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This is so much more than a company or personal history. Haskell is an engineer who worked at Lotus in the '60s, and he has the ability to explain in…

Alta, the product of keen engineering fettler Geoffrey Taylor, is a comparatively neglected sports-car. Even books devoted expressly to sports cars either omit it or give it very little space.…

I arrived at the E.N.A.S.A. works on the outskirts of Barcelona to investigate a rumour; to establish, if possible, whether or not the Pegaso was actually built up from the…

Quite Sherlock Holmes' like feat of tracing a hit and run car after it had caused a fatal accident involving a horse-vehicle at the corner of Park Avenue and 69th…

There may not be many two-stroke Trojans left, but this does not deter the Trojan OC, which publishes a magazine and books on these cars. Don Williams' The Great No…

Brands Hatch, October 19-20: a sumptuous stage for the BSB showdown. Bikes are Mat Oxley's territory and will not become a regular part of this column (despite the evidence of…

Not all that number of BMWs come my way for testing these days, more's the pity, but when they do I am invariably impressed. The range of different BMWs is…

Mr. R. B. Sutcliffe of Kensington writes:— I have just come across something which might interest you for your feature "Cars in Books." The book is "Wine's my Line" by…

THE JOWETT " JAVELIN " SALOON. Engine : Flat-four-cylinder, 72.5 by 90 mm. (1,486-c.c.) R.A.C.h.p. 12; 50 b.h.p. at 4,100 r.p.m. Gear ratios: 1st, 18.9; 2nd, 11.6; 3rd, 7.31; top,…

Just in time for the celebrations comes this official history, by respected auto-historian David Venables, of the world's first motor race circuit. WB contributes the Foreword and applauds Venables for so…

Henry Surtees, the son of Formula 1 World Champion John Surtees, died on July 19 following an accident in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch. On the previous day…

THE BRITISH TRIALS DRIVERS' ASSOCIATION PROTECTION SOCIETY FOR COMPETITORS FORMED FOLLOWING upon the reports that the complaints from sections of the general public against motor trials in certain areas might…