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Bill Boddy has been contributing to MOTOR SPORT for 70 years and was its editor for over 50 of them.…
Bill Boddy has been contributing to MOTOR SPORT for 70 years and was its editor for over 50 of them.…
Daniel Perdridge recieved his orders from the top-secret Special Operations Executive in London on 29 February 1944. The objectives of…
BRM started life as Britain's great hope for post-war glory. It soon became a joke, only to rise again a…
These three pre-war raing cars have but one thing in common: each boasts the engine from an aeroplane under its…
As soon as I'd posed the question I felt a bit mean. After all we had just spent the best…
Frankly, it's not surprising that Chris Williams, the new owner of the Bentley-Napier, was less than keen to let one…
by Louis Klemantaski & Chris Nixon Published by Automobilia, £99.95. ISBN 88 7960 089 3 'Klem' seems to be in…
By Ian Norris Published by Editions JR, £30.95. ISBN 2 88324 054 X If you need one single source of…
by Wim Oude Weernink Published by: Instituut Trompenburg Foundation, £24.99. ISBN 1 899870 28 8 A worthwhile addition to the…
by Unique Motor Books Published by Unique Motor Books, £8.95. ISBN: 1 901 977 447 Many of you will be…
by LJK Setright Published by Palawan, £300. (Special Edition £695) ISBN 095 23 00 966 Publisher and author are well-matched,…
by Princess Ceril Birabongse Published by Veloce, £9.99. ISBN: I 901295 48 6 "People were becoming intrigued by the idea…
German Group 5 saloon car race, Nurburgring, 1976 I've had a funny career. I started like gangbusters, and always came…
In more recent years the stars of Brooklands were Sir Henry Birkin in the blower 4 1/2 Bentley, Oliver Bertram…
The Pomeroy Trophy Contest is a long-established event, originated by the late Laurence Pomeroy, Technical Editor of The Motor, with…
The night rally, which is a test especially of navigators, moved this year from Herefordshire to Yorkshire. Apart from an…
Jacques Coric of La Boutique in France, who has the Morgan Plus 4 which was once my editorial car, and…
I suppose that to own a car called the king might have had some social significance in certain quarters, except…
In my recent piece about the demise of the Pegaso sportscars which I saw at Barcelona in 1950, Andy Charlton…
How involved car makes have become! Once you could separate one from the other and most kept a degree of…
Colin Chapman's stunning Lotus Type 66 Can-Am design lay rolled up in a draw for over 50 years – James Elson speaks to the people who brought it to life in 2023
The last time I saw Carroll Shelby was at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the autumn. He was there to unveil the latest car to bear his name. When…
A few weeks ago Paul Fearnley documented Colin Chapman’s last Formula 1 cars, including the twin-chassis Lotus 88. Chapman was renowned for pushing the limit and breaking new ground, which…
Alpine finished last year as best of the rest in F1, but can't rest on its laurels as it aims to fight for podiums by 2024. "We've got to develop at a higher rate than every other team," says boss Otmar Szafnauer