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Matters of moment, April 1974
Wanted - A motorist's manifesto Going West the other day and listening to the latest calamities on the BMW's excellent…

Wanted - A motorist's manifesto Going West the other day and listening to the latest calamities on the BMW's excellent…
Brands Hatch, March 17th There was one bright spot in the wet and soggy day at Brands Hatch which overcame…
New Formula One cars seem to be appearing about as fast as Cosworth Engineering are building 3-litre DFV engines and…
If it is true that the old skills and pride have disappeared from the motor industry as the old craftsmen…
The series of 100-mile races held in New Zealand and Australia for the Tasman Championship saw Peter Gethin win on…
Tow new coupes Lancia Beta: We have yet to road test a Lancia Beta saloon so find it difficult to…
Gourmets will welcome another edition of "Egon Ronay's Dunlop Guide" to the hotels, restaurants and inns of this country and…
I discovered a number of motoring references in "Fun While it Lasted" by the larger-than-life author Barnaby Conrad (Michael Joseph,…
Auto replicas have brought out No. 6 in their much-appreciated series of scale models of historic cars, this being a…
"Fairey Aircraft since 1915" by H. A. Taylor. 450 pp. 8 7/10 in. x 5 1/5 in. (Putnam & Co.…
"Automobile Year-1973/74" Edited by Jose Rosinski. 256 pp. 12 ⅜ in. x 9 ⅜ in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill,…
"Grand Prix Ferrari" by Anthony Pritchard. 382 pp. 9 2/5 in. x 6 in. (Robert Hale & Co., 63 Old…
A Discourse on the World's Best Car at the Time of the Armistice (Continued from the March issue) Having proved…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Pomeroy Memorial trophy contest, Silverstone (March 2nd) This now well-established event, planned originally…
V-E-V Mkeellany.—One of the most comprehensive Newsletters to come monthly from the clubs is that of the Historic Commercial Vehicle…
From Air Commodore F. R. Banks Sir, With reference to the first letter from Mr. C. E. Mills and regarding…
Sir, In reply to your enquiry about "Violet's Leap", I can only retell the tale as my mother tells it…
Sir, Following your article on the 1902 Mors, I wonder if the following will be of interest? In my copy…
Sir, The interesting article by Bill Boddy in your issue of February entitled "Where Are They Now" encourages me to…
Sir, Thank you for another of your necessarily infrequent articles on the restoration of a really important car. I am…
By Ross Jamieson I first came across Earl Bamber at Zhuhai in 2006. Earl was fighting for the Formula BMW Asia title and I was there to observe as a…
Felipe Massa has said both Flavio Briatore and Nelson Piquet Jr denied trying to influence the 2008 Singapore GP when he questioned them
When it comes to films, racing fans have been blessed over the last few years. With the likes of Senna, Truth in 24 and Rush, plus smaller films and an…
Max Verstappen has claimed his third successive F1 drivers' world title and broken the record for the most points in a season. But more records remain in sight over the last four races of the year