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Matters of the moment
Showtime Soliloquy This year you can have a Soliloquy but you cannot have a Motor Show, apart from the Daily…

Showtime Soliloquy This year you can have a Soliloquy but you cannot have a Motor Show, apart from the Daily…
An Anglo-Italian victory Monza, September 11th Despite annual rumours that the race must be moved eventually owing to various local…
Lying horizontal, sick of the palsy, was not the best position from which to reflect on the happenings in the…
Having publicised the 750 MC's 6-hour Relay Race as an excellent fixture to compete in and watch, we are disturbed…
It is with regret that we have to report that Mr. Reid A. Railton has died in Canada at the…
It has often been said, by ourselves as much as by anyone, that experienced, professional rally crews who have had…
Michael Parkes made an unusually full contribution to this World. He was a talented engineer, aviator and competition car driver.…
If the Department of Transport kept me waiting a long time in reply to my query about the tax concession…
If head-turning appeal is the seal of approval for the recently released Ford X-series parts, then Ford are sitting on…
By Eoin Young. 176 pp. 9 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex.…
By Cyril Posthumus. 160 pp. 11 3/4 in. 8 1/2in. (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex. £4.95.)…
Edited and compiled by Peter Garnier. 80 pp. 11 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. (IPC Transport Press Ltd., Dorset…
By L. T. C. Rolt. 188 pp. 8 3/4 in. 5 1/2 in. (Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd., 17, Grosvenor…
"How about some of you 750 drivers with your own businesses sponsoring three girls a piece? Ten of you at…
Auto Replicas of Parkstone list a large range of 1/43rd-scale metal kits and have introduced a 1/24th-scale range, the first…
By Chris Harvey. 236 pp. 10 1/4 in. 8 1/4 in. (The Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd., Shelley Close, Headington, Oxford.…
I have just enjoyed a week in a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II. It was indeed a very pleasant experience. Nevertheless,…
A section devoted to old-car matters A Straker Squire Relic Earlier this year, when they were clearing out an attic…
Sir, Mr. Gaskin's article in the June issue (p. 676), recalling the short-lived attempt to establish a motor industry in…
Sir, Thank you for your comment on my letter in the August issue, but I still maintain that I am…
Aprilia MotoGP rider Scott Redding will race British Superbikes in 2019 Scott Redding will race for Paul Bird Motorsport's Ducati outfit in the 2019 British Superbike Championship as he leaves the…
Valentino Rossi's broken leg means he has lost his championship chance – was he right or wrong to be thrashing around on a dirt bike midseason? Well, that’s torn it. Probably…
Some of you may have seen that Goodwood is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Group C era at the Festival of Speed this year (June 29-July 1). What many…
Following Mercedes' withdrawal, Dickie Meaden reminisces I have to confess, I’m not a big fan of the current DTM. But the news that series stalwarts Mercedes will be withdrawing from Germany’s top-tier…