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Having read about Osbert Sitwell 's motoring in this feature, a reader in Seaford has drawn my attention to "Great Morning" (Macmillan and the Book Society, 1948) in which there…

RACING NEWS. CLOSE OF THE B.A.R.C. SEASON. AUTUMN BROOKLANDS MEETING. ON Saturday, September 17th, the Brooklands Auto Racing Club brought their season to a close with a fine day's racing…

Although Saab is usually associated with its Swedish roots, something like a third of all Saab cars sold worldwide are actually built in Finland. Last year the company's Finnish marketing…

It is with the deepest regret that I have to write these words. Peter Moores was one of the most cheerful and enthusiastic of amateur vintage-car exponents and it is…

Cosworth-Ford Escort Part one of a long loan assessment THOSE who read last month's editorial will be aware that we have had some difficulty in laying our hands on a…

It is now many years since we visited the Saab factory at Linköping, in Sweden, to see how these rugged two-stroke, front-drive cars were made. At the time the Saab…

B.R.D.C.'S DINNER. THE British Racing Drivers' Club held their annual dinner in London on the 11th of last month, when the principal feature of the evening was an interesting talk,…

Another Forgotten Journey Bruce Dowell, the Sunbeam man, has kindly sent me details of an interesting journey undertaken circa 1926 by a 25hp Sunbeam tourer, which was considered sufficient of…

A summary of classic and racing auctions from around the world in numbers RM Auctions Monterey August 16/17 27 cars sold for over $1M (£639,200) £17.6m The most road car…

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A Triumph Comparison THE Triumph Acclaim, that well-stirred BL / Honda pudding, represents British Leyland's desperate interim hope in the family-car market, so merits a few more words about it.…

A reminder that Peter Robertson-Rodger's two ex-Birkin 4 1/2-litre Bentleys, the short chassis, blower 4-seater and the single-seater which held the Brooklands lap record at 137.98 m.p.h., are now in…