23 JUNE 1939, page 32

The Friendly People That Is No Matter For Astonishment. The

friendliness is probably perfectly sincere (individually, of course, the German is normally a very friendly person), but it might equally be that boring phenomenon which is so......

The Austin Eight The New 8 - H.p. Austin Is The Model

which has taken the place of what must certainly have been one of the world's most famous cars, the first and, at any rate until very recent times, the most immediately......

In The Truffle Country It Is, Of Course, The Road.

It is pleasant to come across a town with so gay a name, and it is only right that one of its inhabitants should have caught the spirit of the thing and called his chophouse the......

Another " Seven " ?

The engine is a side-valve of goo c.c. taxed at £6. It runs surprisingly smoothly and flexibly and with little noise. The 4-speed gear-box runs quietly, the dutch has an......

Motoring

Touring in the Tension An odd sidelight on the tension in Europe is the fact that the motorist who normally takes his car across the Channel at this time of year, is making his......

Spain Open Again France Is Naturally Getting The Cream Of

it all, with the usual " record " bookings. I hear, officially, by the way that the fear expressed here lest, in the event of war, petrol would be unobtainable by tourists or......

A Modern Open Four-seater The New Austin 8 Does That

and, I thought when I took it over my trial route, remarkably well. At my own rc*uest they sent me the open tourer, becaute I wanted to see .1tvhat the coachbuilders' ideas are......

Brive La Gaillarde Is It Brive Itself Or The Incredibly

tortuous and lovely road by which it is approached that makes its irresistible attrac- tion? Its nickname is plainly unique. There cannot be another town in the world......