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MATTERS OF MOMENT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION As we close for press the overwhelming Liberal majority in the Orpington By-Election…

"MOTOR SPORT" READERS' CAR SURVEY The tirst part of t he result of the Readers" Car Survey, based on a…

STOP-PRESS ITEMS The person rebuilding a pre-war racing Austin Seven, referred to on page 248 as Wally Wotton is, of…

PARKING METERS IN JEOPARDY We heard someone remark the other day that if the children of this country suddenly decided…

THE FIAT xsoo So remarkable is the performance of the Fiat 1500 that for some it seems difficult to accept.…

Motoring Sport Events for April Only clubs R. Rewicted whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the Event. C.…

WISHFUL THINKING The punch-line from a B.M.C. advertisement stating incorrectly that they had won the Monte Carlo Rally was a…

APOLOGY In the issue of MOTOR SPoar for June of last year in an article dealing with Grand Prix races…

TRz and TR3 " four big-ends failed within a month of purchase (50,000 miles, 2 owners). Crank, mains, big-ends replaced…

READERS' CAR SURVEY The response to our Readers Car Survey has been quite remarkable, over 25", of our readers taking…

No—all guarantee servicing and rectification carried out z.ery badly and with bad grace. Spares service very poor." " Spares service…

VW Is service satisfactory ? " Yes, extremely so, having got to Torquay, 30 miles away." " gomiles away, grease…

VW Engine " At 122,638 miles this engine is untouched, has never been deearbortised and runs-on when hot. I shall…

CARS I HAVE OWNED [The last article in this series was by someone who had enjoyable motoring from cars that…

Most of the complaints under this heading referred to the bodywork and have been included in the percentages under that…

THE SKODA OCTAVIA A Fully-Equipped, l,089-c.c. All-Independently-Sprung Saloon for £629, Inclusive WHEN I was persuaded to try the Czechoslovakian Skoda…

TWO B.M.C. PRODUCTS THE WOLSELEY 61110 and the M.G. MAGNETTE Mk. IV AGREAT many Continental cars are tested by MOTOR…

The Fiat Abarth 850 TC MOST enthusiasts for Minicar motoring would probably name the Cooper-Mini as the most accelerative of…

Announcements of new examples of motor-car miniatures as they come on the market is a regular feature of Motor Sportbut…