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Matters of moment, October 1970
• BLMC quits competition motoring Last month Lord Stokes, boss of British Leyland, was in the hot-seat for chiding customers…
• BLMC quits competition motoring Last month Lord Stokes, boss of British Leyland, was in the hot-seat for chiding customers…
The Editor Belatedly Road-Tests British Leyland's New V8 3-litre Triumph Convertible Last month I felt obliged to explain in an…
Engine: Eight cylinders in a 90° vee, 86 x 64.5 mm. (,2,997 c.c.) Overhead valves operated by single overhead camshafts.…
Lexington After an interval of four weeks, the Can-Am circus returned to the United States for the fifth round of…
With only a week between the fifth and sixth rounds (and less than that to overhaul the machinery), a number…
To celebrate the Jubilee of 50 years' production, Aston Martin cars delivered after July 11th have a golden radiator badge…
As a result of financial difficulties experienced by the Bridgehampton circuit on Long Island, the seventh round of the Can-Am…
An exhibition of AC cars will be held by the ACOC at 137, Piccadilly. during the early part of October.…
The most interesting event on the American scene in the past month has been the opening of Ontario Motor Speedway,…
The story in brief Writing in the weeks after Jochen Rindt's death at Monza, Denis Jenkinson turns on the championship…
Imola, a little way south of Modena and Bologna, used to host non-Championship Formula One races, and recently a good…
Starting with the fifth round of the European F2 Trophy for non-graded drivers on August 23rd, Formula Two cars once…
Rally of the Thousand Lakes General Classification 1st:H. Mikkola/G. Palm (Escort TC) .......................... 16,612 2nd:T. Makinen/H. Liddon (Escort TC) ......................…
To the strains of the National Anthem and the fluttering of unused sales literature floating down from the first floor…
Regazzoni saves the day Monza, Italy, September 6th. After the sweeping victory in Austria the whole of Italy was behind…
The reflections left by the Italian Grand Prix at Monza are a mixture of joy and sadness, for the Ferrari…
A section devoted to old-car matters A wet VSCC Thruxton (September 12th) The final Vintage SCC Race Meeting of the…
Steam at Bishop's Castle (August 31st) I like to go to at least one traction-engine rally and one flying display…
No. 14: Clyno The story of Clyno has been well told elsewhere—the start with motorcycles and a prototype small car…
Talbot ambulances
Valentino Rossi will be back on the MotoGP grid next year with Yamaha's Petronas SRT satellite team. The deal for 2021 was announced this weekend and will see the nine-time…
More than 60 years on, Stirling Moss's racing exploits remain legendary in the modern grand prix paddock — as Matt Bishop witnessed in 2016 when he arranged a meeting between Kevin Magnussen and his F1 idol
Born from military technology and turned into a Formula 1 simulator, AXSIM has turned it into a sim for your own home
Some of you might remember that last year I finally satiated my curious craving for a very slow, two cylinder, air-cooled car with suicide doors. Or at least I thought…