It can hardly have escaped anyone's attention that August 26th was the Silver Jubilee of the launch of the Mini and it is right that the anniversary is marked, for…

BUGATTI CARS. We are informed that Bugatti cars will be represented direct in Great Britain and Lieut.Col. W. L. Sorel, D.S.0., has been appointed General Manager of the English Branch.…

The 4½-litre Lagonda Sir, In his letter in the July issue dealing with comparisons between the above car and the Alvis Speed 25 and 4.3 litre, Mr. Michael suggests that the…

Boddy of work Sir, It was with great interest I read the article on the late Bill Boddy's archive. Surely the time has arrived for the definitive biography to be…

EDITORIAL. WANTED AN ENGLISH AUTO-UNION SELD0111 has a road-racing season been more full of promise than that which now confronts us. There are plenty of races on the International Calendar,…

October 9th Before the war the last race meeting of the season at Brooklands used to take place during the middle of October, with the light fading early and a…

FOR SALE—continued RILEY Nine, modified March, special 2/4-seater, completely rebuilt, all worn pun replaced. Springs reset, polished, taped. New parts to steering brakes, gearbox. transmission overhauled. Engine rebored, linen fitted.…

RUMBLINGS We have preached so frequently in MOToR SPORT about the desirability of reducing weight and of developing a car of around 1,100-c.c. capacity that will scale appreciably A Good…

Ascari still the master AS has been traditional for many years, the Swiss Grand Prix was held at Berne on the Bremgarten circuit, acclaimed by many people as one of…

READERS' SALES AND WANTS To meet the repeated demands for something on the lines of the old Spare Parts AnnounceMents, we have instituted -a system of inexpensive advertisements. Each announcement…

Race modifying Jaguar's XJ-S for European endurance events WHEN I heard that Jaguar was to go racing in European Touring Car Championship events again my first reaction was, "Oh no!…

THE AUSTIN-HEALEY CONVERSION The "100" Becomes the "100M" IN the latter part of the summer MOTOR SPORT found itself in need of a new staff car. It was to replace…