sent me a copy of an item from The BromlOecord for February 1909, the sad fate of some famed old racing cars is known. Some…

Sir, In his January `Modern Times' column, Simon Taylor craves a more level F1 playing field, with simpler cars, to rein in the big-money teams. I don't believe the spec…

Sir, I enjoyed reading your article on the Mercedes Benz 190, but feel you did not make quite clear that the basic price of £1,362 you quoted includes import duty.…

A Midge Too Far? It is no secret that Sir Clive Sinclair has been planning to try to revolutionise motoring with electric vehicles; indeed, a recent advertisement placed by Sinclair…

The Renault 19 is one of those essential staple products that any mass manufacturer must offer in the '90s, one of a breed stamped out by the hundred thousand. It…

Sir, The Funeral Vehicle Preservation Society has been recently formed with the object (inter alia) of purchasing, preserving and running all types of funeral vehicles, motorised or horse drawn. It…

Walking round Earls Court last October the thought came to us that it would be fun to construct a Motor Sport sports car entirely from proprietary parts supplied by the components and accessories firms that where were…

Mr. R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, follows up his account of working for Parry Thomas (Motor Sport, Oct. and Nov. issues) with life at T & T's of Brooklands, under the great…

We lost Jenks in 1996, but his influence still permeates the magazine. Joining us after the war, he rapidly became racing's most informed observer touring Europe all season in his…

[ln the past there have been comparatively few books on motoring, in comparison with the quantity published relating to other outstanding interests. Recently, however, quite a number of new motoring…

Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher is starting his own kart team. KSM Motorsport takes its name from the initials of its three founders: Peter Kaiser, Schumacher and Thomas…