Theme Lotus — 1956-1986 From Chapman to Ducarouge by Doug Nye, 288 pp. 10'' x 7".  Motor Racing Publications Ltd., Unit 6, The Pilton Estate, 46 Pitlake, Croydon, CR0 3RY.…

Sir, You were good enough to publish my comments on my Mini in your July issue, and your road-test of the Herald 1200 prompts me to write again, for just…

Turning to happier things, pertaining to the pre-Marples days it seems desirable that car-devotees of Brooklands Track should emulate the motorcyclists and have their own Brooklands Re-union. Apart from drivers…

April! The month of April presages the coming of spring and a welcome return of motor-racing. This year there is plenty of racing activity in the month of showers and…

by "Carrozzino" While attending the recent meeting between representatives of various motor clubs with the members of the Competitions Committee of the R.A.C., I could not help being impressed by…

Sir, I've just thoroughly enjoyed your story of the 1907 Peking to Paris raid. You will be interested to learn that the book that you mentioned at the end of…

The two Nigels… Sir, That the letter written by Mr Burrell in the March edition appeared at all only goes to prove Motor Sport is totally unbiased. However, for Mr…

MAY cannot have been a very merry month at Bourne. On the 10th, B.R.M. announced that "owing to the new cars not being ready and as drivers have not had…

A section devoted to old car matters The 25/50 hp Talbot The Talbot, as a make, has a complex ring to it, because it can be Lago, Roesch or London.…

Sir, In the Aston Martin article last month, the author states that the engine subsequent to the 2992cc development of the 2500cc 'six' was designed by Tadek Marek. The engine…

Sir, I very much enjoyed and am most interested in your paragraph "Could it be?" on the hot-rod/ 1914 Grand Prix Mercedes in the current issue of Motor Sport. I…

Les Leston, who has died aged 91, was an awardwinning jazz drummer in his teens, playing the London clubs with the Clay Pigeons, a band led by Belgian trumpeter and…