Racing action fires up at the Crystal Palace As restoration of the park seems to have finally put paid to any further motorised competition there, we celebrate here the Crystal…

We are always pleased to hear of a racing car in retirement, and recently the Editor went up to Berkhamsted to inspect a mysterious "Parry-Thomas-Special." This car had belonged to…

"For three years I had been driving cars with super chassis that handled well but just couldn't hold a candle to their rivals when it came to power. Then, suddenly,…

Sir, Even though I left England 11 years ago I still take pleasure in seeing British companies competing successfully in overseas markets. At the recent Montreal Motor Show, therefore, I…

America deserta Sir, These are depressing times, particularly here in North America. We’re in the midst of a global economic crisis, and to add to the collective gloom fans of…

Sir, Mr. Grigs in your "Vintage Postbag" asks if any "senile" reader can recall seeing the early demonstrations of looping the loop, and Hucks was mentioned by the Editor. Actually…

Sir, Alas for my hopes that Continental manufacturers and their British agents took more trouble over their customers than their British opposite numbers. In April last year I purchased a…

As the official timekeeper for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, it was fitting that TAG Heuer chose the event as the perfect place to mark Jack Heuer’s 80th birthday by…

When we tested the Monoposto Genie of Peter Gillett earlier this year it aroused a fair bit of interest in the club's activities. Now we can add a couple of snippets…

A reader, by minute detective work, tells me that the picture used with my piece on the 200hp V8 Darracq shows the car at Saltburn in 1909, not 1908. This…

Sir, I just wanted to say how wonderful it was to read in the December issue a letter relating to my truly remarkable and unflappable father! He also likes to…

Royal Mail is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks grand prix victory at Aintree with an issue of six motor racing stamps honouring British drivers. …