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The life of Georges Roesch, who died in 1969, spanned the entire history of the motor industry. He was a mechanical genius, conceiving in his youth a vision of the ideal motor car, at once efficient, reliable, easy to drive and cheap to manufacture and maintain – as Chief Engineer to the firm of Cle..

For thirty-seven years the concrete track and road circuit of Montlhery Autodrome was for France what Brooklands was for Britain: the setting for scores of motor races and countless record attempts, and the proving ground of every sort, make and model of vehicle from primitive chain driven monsters ..

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This comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covers the period 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. This book represents four years' painstaking research on the part of an author and motor-..

Here are the memoirs of Duncan Hamilton. For many years the story of this extraordinary man has been awaited and now at last it is here. Things happen to Duncan! Sometimes he makes them happen, but often they just occur: whether flying in the Fleet Air Arm or racing at Le Mans with Jaguar, he attrac..