The arrival of an Aston Martin in our lives was not a quiet occasion. A large truck disgorged AM V8…

Walter Hayes has successfully tackled myriad challenges laid before him by the Ford Motor Company in the past 30 years.…

Clearly, it was going to be one of those days. Whenever a test car arrives within a cock's crow of…

When Mercedes-Benz and Porsche mesh brains to create a sports saloon, you expect a memorable motor car: in the 500E…

Renault was adamant, when it launched the new Clio, that it wouldn't be offering yellow as a colour option in…

It is generally accepted that Frenchman Georges Boillot was the greatest racing driver of the 1912-14 era. William Court, in…

I know that the effervescent Glegg brothers, who created a series of Dorcas Specials, the last of which, using a…

It is generally well-known that the now World-famous name of MG, with so many race victories and successful record-bids behind…

I spent a pleasant afternoon recently at the Bugatti Trust's museum at Prescott. Being honest, the Trust does not regard…

The Morris car clubs, Bullnose Club and the Register, are well-endowed with researchers and historians, but it is just possible…

The New Scientist reports a single-seater Bugatti on view at a new London Transport Museum. Some years ago a motoring…

Stanley Mann tells us that on April 26th another attack on long-standing records by a vintage Bentley will be made…

Those keen folk who intend to take a look at this year's MCC Land's End Trial over Easter may care…

The show in question is the Herefordshire Trial, which this year replaced the VSCC's customary Wessex trial. It had a…

Historical Harmony Sir, Since you "rescued" Brooklands from its sad break-up during the last war, followed by its shameful sale…

Pomeroy would probably have smiled. At the eponymous Trophy meeting at Silverstone in late February, there was the expected wide…

The Complete Car Modeller 2, by Gerald Wingrove (revised edition). Haynes / Foulis, £14.99. Gerald Wingrove is a genius builder…

Speed Sir, The Edwardian motorist had to contend with Bobbies with whistles and stopwatches jumping out of hedges. Judging by…