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Matters of moment, April 1986
5,000,000 Minis There was a party at Longbridge the other day, to celebrate the five-millionth Mini, which we were unable…

5,000,000 Minis There was a party at Longbridge the other day, to celebrate the five-millionth Mini, which we were unable…
"What I'm trying to do at the moment is to come to terms with the fact that there is life…
With the scheduled F3 opening round at Silverstone on March 2nd postponed because the track was snowbound, the Thruxton meeting…
Several significant developments have taken place in Sweden in the past two decades. Among the more trivial (though some would…
People have been predicting it since the World Championship began, wondering how on earth an event as highly popular with…
Last year there was a race for Maserati cars only, at a VSCC meeting at Silverstone, with a good turn-out…
Alfa Romeo 33 Green Cloverleaf Alfa Romeo have altered their onetime policy of attempting to make inroads into the mass…
VW Golf Syncro - Mass Market 4WD? While several manufacturers have now installed four-wheel-drive in passenger cars. Volkswagen's Syncro system…
If is a wonderful word and hindsight a marvellous gift. What might Christopher Marlowe have written IF he had not…
Theories on the Aerodynamics of Rally Cars Several hundred tons of laden Boeing 747 need only be propelled at about…
Last year Australia ran its first ever World Championship race (although there had been an Australian GP on 50 occasions)…
The 100 hp lsotta Fraschini The question as to which was the very first sports car is one which can…
A New Aero-Engined Car We have received the, following interesting information from Or Stuart Saunders of Canberra, Australia: Comments in…
Saab 9000 Turbo 16 Since the Saab aircraft factories turned to building cars after the Second World War, there have…
Bugatti Royales Sir, I have read with interest the venous comments regarding Bugatti Royales, including E.N.B. Carmichael 's letter in…
Archie by Aldington How nice to see an article on Archie Scott-Brown. I think it is the measure of the…
Forty-five years ago this month was held one of the few wartime motor sport events in Europe. Conducted at night…
In the third instalment of our five-part Group B picture special attention turns to the MG Metro 6R4. A few weeks ago Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill travelled to Madrid, Spain…
It’s an old racing truism that the most important part of a racing motorcycle is its tyres. Why? Because the tyres are the interface between motorcycle and race track, so…
Paddy Hopkirk, who famously won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally at the wheel of a Mini Cooper, has passed away
Iconic Indy 500 commentator Bob Jenkins has died at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer