July 1 was going to be a very black day for historic motor racing in Britain, the day on which…

The Austin Seven Clubs Association has launched an appeal fund for the protection of Lickey Grange, the home of Sir…

One of Ruedi Eggenberger's works Ford Sierra R5500s finally defeated the BMW hordes to win Europe's most prestigious touring car…

Britain's oldest race, the Tourist Trophy, has this year been cancelled due to lack of interest. As a round of…

Ken Tyrrell has made rather a mockery of Benetton's claim that it was merely "resting" Johnny Herbert, to allow his…

Aurelio Lampredi, designer of the 4 1/2-litre Ferrari V12 engine which ended the domination of the supercharged Alfa Romeos in…

Team Lotus underwent a major manage' went reshuffle between the British and German Grands Prix, chairman Fred Bushell being suspended…

In the end, the result was all too familiar: Ayrton Senna first, Alain Prost second. Nothing too surprising about that,…

To find the last time McLaren was really beaten fair and square in a Grand Prix — as opposed to…

As a circuit the Hockenheimring will never replace the old Nürburgring, where the German Grand Prix was held for so…

Whilst the world's major rally teams, including those of Japanese manufacturers Toyota, Mazda and Mitsubishi, are based in Europe, it…

As for several years past, this year's Willhire endurance race at Snetterton was qualifying round in the Uniroyal Championship, one…

For a firm founded by a penniless refugee, Janspeed has come a long way since first dipping its toes into…

Broadley speaking It is hard to pinpoint precisely when Eric Broadley went from being a special builder to becoming a…

We ended our report on the new ERA W Mini (Motor Sport, August 1989) with the words "the Mini is…

Over the years Motor Sport readers will have heard many double overhead camshaft engines being "expertly" described as Ford units,…

Multi-valve heads are in fashion these days. Turbocharging is passé and supercharging has not yet been taken up by enough…

Ask and ye shall receive, they say; and if it is Porsche who is listening, the chances are that ye…

Donington Park's annual SMMT testday gave us the opportunity to drive a convincing testimonial to the capability and durability of…

A new hot hatch from Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary Seat has arrived in this country. Labelled the Ibiza SXi it is…