15 JULY 1989, Page 22

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Sir: My colleague William Waldegrave asks in 'Old Bristol fashion' (Cars, 1 July) what is the point of a fast foreign car.

There are too few old Bristols for every- one.

I had hoped, one day, to review second- hand cars for The Spectator and to test old wine for the Literary Review.

Peter Bottomley

Minister for Roads and Traffic, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1