New kids on the block The late confirmations of Giedo Van der Garde and Luiz Razia by Caterham and Marussia respectively have ensured that the Australian GP will feature a…

Sir, I started to read Motor Sport in 1953, became hooked on DSJ, but walked away when it went into decline. I returned in '97 and enjoy it enormously, especially…

Northern Comfort Saab's first production car, the 92, started coming off the assembly line in 1950. It was a 2-cylinder, 2-stroke 764cc engine developing 25 bhp. It was instantly distinguishable…

Two Special Cars. SIR,-With reference to Mr. Bowles' racing car (April issue, page 256), it seems probable that this car is the Bora which was driven at the Track some…

Club News WE HEAR The ex-works " Rubber-Duck " Austin Seven single-seater that went ottt to New Zealand now has a Ford engine installed. Cat folk are rightly intolerant of…

Sir, My father, Alan Yates, shares a glider with Geoffrey Stephenson, they both fly regularly at Dunstable. Geoffrey was the first person to soar across the Channel as opposed to…

" .R.M.-AhIBASSADOR FOR BRITAI N " (Daily Express, 2s. 6d.). This booklet could have been a splendid bit of propaganda for motor-racing in general and the B.R.M. in particular, and…

No Compulsion Sir, I write as one of your readers on the subject of compulsory wearing of seat belts in cars. I understand there is to be a Free Vote…

THE RITISH EMPIRE ROPI-IY THE BRITISH EMPIRE TROPHY AT BROOKLAN DS SAT. APR IL.30,1932 SUPPLETVIENTARY regulations are now out for the British Empire Trophy Race. This should be a great…

Sir, Manufacturers have always introduced "gimmicks" to help promote sales of their vehicles—it used to be heaters, cigar lighters, reversing lights, etc., all of which are accepted in today's cars…

RACING AT CASTLE COMBE 1 is invariably pleasant to be at a Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. fixture, and the last race meeting of 1951 at the 1.84-mile Castle Combe circuit…

Marchal Distributors Ltd., Brook Lane North, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex (Ealing 2672 or 3671), announce the new Marchal asymmetrical lamps, claimed to give the advantages of both the pre-war…