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Big bangers of the sixties: Ford GT40
A late developer Conceived in 1963 as Ford's weapon against Ferrari in the sportscar field, but soon switching roles to…
A late developer Conceived in 1963 as Ford's weapon against Ferrari in the sportscar field, but soon switching roles to…
Unjust comparisons The star may not have come but the show still went on. Most present felt a tinge of…
What, no snow? If there has been one profound change in the old car business in recent times, apart from…
Visability Dear Reader, My old chum "Titch" Allen, who founded the Vintage Motor Cycle Club back in 1946, always reckons…
The Trojan Owners Club has dug up that famous 1924 advertisement "Can You Afford To Walk?", which detailed the cost…
The roads of the 1920s At the end of 1928, Owen John was commenting in his diary on a Citroen…
Trans-Atlantic tie-up The project of the enthusiastic Lord Avebury, who thought that an Anglo-American car based on Graham components might…
Just before the First World War all manner of new makes were competing in the market for "motors-for-the-millions" which had…
A thing of the past Back in the days when you could eat your breakfast egg without expecting to die,…
We do not wish to start a sweepstake for new recruits between the various motoring organisations, but it is indicative…
A debt repaid? In 1952 I interviewed the great Talbot designer Georges Roesch, the articles which followed (Motor Sport, November…
New for Scalextric's slot-racing range is Gerhard Berger's Ferrari F 187, well-modeled and correctly liveried but in 1987 rather than…
Heavy metal In recent months we have been concentrating on the budget end of the model market, with mass-produced 1/24-scale…
Before long, Renault's Douai factory will be able to turn out a Renault 19 in just 16 hours. That fact…
Fiesta facelift A new model from a major manufacturer is big news, even when the model in question has been…
Alvis — The Story Of The Red Triangle by Kenneth Day, 375pp. 10' x 8". (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil,…
Armstrong Siddeley — The Post-War Cars by Robert Pen Bradley. 208pp. 10" x 8". (MRP, The PiIton Estate, 46 Pidake,…
by Martin Beck-Burridge and John Lyon. 231pp. 93/4" x 7". (Porsche Cars Great Britain, Reading, Berkshire. £18.95). For 12 years,…
by Murray Walker. 144pp. 81/4 x 53/4. (First Formula Publishing, Lyon Road, Wimbledon, SW19 2SE. £6.50). Cheapest of the Grand…
by David Vivian. 128pp. 101/2" x 9". (Osprey, 59 Grosvenor Street, London W1X 9DA. £9.95) Don't imagine that this is…
We may be one of the oldest motor racing magazines in the world, but we do like trying new things. Our latest idea was to record a very brief round-up…
Sébastien Loeb could be on to make more 2022 cameo appearances for the M-Sport Ford rally team after his sensational Monte Carlo win this weekend, with his one-time team boss…
The first record for the 99-corner Heaven's Gate Mountain road has been set by the electric Volkswagen ID R Volkswagen’s ID R electric sports car has continued its quest to conquer…
Colton Herta has now had his first taste of F1 machinery after testing for McLaren – it could be his first step towards becoming a GP driver