Articles from the archive

by Terry Grimwood. 128pp. 93/4 x 71/2. (Osprey Publishing Ltd, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 9DA. £8.95). Reference works for complete beginners in motorsport have become all the more necessary…

Burkard Bovensiepen's Alpina company's 3.0 CSI.. vanquished the works Fords and BMWs in the 37th 'tourist Trophy Race at Silverstone on September 23rd. Unlike the rest of the ETC. series…

Lamborghini also chose China to launch its Urus SUV. Rather awkwardly its stand was next to sister marque Bentley, whose EXP9 F SUV stole the headlines of the Geneva Show…

Continental rallies have become popular with car clubs and one-make organizations, and are likely to increase while the foot-and-mouth epidemic restricts such happenings here. The Guild of Motoring writers had…

* * * LENIN'S CHOICE Sir, It might be of interest for you to know that I have recently come across two extremely fine examples of vintage RollsRoyce in Russia.…

It is at last possible to sort out these toy Citroens which are of Such interest to historians and collectors, thanks to an article in that excellent bi-lingual publication, Le Double Citroen,…

Motor Racing – the early years Brian Laban Here are 350 pages of truly stunning images, running from 1894 up to the end of the 1950s. The range of content…

"WEATHER FOR DUCKS" THE BALULA FIAT SPORTS TRIED OUT UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. ONE of the features of the Italian Thousand Miles Race two years ago was the fine performance of…

A tough, reliable and very pleasant little car from Japan Whatever one's feelings about the intrusion of Japanese cars on to the British market, the vehicles are so prolific on our…

Legends

SIR, The sugary trifles on page 261 of this month's (December) issue are too bad. I foresee that their influence on your venerable editorial head will ere long occasion you…

Colossus of roads In the years of opulence before the First World War, reputations were being forged in America's luxury car market. One successful survivor of a time when many…