In part two of Bill Boddy's examination of the pre-war racing Austins, he chronicles the many successes of the marque but wonders about the commercial advantages of such efforts We…

Williams Grand Prix engineering has opened a brand-new museum and conference centre at its Grove headquarters to mark 25 years of GP success. The museum houses 41 cars, from the…

Sir, Further to Mr. M. G. Turvill's letter of July, I had a different experience with Maidstone. At the beginning of June, I sent all my documents to County Hall,…

Nigel Roebuck A lunch meeting in a motor racing-mad restaurant with two legends. Not a bad way to begin an afternoon. That was Nigel’s brief during a short window when…

British-based commemorative event for single-seaters is being organised by the Jersey Motor Cycle & Light Car Club for August 12,13, and 14. Intended to evoke the days of Bira, Mays,…

Sir, I was amused to read Mr. H.J. Green's letter boasting of 20,000 trouble-free miles in his Volvo. It is a coincidence that I, too, have just completed 20,000 trouble-free…

Sir, Andrew Frankel just doesn’t get it. The whole point of the Reventon is not about increasing your visibility, but decreasing it. Imagine the consternation of the County Mounty, parked…

Inevitably, in preparing an enlarged Motor Show Number of Motor Sport last month for sale during the second week of the Earls Court Motor Show, we had to press on regardless,…

Sebring celebrated 50 years of its famous 12-hour sports-car race in mid-March, with many former winning cars and drivers on hand. Notable amongst the cars was the Porsche RS60 which…

Outlook tepid As the year advances the general and motoring outlook can he described as tepid, improving in some quarters but showing little or no uplift in others. The most…

Sir, H Wessels and Simon Coates (Letters, Motor Sport, December 1988) have given me a wonderful idea on how to make money. I have a funny old special made by…

A MOTORING POLITICIAN When Edward Heath, Leader of the Opposition, opened the London Motor Show at Earls Court he told an attentive audience that he was an avid reader of…