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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,…
There are so many occasions when I get sick and tired of the Drivers' World Championship, and a lot of…
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
Giancarlo Fisichella was blessed with uncommon F1 car control – but did he have that killer instinct? Matt Bishop remembers the mercurial GP career of 'Fisico'
September 28 1968 Double Formula 1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen is born. A champion in both GM-Lotus and Formula 3, he graduated to Grand Prix racing in 1991 as part…
Here is the statement issued by new world champion Nico Rosberg a few minutes ago, announcing his retirement from F1, with immediate effect. "Since 25 years in racing, it has…
Fernando Alonso is showing signs of life and will be hoping to reproduce some more home magic from years gone by. Damien Smith looks back at his best on Spanish soil