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Sir, As an expatriate Briton, I find it disturbing to note the apparently inexorable decline in standards of British automobile exports to the North American market. The reputation of these…

D.K.W.-engined Elva Wins Formula Junior Race from the Lola-Ford THE now-traditional B.R.S.C.C. Race Meeting took place at Brands Hatch on Boxing Day, a record crowd watching very exciting racing over…

SINGER O.C. Twice-monthly meetings of Singer owners are now being held in Sheffield on the first and third Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m. The meeting place : The…

Sir, For many years I have been doing research on the life and work of Ernest Henry, designer ot the GP Ballots and collaborator, at least, in the design of…

We hear that on Thursday January 23rd a new British musical comedy will open at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, which is sure to be of interest to every motoring enthusiast.…

Brighton Speed Trials A dull grey morning with a calm sea and a trace of dampness in the air gave splendid conditions for fast times on Madeira Drive for the…

Veteran Types V.—A 6 h.p. De Dion Bouton of 1902, and hozv, after many vicissitudes, it finally reached Brighton. SOME time ago, in the early summer of 1930 to be…

There was a time when it appeared BMW could do no wrong. In fact for most of the past 25 years, most of its cars have led most of the…

Sir, I hope Mr M Whatley will forgive me correcting his 'David and Goliath' letter in your March issue. Doug Van Riet did not participate in the 1937 South African…

FIA investigates after second Peugeot flip The latest accident in which one of the new Peugeot 908 HDis became airborne is now being investigated by the FIA. Nicolas Minassian flipped…

Nigel Mansell and Niki Lauda by David Tremayne and Alan Henry respectively. 10.1" x 8". Hazleton Publishing, 3 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6RE. 108 pages. £11.95 each. When a…

Norton has stuck with push rod technology for its revival and can't build enough of its retro street racer OBY MAT OXLEY orton is 109 years old this year and…