Sir, In your February issue WB asked what book readers would like to take to a desert island. Might I suggest LJK Setright's recently published A Private Car? With, cunningly…

Sir, Q.: When is a parking place not a parking place? A.: When it is in Richmond, Yorks. Just before Easter I had occasion to go into Richmond, and as…

The Aston-Martin Owners' St. John Horsfall Race Meeting happens at Silverstone on July 29th. The V.S.C.C, Lagonda, Bugatti and Bentley Drivers' Clubs have accepted invitations. The Richard Stallebrass Trophy for…

Two hundred drivers from some 20 nations will blast down France's greatest roads on the Tour Auto 2000, the famed recreation of the Tour de France, which starts in Paris…

1934 RACING CARS 5 --T H E 2.9 LITRE MERCEDESBENZ. SINCF, the early days of motoring the prestige of Germany in the racing world has been maintained by the Mercedes…

Sir, Bill Boddy's excellent article in the October issue concerning the Freikaiserwagen was of particular interest to us in Frenchay Village Museum. Frenchay was the home of the Fry family…

WORLD CHAMPIONS Graham Hill, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and, of course, current Champion Emerson Fittipaldi are all still racing today. On the evidence of the first three rounds of the…

Sir, Thought I'd send this "Artist's Impression" of Gordon Murray's Formula One 2000. I AM, YOURS, ETC Bruce Thomson, Unionville, Ontario, Canada

THE Automobile Club of Enna, the small town in the centre of Sicily, in the heart of the mountains, held their annual Speed Week in August. On the first week-end…

Regazzoni Wins in France (August 24th) Despairing of being allowed to hold motor racing in their own country, the Automobile Clubs of Switzerland hired the Dijon-Prenois circuit in France and…

GPIO I found your article "GPIO" most interesting, having owned a 38/250 SS Mercedes-Benz, purchased from Bunty Scott-Moncrieff in May 1932, for over 50 years, during which time every nut…

Honouring a Pioneer. The name of Benz has been associated with automobile design and racing since the very earliest days of motoring, and it is gratifying to learn that the…