The Things They Say...

“The ceremony was a very quiet one; we don’t make a lot of noise about our achievements”. -Raymond Playfoot, the BMW Concessionaires’ PRO, as he accepted the Noise Abatement Society’s “Seal of Quietness” Award for two BMW models that have passed the Society’s low noise-level standards the 633 CSI coupe and the 320i saloon.

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“While such an event allows exotic cars on the track, it can hardly be called racing as many of the cars have to transport their owners home” -Autosport, reporting the Ferrari/Porsche race at the Thruxton Ferrari OC Race Meeting, apparently under the impression that a car can only be a racing-car driven in anger if it is brought to the circuit in a van or on a trailer, and is covered in advertisements. Sir Anthony Stamer, Bt., who sent us the cutting, recalls the days when the Bentley team-cars were driven to European races, of up to 24 hours’ duration and on to Cannes for the drivers’ relaxation afterwards and then home again to Britain …