WISHFUL THINKING The punch-line from a B.M.C. advertisement stating incorrectly that they had won the Monte Carlo Rally was a mistake on the part of the Corporation's advertising agents, who…

Sir, Does DSJ have a dictionary? After perusing his Letter to Readers in last month's MOTOR SPORT it rather struck me that a copy might do wonders to alleviate his…

We don't often see a model from Russia, but this 1/43 Benz Motorwagen is a jewel. Almost literally, as many of the 486 parts are silver-soldered in place, even to…

"Speed Guarantees" I was very interested to read your article "Speed Guarantees" on page 1176 of September MOTOR SPORT. You ask at the end of the article "does anyone remember…

THE ROVER SPEED FOURTEEN COMFORTABLE RIDING AND BRISK ACCELERATION ARE THE OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF AN EFFICIENT 1,577 c.c. CAR NE way of dividing cars into the sheep and the goats…

GERMANY'S CARS ON PARADE HERR HITLER OPENS THE BERLIN MOTOR SHOW: TECHNICAL NOVELTIES IN DESIGN ONE expects great things of a motor show in a country where motoring receives the…

A NEW VAUXHALL SPORTS MODEL Attractive 14 h.p. Car, capable of 70 m.p.h. and offering remarkable value for money at the price of £240. THE last two years has seen…

The Vanwall name is to return on a replica of the marque's 1950s grand prix racer built for road and track-day use. Two-seater, Vanwall-inspired road cars are also being planned…

Basil Tye BASIL TYE, Managing Director of the RAC Motorsports Association, died suddenly over the Easter Weekend while relaxing on his recently constructed boat "Mosport". He was 59, and had…

NEW CASTROL ADDITIVE PLANT WILL SAVE DOLLARS t.:ssential lubricat ing oil add it ives, formerly obtained from dollar sourees, are now being produced on a large scale by the new…

[In which Mr. Geoffrey Frank, of Liverpool, details his experiences with a very large and varied number of marques.—ed.] ALTHOUGH I started to drive the family Daimler in 1913, at…

Sir, Having undertaken numerous 'Sunday drives in the Eifel' over the past five decades to watch racing on the 'Ring, I share Tony Brooks' "all-consuming passion" for that "gladiatorial arena",…