* * * PRAISE FOR A PRE-WAR ALVIS Sir, It is with great interest that I have read of the misfortunes and disappointments which have befallen so many of your…

GREAT RACING MARQUES. XI—AUSTIN. By E. K. H. KARSLAKE. IN the days when the Wolseley " beetles " were upholding British prestige on the Continent, Sir Herbert Austin was an…

Another Cyclecar Rally During 1975 the VSCC held a special rally for that fascinating but near-defunct breed (Morgan 3-wheelers excepted!), the cyclecar, as duly reported in these pages. A first…

Cars In Books KEN FIDGEN of the STD Register, has sent me the following for this column: Here is a "Cars in Books" reference for you if it has not…

MATTERS OF MOMENT ROYAL PATRONAGE H.M. the King was Patron of the Brooklands Automobile -Racing Club. Last year Their Majesties the King and Queen and members of the Royal Family…

The Villiers-Engined Bugatti THE cover yid tire this month 4i1OWS Dudley Froy on the 13rooklands banking in the Kaye Don 4.9-litre Grand Prix Bugatti during a 1935 B.A.R.C. meeting. It…

A race of champions-style pursuit event for DTM cars at the famous Olympic Stadium in Munich could become a points round in 2012. The first event on a specially laid…

NATIONAL AVIATION DAY Sir Alan Cobham's Big Campaign in Full Swing. UNDER the leadership of Sir Alan Cobham, what is undoubtedly the biggest effort so far made in this country…

k7umblings 7,10 _13 OMWERGES 1‘1?•• The Magnettes. SURELY no car has made a more promising debut than the M.G. Magnette, with its splendid performance in the Mille Miglia. However carefully…

VETERAN AND EDWARDIAN MOTOR CARS, by D. Scott-Moncrieff. A survey of the development in design of the motor car up to the start of the First World War in 1914.…

SOME 1925 MOTOR CYCLES. SPECIAL FEATURES OV THESE MACHINES: in the 0.E.C.-Blackhurne, the frame construction: in the Levis, also, the frame (curved top tube) : in the Scott-Squirrel, the general…

Sir, Surely if the recent trend of price increases continues in the British motor industry it will not be long before we have basic four-seater family saloons costing at a…