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Club News, April 1989
The first issue of a quarterly News Sheet has been published by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, founded…

The first issue of a quarterly News Sheet has been published by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, founded…
Vehicle users should be warned that the Department of Transport is hoping to get through Parliament a new Bill altering…
It has become commonplace for historic cars to sell at auction for sums between £100,000 and many millions of pounds,…
Still further revisions to the calendar for this year's World Sports-Prototype Championship have now reversed the reinstatement of Silverstone's May…
In three years time the name of the dominant Formula One team of the Eighties will be seen on a…
After lodging an entry for Gabriele Tarquini and building its first chassis, Lamberto Leoni's First Racing team pulled out of…
The man behind Ford's involvement with the Cosworth DFV is to retire this month. Walter Hayes, Vice Chairman of Ford…
While the majority of Formula One teams elected to test at Paul Ricard prior to the sojourn to the official…
If a manufacturer's fortunes are affected by individuals, then Ferrari's have taken a definite upturn with the announcement this month…
Silencing regulations which looked likely to damage historic racing in Britain have been set aside. Previously, all such events in…
Problems, problems When 1988 ended with the prospect of three competitive teams providing close contests in 1989, it was felt,…
Growing pains The current Group C World Sports Prototype Championship goes into its final two years on the crest of…
Brave new world As the issue of Motor Sport was being distributed to the newsagents the first Grand Prix of…
"The spectator comes first" Not so long ago, Silverstone Circuits had an unenviable reputation as the complacency capital of British…
"I believe. . ." Eddie Jordan is one of those Irishmen who has kissed the Blarney Stone, but the fact…
Thinking positive Now that the anguish of Brands Hatch last August has subsided, and months of physiotherapy are successfully behind…
Alfa to omega Today most major motor shows are biennial affairs in centres such as Tokyo, Detroit, Frankfurt and Paris,…
Looks can deceive . . . It used to be that any small four-wheeldrive car was seen as a mini-Quattro;…
Model: 323 Turbo 404. Importer: Mazda Cars (UK) Ltd, Tunbridge Wells. Type: 4WD four-seat hatchback. Engine: inline four, 1597cc (78…
Geneva star What is it about some cars which enables them to avoid the fate of obsolescence? Where most go…
Jim Smith had had a sheltered 1940s-50s upbringing on the remote New South Wales dairy farm run by his Methodist parents. He seldom went anywhere else other than to the…
If ever concrete proof was needed that Netflix’s Drive to Survive series has vastly impacted F1’s popularity in the USA, you only needed note the 120,000-plus spectators who flocked into…
The Dijon-Prenois circuit in France will forever be linked with the outrageous contest between Gilles Villeneuve and René Arnoux in the 1979 French Grand Prix. Those glory days for Dijon…
Sebastian Vettel's departure from Aston Martin leaves an F1 2023 driver vacancy – the team has a wide variety of options