Turbocharging and Supercharging by Alan Allard. (Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough. £7.99) This new smaller format paperback edition of Allard's comprehensive survey of the science of boosted engines has been expanded…

Grand Prix winner: the Best of Show award at the Louis Vuitton Concours d'Elegance went to the lavish Franay-bodied MkVI Bentley of Gary Wales and Bob Gathercole, which goes forward…

Campbells and oddballs Deep in the grounds of an ancient Sussex house is a unique memorabilia collection I like a jumble. Show me a collection bursting at the seams and…

Matra's plan was to win both Formula One titles plus Le Mans in just ten years. In the event, it did all that and more. Gordon Cruickshank reports. It's hard…

You may or may not regard yourself as a racing 'petrolhead', but that title introduces a Stirling Moss evening on Channel 4 on March 7. Beginning at 9.30pm, a string…

Pick a driver synonymous with Goodwood. It's not hard: Stirling Moss — a winner at the first meeting and on 21 other occasions. But if this was 1954, and Stirling…

produced by Videovision Broadcast. 60 minutes. (Duke Marketing Ltd, PO Box 46, Douglas, Isle of Man. £29.90). Slowest of the 1988 World Sports-car Championship reviews to reach us, this is…

Beaulieu autojumble had a bumper crop of stands – but a bumper didn’t crop up Finally I got down to the Beaulieu Autojumble during autumn. I’d only ever been to…

Massive computing power allows a British company to streamline and test cars before they’re built, and even drive them virtually By Gordon Cruickshank Success has been heading Acura’s way in…

Six-pointed star Outwardly there is barely a clue to indicate any difference, but then that is never the Mercedes way of doing things. Just as your four-cylinder 200 saloon might…

At last the Alpine-Renault comes to Britain — minus its patronym. The young successful half-brother has been adopted by the family. Alpine-Renault, the tiny specialist car builder which grew into…

This is a bit like Desert Island discs - there is a number of cars over the years you ought to pick. But I think what I'd select would actually…