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Sir, You may have noticed a recent Lotus advertisement claiming that Lotus have won more races than any other car, ever. Intrigued by this claim, I contacted the advertising agents…

D. GEORGE COLLINS, LTD., 118 NEWGATE STREET, LONDON, E.C.1. Works: Birmingham and Sheffield. Manufacturers of Silver and Gold Trophies, Presentation Caskets and Keys, Cups, Medals, Spoons and Badges. •Nt Coloured…

B. T. H. Magnetos and electrical equipment made by the British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., of Rugby, are deservedly favoured amongst users of cars of all types, and it is a…

The enthusiast's Ballot The French sports 2-litre Ballot is a car which deserves to be remembered. To confirm this I decided to check what other scribes had thought of it,…

Britain Can Make It The Jaguar "grand-slam" at Le Mans and the splendid "Index" victory by the thought-to-be-experimental 744-c.c. Lotus-Climax proved that Britain makes some of the best sports cars…

Sir, I must defend the DAF 1300 Marathon against W.B.'s scurrilous comment in "My Year's Motoring" that it was "suitable for nervous ladies to drive at 50 m.p.h." He did…

Le Mans 24 Hours winner Allan McNish has vowed to take the fight to Peugeot in Britain’s round of the Le Mans Series at Silverstone on September 14. Audi was…

BROKER SAUBER MERCEDES Sauber sprang out of the box quite strongly at the beginning of the year, with its new C13 and Heinz-Harald Frentzen to push Karl Wendlinger along, but…

Sir, Almost every account written of the origin of the name Aston Martin (originally with a hyphen) links Lionel Martin with the "Aston Clinton Hill-Climb", where he is attributed with…

I think the picture on page 86 of the February 2002 Motor Sport is something of a scoop, as surely it depicts Whitney Straight's fiancée, Miss Peggy Altham, the dancer?…

INFORMATION WANTED Sir, I wonder if any of your readers have had any experience in converting a Morgan Super-Sports three-wheeler into a fourwheeler ; if so I should be very…

GT racer and former Dakar Rally winner Luc Alphand is expected to make a full recovery from back injuries sustained in an off-road motorcycle rally. Alphand, who made the switch…