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Sir, I have read with interest your remarks ont Vinot commercial vehicles. I distinctly remember seeing, on Armistice Day 1918, in my home town, two large Vinot lorries, of about…

VW Is service satisfactory ? " Yes, extremely so, having got to Torquay, 30 miles away." " gomiles away, grease it myself." " Yes,. but 10 days' notice required." "…

A MIXED DAY AT DONINGTON A SPLENDID RACE FOR THE NUFFIELD TROPHY WON BY FAIRFIELD (E.R.A.) AT 65.67 M.P.H. TWO OTHER HANDICAP EVENTS WELL SUPPORTED BUT FAIL TO PRODUCE CLOSE…

KAYE DON'S SUCCESSES AT BROOKLANDS. Driving the Sunbeam two-litre six-cylinder supercharged car, the Cub on Brooklands Track on Tuesday, April 16th, Mr. Kaye Don, the well known British racing motorist,…

IN THE March issue of MOTOR SPORT I said that one thing about the World of Formula One was that you know where you stand. The striking drivers of Kyalami…

Bentley — The Silent Sports Car 1931-1941 by Michael Ellman-Brown. 452 pp. 9"x8W: Dalton Watson, 3 Harbour Exchange Square, Limeharbour, London, E14 9GE. £39.95 I must confess to more than…

Last Minute News of the Monte Carlo Rally. TRUE to the traditions of motoring events, a great rush of entries for the Rally came in on the eve of the…

If you have visited the Donington Collection you will have marvelled at the sheer barminess of the Rotorvic engine – six vee-twin Ariel motorbike engines nailed together to make an…

The Jaguar E-type would make it into most peoples' list of top 10 cars for even if they knew nothing of the car's mechanics or its marvellous handling, it would…

THE B.R.M. DRIVERS _Raymond Mays, Public Relations Officer to II.R.M, Ltd., Kent us the following, dated April 4th : " Reg. Parnell and Prince 'Bins' have been appointed as the…

SPORTING MACHINES ON TEST. The CONNAUGHT-BLACKBURNE. A Moderate Priced Machine with a Good Performance. By ARNOLD RADCLYFFE. N°Tto everyone is given the type of pocket by virtue of which every…

So far no-one has written a book about chauffeurs but no doubt it is only a matter of time. Meanwhile, I have interviewed a number of them, devoted servants at…