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The Amateur Census Sir, I read with dismay your warning that the amateur census was declining in favour of the registration number, as a schoolboy hobby. I determined to do…

F1 ace Kimi Räikkönen will make a sensational switch to the World Rally Championship this year in the Red Bull-backed Citroën Junior Team. The move is a coup for the…

A message from James May brought back poignant memories of a vintage Bentley This particular recollection was prompted by an e-mail from James May. His is a name I feel…

An Extended Test of the Moskvitch 407 Having driven British, French, Italian, German, Swedish and Czechoslovakian cars, I thought it would be interesting to discover what a Russian car is…

Any fresh information about Rolls-Royce history is getting very hard to come by, and although new things about Brooklands come to light from time to time, even this source is…

An interesting Mini conversion for greater convenience and, perhaps, some added distinction, is now being offered by Tilling Automotive Ltd., of 6, Adam & Eve Mews, Kensington, W.8. This is…

We have equipped the photographic members of our staff, who seem to spend more time out in the cold than their editorial colleagues, with weather-proof clothing from Functional of Manchester.…

The cancellation of the Belgian G.P. is still provoking much thought and comment, and having moved closer the issue is much clearer, though not officially. In Belgium, as in Germany,…

Having remarked that to the enthusiast motoring should be as satisfying as the cars in which it is conducted, when the top-model of the Ford Sierra range, in the form…

MOTORING LITERATURE FOR THE ENTHUSIAST All about the Midget. The marvellous performance of the M.G. Midget has been one of the outstanding features of the racing world since its inception,…

Recently we've almost become used to seeing auto unions in action again. What we've never seen is Ferdinanand Porsche's prototype, the P-Wagen because there aren't any. Or so we thought...…

Norwich Union's Personal Insurance Administration manager, D T Clark, writing of cars over 15 years old being unacceptable for his company's breakdown holiday assistance service: "Whilst with the enthusiast such…