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Charles Gillett has won the 2007 Motor Sport Brooklands Trophy for his performances at VSCC race meetings last year. The award, conceived by Bill Boddy in 1950 to commemorate racing…

A Well Appointed, Fully-Equipped Front-Drive British Saloon of Great Promise OUTWARDLY, the Triumph 1300 looks like a scaled-down version of the popular six-cylinder Triumph 2000. Technically, it is of entirely…

AN ATTEMPT ON THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL TROPHY. What may be described as the last word in modern motor boat design is embodied in the two boats to be used by…

JAGUAR E-TYPE QUERIES Sir.. Can anyone tell me the life of a set of tyres on the Jaguar Ii-type; please? From what I have been able to see I suspect…

To be recommended to those who like reading in detail about the 1899 to 1936 period, there is also a little of fascinating motoring interest in the first volume of…

With Harriers in action over Kosovo I prefer to think of this innovative VTOL aeroplane in happier times. The Hawker P1127 first hovered in 1960, Bill Bedford at the controls.…

Stefan Lewyckyj & Ian Doughty Whether you prefer a hard copy of a book or its digital equivalent, there’s no argument as to which has more scope for different types…

The Honda domination in Grand Prix racing is almost taken for granted. It is a yardstick against which all others engines are measured, including Ferrari and Renault. While its dominance…

The final selection of entries by the organisers, the Hants & Berks M.C., has aimed at providing as wide a variety of cars as possible in the four classes. This…

Substantially revised and now without a 90 cousin - all small Audis now carry the better-established 80 nomenclature - the Audi 80 is a formidable contender in the quality sports…

The Ferrari that was damaged in the Regazzoni/Lauda mix-up at Brands Hatch, number 312T2/027, needed quite a lot of straightening out so was dropped from the team for the German…

by Dudley Colley (173 pp, 10s 6d, The Talbot Press, Ltd., 89, Talbot Street, Dublin). Amongst a welter of motoring books this ranks us a very good one. The author tells…