On May 26th the Standard Register stages its annual gathering at Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, near Nuneaton, and also plays host to other surviving pre-war Coventry-made cars. The Herbert Museum, Coventry,…

"Spitfire," by John W. R. Taylor and Maurice F. Allward. (The Harborough Publishing Company, Ltd., price 15s.) This book gives as much as anyone will ever need to know about…

* Afzal Kahn of Kahn Design has bought the ‘F1’ licence plate for £440,625, beating the previous record amount of £331,000 when Bonhams auctioned ‘M1’ in July 2006. * A…

Elsewhere is this issue can be read a brief road test of the Alfasud, Alfa Romeo's new small car. Since that section of Motor Sport went to press I have…

Petrol rationing has been withdrawn in France and in Australia. Earl Howe, speaking at the Jubilee Dinner of the C.S.M.A., which has a membership of 30,000, said that in as…

Sir, The subhead to June's story on the 3-litre team Bentley describes it as "the only intact survivor" of the 1927 Le Mans crash. Then as we read on we…

Last year a team of vintage Bentleys attempted to cover 100 miles in an hour but due to mechanical troubles they did not accomplish this feat. However, at Montlhéry recently, G. G.…

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Sir, I had the honour of knowing Chris Staniland well for many years. As a person he was the embodiment of a gentleman, quiet and dignified, always precise in speech…

Sir, I was intrigued to read your comments about my Harry Weslake book in the current issue of Motor Sport and to learn that I may have added a little to…

World production of motor vehicles (cars and commercials) last year was: U.S.A. .. 6,900,000 Germany .. 1,688,000 Britain .. 1,674,530 France .. 1,536,133 Japan .. 990,705 Italy .. 930,000 Britain…

A unique one-day Masters race meeting has been added to the organisation’s 2009 schedule on August 23 at Donington Park, which will be used to experiment with several new concepts.…