Page 4
A Question of value
It has become commonplace for historic cars to sell at auction for sums between £100,000 and many millions of pounds,…
April 1989
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Page 4
Be Prepared
Vehicle users should be warned that the Department of Transport is hoping to get through Parliament a new Bill altering…
Page 4
Club News, April 1989
The first issue of a quarterly News Sheet has been published by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, founded…
Page 6
McLaren plans road supercar
In three years time the name of the dominant Formula One team of the Eighties will be seen on a…
Page 6
Silverstone out, Donington in
Still further revisions to the calendar for this year's World Sports-Prototype Championship have now reversed the reinstatement of Silverstone's May…
Page 7
Walter Hayes retires
The man behind Ford's involvement with the Cosworth DFV is to retire this month. Walter Hayes, Vice Chairman of Ford…
Page 7
Noise abatement
Silencing regulations which looked likely to damage historic racing in Britain have been set aside. Previously, all such events in…
Page 7
First out
After lodging an entry for Gabriele Tarquini and building its first chassis, Lamberto Leoni's First Racing team pulled out of…
Page 7
McLaren-Honda boxes clever
While the majority of Formula One teams elected to test at Paul Ricard prior to the sojourn to the official…
Page 7
Fiorio moves to Ferrari
If a manufacturer's fortunes are affected by individuals, then Ferrari's have taken a definite upturn with the announcement this month…
Page 10
Rally review: Portuguese Rally, April 1989
Problems, problems When 1988 ended with the prospect of three competitive teams providing close contests in 1989, it was felt,…
Page 16
Cotton on....
Growing pains The current Group C World Sports Prototype Championship goes into its final two years on the crest of…
Page 18
Formula One scene
Brave new world As the issue of Motor Sport was being distributed to the newsagents the first Grand Prix of…
Page 22
Under scrutiny; Silverstone Circuits Ltd.
"The spectator comes first" Not so long ago, Silverstone Circuits had an unenviable reputation as the complacency capital of British…
Page 25
Interview: Eddie Jordan
"I believe. . ." Eddie Jordan is one of those Irishmen who has kissed the Blarney Stone, but the fact…
Page 28
Interview: Johnny Herbert
Thinking positive Now that the anguish of Brands Hatch last August has subsided, and months of physiotherapy are successfully behind…
Page 31
Geneva Show
Alfa to omega Today most major motor shows are biennial affairs in centres such as Tokyo, Detroit, Frankfurt and Paris,…
Page 34
Road test: Mazda 323 turbo 4x4
Looks can deceive . . . It used to be that any small four-wheeldrive car was seen as a mini-Quattro;…
Page 37
Model: 323 Turbo 4x4
Model: 323 Turbo 404. Importer: Mazda Cars (UK) Ltd, Tunbridge Wells. Type: 4WD four-seat hatchback. Engine: inline four, 1597cc (78…
Page 40
New cars: Mercedes SL
Geneva star What is it about some cars which enables them to avoid the fate of obsolescence? Where most go…
You may also like
F1
'Amazing' that Abu Dhabi GP will be shown live on Channel 4, says Hamilton
The F1 finale in Abu Dhabi will be shown on freeview TV in the UK this weekend
NASCAR News
High drama at Talladega
The racing season is on full song these days and almost all the major American series were in action last weekend. At Talladega, the giant 2.66-mile superspeedway in Alabama, 25-year-old…
Car Culture
Race Retro recap
Looking back at the highlights of last weekend's Race Retro Race Retro, one of Europe’s premier historic motor sport events, filled out the grounds of Stoneleigh Park on February 22-24…
F1
When Zak Brown joined McLaren: 'They said you're not leaving without doing a deal'
McLaren team boss Zak Brown has described the moment he was persuaded to join the team, saying the late lead shareholder Mansour Ojjeh and the other board members "weren't leaving…