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Matters of moment, January 1972
A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…

A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…
The 1972 season will see the beginning of two new eras of motor racing, in sports cars and in Formula…
A series of four races held in Brazil and Argentina during November brought to an end the 1,600-c.c. Formula Two…
Many more people watched the 1971 RAC Rally of Great Britain than the total number of spectators at every single…
Last month we published a short report on the Kyalami 9 Hours and since then the Springbok Series has continued…
Aintree lives—just The passing of the Aintree circuit near Liverpool from the International calendar seems to have evoked remarkably little…
127 pp. 9 3/16 in. x 7 in. (MRP ltd., 277-279, Grays Inn Road, London, WC1. £1.50). Many of the…
By Jack Brabham, 240 pp. 8 3/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 22a Queen Anne's…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, have issued a number of reprints of their early motoring books, under…
By Ted Simon. 280 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
By Booton Herndon. 408 pp. 9 in. x 5 3/4 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35 Red Lion Square, London,…
From a chapter in "Bears In The Caviar", by Charles Thayer, of the American Embassy in Moscow (Michael Joseph, 1952),…
Those of our readers who like models should note that the 41st Model Engineer Exhibition takes place at Seymour Hall,…
We are delighted to learn that the financial set-backs of Lines Bros. will not apparently stop the production of the…
Recalled in a recent interview with the Editor Having reviewed Henry Longhurst's entertaining book last month we obtained from him…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Silverstone (December 4th) Quite why the Vintage SCC chooses to inflict…
A 1905 45-h.p. Spyker tourer which was found some years ago on an Australian farm and was duly restored has…
Recent correspondence has brought to light some new facts about the Rolls-Royce aero-engined car constructed by the late Col. G.…
Amongst some interesting items in a booklet issued by Bishops Move, the well-known furniture removal people, to celebrate their 116th…
Sir, It seems that aviation history as well as motoring history can become clouded by the passage of time. The…
Capricious things, anniversaries. In the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado scored Williams’s first victory in eight seasons – the perfect follow-up to team founder Sir Frank Williams’s 70th birthday,…
Daniel Ricciardo now returns to the team where it started for him in F1, in search of redemption – however, the Aussie explains he's taking a different approach on his GP comeback
Evolution of the beast: The Cobra was Shelby’s attempt to wrest Le Mans success from Ford, Jaguar and Ferrari. The Daytona Coupe was the secret weapon that it helped develop. Andrew…
The crack Manthey team delivered Porsche a 10th victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours after a hard-fought race that featured a complete checklist of serious entries from the great German…