Kenneth Clarke, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, dropped a surprise into his Budget Speech, with the exemption from "Road Fund" tax on cars over 25 years old and abandonment of…

Black and pure gold Sir, Two of your photographs highlight why modern F1 cars are so lacking in grace (although I still adore the sport): the Lotus 78 on the…

Sir, Rear-view mirrors used to be mounted on the wing of the car, not far from the forward line of vision and within the area swept by the windscreen wipers.…

Sir, Refering to your continuing article on O.J.'s diaries. "Motoring as it was", in the March 1986 issue, my family and I travel through "Brandyland" virtually every year. Last August we…

BY A COMPETITOR. The organisation of trials has always been a favourite object of criticism, and latterly the whole principle on which awards are granted has been questioned. There are…

"With the Minister will be the past-Chairman and Vice-President elect of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain, Bryan Goodman, who will be driving his 1904 CGV open tourer French…

Sir, I should like to have the opportunity, through the columns of your excellent magazine, of passing on my recent experience with the licensing department and the log book of…

Three nicely-produced books from Foulis have arrived in quick succession. The first, "Racing a Sports Car," by Charles Mortimer (10s. 6d.), is an account— absorbing as personal accounts nearly always are—of how…

Sir, I wonder how many of your readers are aware that the 50 m.p.h. and 60 m.p.h. speed limits, currently in force on non-motorway roads, are due for review in…

Red Bull protégé Sébastien Buemi will race for Scuderia Toro Rosso this year, although there is still no news about the identity of his team-mate. The Swiss was reserve driver…

Sir, Overdrive unit on my Vitesse "playing up." Business appointment in Norwich the following day. Evening S.O.S. phone call to Laycocks London Service engineer. Result! At 6.30 following morning, service…

When a staff car suddenly let us down last Summer and we urgently wanted a hire car to get a staff member to a Thruxton race meeting, we found the…