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Matters of moment, January 1986
The Safety of Rally Spectators Another very exciting and interesting RAC Rally has, with luck, safely concluded, watched by astonishingly…

The Safety of Rally Spectators Another very exciting and interesting RAC Rally has, with luck, safely concluded, watched by astonishingly…
With the Sierra RS Cosworth Ford has built a car in a class of its own. It is quite simply…
Thirty years ago, the marque "Elva" came to the scene and, for a decade, was one of the world's most…
The 1985 Grand Prix season was a good one and it looks as though the 1986 season is going to…
Tom Walkinshaw's Jaguar XJR-6 sportscar team has achieved much in the space of four months, and earned its best result…
New cars dominate Lombard RAC Rally Had we been asked a few years ago whether we believed it possible for…
Ford 2.8EFi Granada Scorpio 4x4 Having got accustomed to a Ford Sierra 4x4 for 9,000 troublefree miles and liking it…
Last November we received a package containing photographs and negatives taken at the Borehamwood race meetings in the early Fifties.…
It's ironic that Britain's most successful manufacturer of hill climb cars, Pilbeam Racing Designs, is based in Lincolnshire on the…
In the colour-pages you will find an interesting account by M.L. about driving a modern Bentley Eight from London to…
In 1938 Bill Boddy road tested a Bentley by driving it from the Palace of Westminster to John O'Groats. It…
Paddock I remember, at the 1969 British Grand Prix, standing by the Shell Bridge and offering a pound for a…
The Bamford and Martin Aston-Martins were made a long time ago, in quite small numbers, but interest in them has…
This article, by R. King-Clark, was the opening chapter in his as yet unpublished book about his extensive flying in…
"HRG — The Sportsman's Ideal" by Ian Dussek. 176 pp. 10 in x 7, in (Motor Racing Publicalions Ltd., Unit…
Last month we referred in the "In Miniature" article to a scale model of the LSR car "Babs" made for…
Having read about Osbert Sitwell 's motoring in this feature, a reader in Seaford has drawn my attention to "Great…
It is no secret that Peugeot Talbot's recent history has been full of incident. The marque Talbot has not been…
Fragments of forgotten makes No 68: The Dawson A car which was almost a lost cause before it was announced…
In connection with the Madresfield speed-trials article in the November 1985 issue, David Sewell confirms my impression that, in pre-war…
A familiar name is launching an all-electric car, and this one promises to be a little different What does a new automotive start-up have in common with a 50-year-old racing…
The road to victory was paved for Max Verstappen in Imola, as Carlos Sainz crashed out on the first lap and Charles Leclerc's challenge evaporated when the Ferrari driver pushed…
Led by the news of Kalle Rovanperä's unexpected decision to leave the WRC, we explore some of the most shocking retirements in motor sport history
The start of an occasional series in which Simon Arron recalls oddball moments from four decades of covering motor sport By the 1990s Formula 1 drivers were pretty much different…