If you want a modestly priced book with which to relax after perusing all the serious ones, I recommend The Paddy Hopkirk Story —A Dash of The Irish (Haynes Publishing,…

"Ferrari—The Early Berlinettas & Competition Coupes" by Dean Batchelor. 96 pp. 8 1/4 in. x II in. (PSL, Barr Hill Cambridge, £4.25). Here is another specialised one-make softcover publication, which…

We are sorry to learn of the death, at the age of 81, of Eric Gordon Tate, who was well-acquainted with the MOTOR SPORT staff, chaps like Lionel Hutchings, W…

Last July Motor Sport drew attention, in an Editorial under the heading "Ridiculous in Retrospect," to the adverse report issued during the war by British engineers on the design of…

Touring was a serious undertaking just after the 1914/18 war, as I am reminded by looking through Edward Burrow's "Motoring In Scotland", written by Charles G. Harper, which a reader…

Went from Wales to Devon recently in my 1990 Ford Sierra, still going at 104,000 miles, to help a new owner collect a vintage car. Nothing exotic — a 1929…

"Francois Cevert" by Jean Claude Hall. 213pp. 8¾ in. x 5½ in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., Godolphin House, 22a, Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AE, £3.50) Nearly every racing…

Both the author, Nic Portway, and recalled that a 30/98 had figured in Aldous Huxley's novel Barren Leaves, when he was writing and I was Forewording Nic's epic Vauxhall book.…

No. 16: General Motors at Hendon Today the products of General Motors, the largest producer of motor vehicles in the world, are well established in this country, with Opels from…

When a reader wrote to ask me about a Georges Irat I had tested for Motor Sport in 1940, I was reminded of how pleased I was to get a…

The Aeroplane man with a love for cars C G Grey was editor of The Aeroplane for nearly three decades. His approach to the job impressed a young Bill Boddy Years ago,…

In three years time the name of the dominant Formula One team of the Eighties will be seen on a high-performance road car for the first time. The TAG McLaren…