The perfectionists Travelling along Albert Drive past the Woking Business Park, it is doubtful whether the average driver would appreciate…

The British ambassador It is extraordinary how little the shape of the Jaguar XJ-S has altered over its many years…

Loadsamoney! The Renault Championship is one of those one-make series that has been around for years in one form or…

Ferrari 330GTC and 330GTS, a cut above The 1930s are often regarded as an era of outstandingly elegant cars, with…

Hershey Show To most Americans, the name "Hershey" means chocolate just as Cadbury does here. But to car lovers all…

The roads of the 1920s After getting over his unhappy experiences as a judge at the Bournemouth Rally, Owen John…

By jove! What made the success of the Jowett Jupiter in the 1950s especially notable was that this classic British…

Brooklands Museum has appointed as one of its Trustees John Aldington, the Honorary Vice-President of AFN Limited, who used to…

"Samson" postscript Our article on the rebuilding of the historic 1904 Napier L48 in Australia by Bob Chamberlain (Motor Sport,…

Mark Garfitt's January 1 Verzons meet near Ledbury attracted over 100 vintage cars this year. There was even an overflow…

Mardi Gras in Oxfordshire! Enstone DTs Driving to Enstone Airfield, I pondered on why anyone should have started this form…

Toyota 88C Annual visitor Geoff Lees must qualify as one of the forgotten men of British motor racing. Despite a…

Green Dust — Ireland's Unique Motor Racing History 1900-1939 by Brendan Lynch. 160pp. 91/2" x 7". (Published by Portobello Publishing,…

1988 Le Mans 24 Hours by Christian Moity and Jean-Marc Teissedre. 13x91/2". I98pp. (Autotechnica Publications, 14-15 Peartree Business Centre. Stanway,…

by John M Fasal. 560pp. 93/4 x 7in. (Burgess & Son Ltd, Thames View, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3LE. £45 +…

Video: HGPCA Historic Race of the Year (56 minutes, HGPCA, c/o Totnes Motor Museum, Totnes, Devon. £49.95). October's 50th anniversary…

by Rodney Steel. 242pp. 91/2" x 81/4".(Dalton Watson, Russell Chambers,The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8AA. £39.95). Dalton Watson is…

by Ian Bamsey. 144pp. 12" x 8½". (GT Foulis & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. £19.95). This book describes…

Sir, Is DDH (Formula One Engine Design Trends, Motor Sport, January 1989) being over-simplistic when he writes that "The traditional…

Sir, H Wessels and Simon Coates (Letters, Motor Sport, December 1988) have given me a wonderful idea on how to…