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Matters of moment, June 1986
The Future of Rallying There was a time when rallying not only sold motor cars but also helped develop new…

The Future of Rallying There was a time when rallying not only sold motor cars but also helped develop new…
Continental hill-climbs usually offer a much longer climb than their British counterparts, so the chance to enter such an event…
Jaguar ends Porsche success story It took Tom Walkinshaw's Silk Cut Jaguar team just seven races to end four years…
There are some Formula One Grand Prix events that have the happy knack of establishing themselves from the word "go".…
Going Dutch with the Volvo 480 ES It might be easy to dismiss the 480 ES as a pretty Volvo…
Taken overall the annual Monaco GP round the streets of Monte Carlo never really got off the ground. As a…
I keep meaning to take that There are two types of comment that I have become used to hearing when…
The "alternative" power source has been a constant sub-plot of the motoring scene for a long time, particularly during the…
Next month MOTOR SPORT will have a report on the Lancia Delta HF Turbo in which GC followed the retrospective…
The news of the rebirth of the Jensen, with the production running initially at about one car a month, sent…
Surprises at Monza Sprint racing is something new in the World Sportscar Championship calendar, and the 1986 season started up…
From D.S.J. to the Deputy Editor Dear M.L. As mentioned in my last letter I was due to spend a…
Now that D.S.J is writing letters to the Deputy Editor I will content myself with the occasional postscript, when M…
In 1934 and 1935 the BMW firm was producing a neat and compact little two-seater sports car in the shape…
The racing history of the Bristol 450 is easily told: five races, 11 starts, three retirements, three class wins. It's…
Audi 90 quattro Following a fairly recent rearrangement of the renowned Audi model range the Audi 80s will use only…
Out Of The Past Some time ago we had something to say about early vintage motoring in Wales, in particular…
A one-time avid Beetle enthusiast, it was some time since I had driven a VW, when the Scirocco came up…
"Lamborghinl Countach" by Jean-Francois Marchet and Peter Coltrin (Osprey AutoHistory. 1214 Long Acre, London WC2. £7.95) It is an astounding…
For a car that has yet to be driven by a customer, the Porsche 959 has generated an inordinate amount…
This year’s Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon was trying to work his way through the closely-packed field to win a $5 million prize offered to him by IndyCar CEO Randy…
Traditionally Ferrari has chosen the Monza weekend to announce any forthcoming changes in its driver line-up: it was immediately after the race here in 2006, for example, that the signing…
Kevin Harvick scored a textbook win in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race on the giant Talledega superspeedway in Alabama. Over the closing laps he kept his nose within inches of…
The official film of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans will be streamed live tonight (Thursday November 24) from its première at the Méga CGR cinema Saint-Saturnin, free to…