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Matters of moment, August 1983
A splendid garden party! Those who worry about the health of Grand Prix racing should be reassured by the success of…

A splendid garden party! Those who worry about the health of Grand Prix racing should be reassured by the success of…
Moving with the times, readers of Motor Sport will be able to purchase a motoring magazine video tape early in September, compiled by…
Brighton Speed Trials This famous event is the only motorsporting meeting to be held on closed public roads on the British…
It is with regret that we have to record that Alf Francis died last month after a short illness. Alf appeared on…
When on Sunday June 26th more than 30 pre-war racing cars assembled on the grid at Donington circuit in Derbyshire, they…
Rather dull, Silverstone, July 16th The last Formula One race was on June 12th, a gap of five weeks in mid-season being…
Williams: The usual trio of FWO8C cars. An experimental front aerofoil was tried in practice featuring deflectors in front of…
There can be few Grand Prix drivers whose careers have been subject to such violent fluctuations as that of the…
After the first five rounds of this year's European Championship for Formula Two, it looked as if one man was going…
It is less than a year since the new Audi 100 was launched, and yet already the German company has backed…
For those who relish Audi's proven four-wheel-drive system, but can't run to the near-£18,000 price tag demanded for the turbocharged two-door…
Many readers might find it a little strange to see an item about a product of the American Ford empire within the…
One of the best kept secrets of the motor industry was unwrapped in July when Ford announced the Orion family…
Daimler Vanden Plas 4.2 Jaguar's extraordinary postwar success has been due, in no small part, to the legendary XK engine revealed…
Opel Manta GTE The only real complaint levelled at the Opel Manta range up till now has been — where is…
The MG Maestro 1600 Immediately after trying the MG Metro Turbo I was able to sample that much-discussed L/O 8' 23/4"-wheelbase,…
Lucky for some There is no such thing as a racing certainty; a fact of which Audi is becoming acutely aware.…
Run earlier this year because of the British GP, the Vintage SCC's second Silverstone Meeting of 1982, on July 2nd, enjoyed…
"Rolls-Royce — The History of the Car" by Martin Bennett. 184 pp. 111/2 in x 83/4 in (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford,…
Car miniatures continue to issue from Grand Prix Models of 173-175, Watling Street, Radlett, some of their more recent offerings embracing a…
This Lola T70 has had more interesting history than most – starring in Le Mans and being raced by a sports car legend
F1 teams spend hundreds of millions competing in the world championship every year, but what is the exact price of success? How much does an F1 car actually cost?
“Let us work in peace, please.” Sorry, Maurizio, but that’s not how it works. The comings and goings at Scuderia Ferrari has been the soapy operatic backdrop to motor racing…
British Automobile Racing Club Thruxton, October 31 Another month, another throwback. Remember those televised, end-of-season Thruxton meetings 40-odd years ago, an interlude to National Hunt racing on BBC Grandstand? They…