A correspondent to a weekly contemporary stated that he had been told by a Volkswagen dealer that the original design of the engine of this car emanated from Britain, or was…

No. 22: The Silver Hawk Although the Silver Hawk had a very short life span and cannot have been made in any numbers, it deserves inclusion because it was one…

C. J. P. Dodson Recently we had regrettably to report the death of Pat Driscoll and now comes the sad news of the demise of another great pre-war exponent of…

Although this is another big book in the coffee-table style, it is more attractive than most of these tomes, because it is solely about motor racing and presents us with…

I never tire of reminding you how much we owe to the MCC for continuing its famous long-distance trials, the Exeter, Land's End and Edinburgh, which are formidable and respected…

"BMW — A History" by Halwart Schrader. Translated by Ron Wakefield. 392 pp. 11" x 9 3/4". (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London WC2E 9LP. £24.95.) This is a…

In his excellent just-published book about MG cars, reviewed elsewhere, Wilson McComb says, quite rightly, that when the M-type MG Midget was conceived, Cecil Kimber had a ready-made overhead camshaft…

The make which was placed second in the Monte Carlo Rally, tested in the latest P.60 Montlhéry form, is found to offer individuality and excellent performance and controllability. That popular French…

Motor auction sales began soon after the cars themselves had become desirable purchases but the beginning of the present spate and intensity can be attributed to Lord Montagu staging the…

[In which Capt. Rex Stevens, R.E., describes the cars which he drove from 1947 up to this year, both in this country and on the Continent.—ED.] To submit an article…

THIS traditional event the Edwardian and Light Can Section of the VSCC took place, in the usual form, over the weekend of March 27th/28th, the time-change coinciding with a very…

Automobile Year No34 (1986/1987) edited by Jean-Rodolphe Piccard. 255 pp. 12 1/2 9 1/4. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd, Unit 6, The Paton Estate, 46 Pitlake, Croydon, Surrey CRO 3RY. £19.95)…