Napier versus Rolls-Royce Sir; I read with interest Mr. J. P. LaT. SheaSimmonds' letter in the De.cember issue and Air Commodore F. R. Banks' comments in February regarding the above…

ON THE GERMAN INVASION GERMANY has, within the lifetime of many of our readers, twice attempted, unsuccessfully, to invade our shores. Now SILO is -commencing to invade us, not with…

A Brooklands Test. An interesting test was recently carried out at Brooklands to demonstrate the value of the Germ process of lubrication manufacture. It is the opinion of Germ Lubricants…

Bean and Gone Sir, In the June 1952 issue there was a letter about a car I once owned — a 1923 Bean 14 tourer. An admirer of the car…

SECRETS OF ENGINE BALANCE. By F. T. BERSEY, (Managing Director of the Laystall Engineering Works, Ltd.) ACCORDING to theoretical principles the real secrets of engine balance are hidden away among…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters The R.A.C. London-Brighton Veteran Car Run - The Editor's " Hat-Trick " with the 1904 Montagu Motor Museum Brushrnobile The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run…

Sir, Any advance on 1955? In that year Porsche announced the 356A which included for the first time a split backrest on the rear seat. Either or both the rear…

"The Autocar " has now published its analysis of 1933 road tests of eighty English, Continental and American cars, and once again the Frazer Nash has conspicuously the best all-round…

UNLIKE last year's European Hill-Climb Championship when the late Edgar Barth and his works Porsche 8-cylinder Prototype was unbeatable, this year's Championship has been a no-holds-barred dogfight between Abarth, Porsche…

Sir, At last the b.h.p. from the standard and sports versions of the Riley Nine has been settled by the letter from Mr. Farrar. But it is at this point…

The latest Corgi miniatures consist of a very fine Midland Red Birmingham-London Motorway Express coach, with windows, steering wheel, seats and toilet compartment, etc., its chassis features realistically depicted (No.…

The second part of an article which commenced in the August issue, wherein is reviewed international 1½-litre racing from 1937-1940   THE first 1½-litre International fixture of the 1937 season…