If six is good, eight is better AT THE END 01 WI IAT WE NOW CALL THE VINTAGE YEARS, 52.5% of cars on the home market had six-cylinder engines, the…

Sir, I have followed the long duel between correspondents, many of whom are overseas and are possibly embittered by their experiences. My contention is that any cheap car is "cheap,"…

by KEN WHARTON, Britain's Best All-Round Racing Driver THE 1953 season of Grand Prix racing has ended. What has this season taught us ? One immediately thinks of "Ferrari." It…

Street racing in Britain has been to Motorsport what Holland has been to Downhill skiing, but the vision of one man gave it a foothold. Had it received a vital…

Sir, I have a Dawson engine, gearbox and radiator, and can supply some information to interest Mr. M. F. Dawson. The car was manufactured during 1920 and 1921 by the…

Hooked on racing since Stirling’s Aintree win, Mike Doodson has been Team Lotus press officer and part of the BBC F1 commentary team, while earning renown as a racing journalist.…

 [The failure of a racing engine is invariably an expensive business and any means that can be taken to negative such a happening are worthy of close study. Mention has…

THE PORSCHE CARRERA 2 The old law of magazine publishing implied that if a manufacturer " took space" in an appropriate journal he would be granted editorial publicity in return.…

A Genuine 80-m.p.h. Sports Two-seater. Excellent Performance and Vivacity combined with Economy. Practicability and Adequate Weather Protection. We renewed acquaintance with the 1 1/2-litre H.R.G., which we knew intimately in…

The Three Graces The introduction of a new model by Ford is always a notable event, with the tradition of the model-A's historic release at Holland Park skating-rink as a powerful…

I see that the Alfa Romeo 146 is currently advertised as the car you need to own if you want "everyone at the office to think you've been promoted". A…

Sanremo Rally It used to be called the Rally of the Flowers, from the sunny Riviera which lies between the Mediterranean and the mountain region in which the event was…