Twice a year meetings are held at the Montlhèry track on a circuit comprising part of the road circuit and part of the banked track, and at each of these…

Marching On Times have changed in more than technology in those thirty years of Formula Two. The HWMs cost about £1,500 to make, and on more than one occasion Alf Francis…

Sir, It is interesting to note that Mr. Roesch appears to claim that he can do with push rods what lesser mortals can only do with d.o.h.c. However, I humbly…

Sir, Have any of your readers ever seen headlamps fall off a modern car? I have. It was whilst cleaning a friend's 1961 Sunbeam Rapier. Neither headlamp was in any…

Sir, I have just returned from a trip to Barcelona in my 1946 Volkswagen, together with three passengers and luggage. On our return journey, near Narbonne in the South of…

Italy 1953. Ferrari designer Aurelio Lampredi wheels out Maranello's answer to Mercedes' W196. Sleek and low, with curvaceous side-tanks, the 553 Squalo looks like a mean rival to the silver…

We Hear The bull-nose M.G. tourer we encountered on the last Veteran Run to Brighton was apparently owned by Ben Walker of Ascot, and was originally the late Eric Fernihough's…

We hear Eric Vereker, who is responsible for much war-time essential road transport, has been using an "1,100" N.S.U. Fiat Balilla saloon as his latest mount and finds it very…

Sir I read with interest your article in the October issue of MOTOR SPORT comparing the light helicopter with three "up-market" motor cars and was most gratified to note the…

Citroën's Sand Dance Mitsubishi had its best opportunity since 1986 to win the Pioneer Paris-Tripoli-Dakar. Not only did the Sonauto squad have more experience than its rivals, it soon transpired…

Thrilling the crowds Britain is the hub of the motor racing world. That situation has evolved over many years and is reflected in today's historic racing, where the Historic Sports…

The most significantly new aspect of the latest Audi 100, now the fourth generation of that model, is its V6 engine. This completely new 2771 cc engine is slightly undersquare…