A smoother blend Now that turbochargers as a fashion have abated, a turbo is now more often employed where it…

Soldiering on • • After 17 years, everybody's favourite Fiat is being phased out. The last X1/9s have rolled off…

Spanish invader The erudite article by David Hebb about V10 and W12 engines (Motor Sport, December 1988) reminded me of…

The Djelmo affair As I remarked in The Roads of the1920s in November, Parry Thomas and "Babs" were not the…

RJ Odell who owns the side-valve Riley sand-racer and a 1923 sports model, has found a rare 1925 Riley Redwing…

The new owner of the 1934 Olympia Show model Lagonda Rapide Gurney Nutting saloon (registration US 9772) seeks the missing…

The Hill is alive! For or its February driving-tests the Vintage Sports-Car Club went to the Museum site at Brooklands,…

Vincitore di Mille Miglia As one of a handful of premier racing marques before the war, it behove Alfa Romeo's…

Reading The Monocled Mutineer by William Allison and John Fairley (Quartet Books, 1978), one sees how far the BBC departed…

Some interesting history relating to Lord Montagu's 1909 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost has surfaced in the Friends of the NMM…

Centenary celebrations for the city of Birmingham in January included a montage of the Calthorpe family, on whose land road…

by Gino Rancati. 198pp. 81/2 x 51/2. (GT Foulis & Co Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 777. £9.95). Following the…

Driven To Win: An Autobiography, by Nigel Mansell and Derick Allsop. 157pp. 91/2 x 61/4. (Stanley Paul Ltd Co Ltd,…

by Ari Vatanen and Vesa Vaisanen. 287pp. 85/8 x 57/8. (SAF Publishing, PO Box 150. Harrow, Middlesex HA3 ODH. £7.95).…

edited by Alan Henry. 272pp. 121/2 x 93/8, (Hazleton Publishing, 3 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6RE £19.95). Now in…

produced by Videovision Broadcast. 80 minutes. (Duke Marketing Ltd, PO Box 46, Douglas, Isle of Man. £19.95) Few enthusiasts are…

Rallyworld edited by Peter Foubister. 160pp. 121/2 x 91/4. (Tudor Publications, 97-99 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JN. £11.95). Annuals quite…

Automobile Year 36 (1988-89) edited by Jean-Rodolphe Piccard. 280pp. 121/4" x 91/4. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd, Unit 6, The Pilton…

by Martin Holmes. 192pp. 103/4 x 8. (Van + Van Publiciteit, Postbus 4, 2380 AA Zoeterwouse, Netherlands. £12.95). Published by…

Unfair criticism Sir, In his article "Glamorous aberration" (Motor Sport, February 1988) GC has trotted out some well-worn history about…