Giles Chapman talks to the people who created Egypt's only Le Mans contender - The Phoenix For Raymond and Neville…

Flying Finns have now become so much a part of rallying folklore, it's easy to forget that it was one…

The sight and sound of the sole surviving V16 Auto Union mountain climb car, a great silver fish of a…

He's remembered for the closest, fastest Grand Prix win ever, but the race instructor from Goodwood has even fonder memories…

When BMW built its 850i, hopes were that a successor to the M635CSi was on the cards. Andrew Frankel was…

Louis Delage was a much respected member of the French automobile industry. Rightly so, for in the very first year…

Further news about the mystery aero-engined car referred to recently: a reader recalls that, when a GP in Hartlepool in…

One Sunday recently I was able to sample a a 1926 Clyno four-door saloon that had not been on the…

When F1 is on the air, dare I say it, telephones are disconnected, knocks on the study door ignored and…

Both the author, Nic Portway, and recalled that a 30/98 had figured in Aldous Huxley's novel Barren Leaves, when he…

Following our recent reference to different brands of castor oil, apart from the wellknown Castrol-R , Penrite Oil advises us…

The Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford, Yeovil, has been expanded several times since John Haynes, OBE, opened it many years…

Racers by Richard Williams, Viking, £16.99, ISBN: 0-670-87225/3 The life of a modern Grand Prix driver is a strange one.…

A Grand Prix driver's logbook by Andre Etancelin, Connoisseur Carbooks, 650FF, ISBN: 2-9508990-0-5 A curiosity, this; some years ago the…

Original Ferrari V8 by Keith Bluebell by Bay View Books, £19.95, ISBN: 1 870979 78 8 This is a book…

Porsche 356 defined - a pictorial guide by Brett Johnson ISBN: 0-929758-14-5 356 Carrera- the four cam cars by Cole…

Jenks: a passion for motorsport. MRP £19.95 ISBN: 1-899870-22-9 I worked with DSJ for many years, and it was not…

Jaguar E-Type The definitive history by Phillip Porter, Haynes, £60. ISBN: 0-85429-580-1 Expensive, yes, but it really is definitive. Not…

Formula 1 Grand Prix pocket annual 1997 by Bruce Smith Virgin Publishing, £4.99. ISBN: 0-753 5-0117-1 Ignore the dodgy photo…

The Locke Kings of Brooklands, Weybridge By JSL Pulford Brooklands Museum, £6.70, ISBN: 0306-1248 This is a book which everyone…