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Matters of moment, April 1979
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
Everyone, including Team Lotus, was expecting the successor to the Lotus 79 to make its appearance at the South African…
The present Formula One, for 3-litre unsupercharged engines and 1½-litre supercharged, was started in 1966, since when there have been…
A non-event at.... Brands Hatch, March 18th When the Race of Champions was first thought of, in 1965, it seemed…
The Vintage SCC opens its 1979 racing season at Silverstone, commencing at about 13.15 hours on April 21st. This is…
Obituary - Bill Urquhart-Dykes Another well-known personality from the vintage years has gone, with the death, peacefully, after a short…
A brace of faster Chryslers Chrysler chose the Geneva show to unveil two new versions of their front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, Sunbeam…
A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of…
"Goff" Imhof's Trials MG Sir, After some 15 years of not reading Motor Sport, purely because I preferred not to…
"By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden" by Bill Gunscon. 157 pp. 8¼" x 5¾" (The Royal Aeronautical Society,…
Cars In Books I found nothing about motoring in "Forty Years Of A Sportsman's Life" by Sir Claude Champion De…
Controversial Formula One driver Riccardo Patrese has gone into the model car business, starting with a model of the Chevron…
Two works Audi 80s will be seen in International Rallying this season as the Ingolstadt company gains experience ready for…
Mr R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, concludes his account of life at T & T's of Brooklands under the great Reid…
BBC Television has reached agreement with the RAC Motor Sports Association to cover four major British International rallies this year:…
A new range of Land-Rovers fitted with the 3½-litre V8 Range-Rover engine has been launched, initially for export only. The…
The editor enlarges on the theory of Lord Montagu's that the craze for the straight-eight engine led several British car…
The best supercharged road engine? If the craze for straight-eight engines was almost universally disastrous, as W. B. describes opposite,…
Motor Sport visits Browns Lane to try the latest models from Jaguar-Rover-Triumph Ltd. In view of the release of the…
Although it is eleven years since the XJ6 was introduced, the Jaguar/Daimler model range remains unsurpassed in its combination of…
This week in motor sport sees three wins apiece in France for Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell, plus a birthday for the greatest sports car racer of them all. A…
The two-time Formula 1 world champion will be a part of the Toyota effort for the Cross Country Rally Toyota Gazoo Racing team Fernando Alonso will join the Toyota Gazoo…
Penalties rained down on drivers for exceeding track limits at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. Project F1 asks how much drivers actually gained — and whether it was worth it
Casey Stoner’s retirement bombshell overshadowed everything at Le Mans, but it wasn’t the only talking point. The other story that grabbed people’s attention was the Tech 3 brakes saga which…