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Matters of moment, August 1983
A splendid garden party! Those who worry about the health of Grand Prix racing should be reassured by the success of…
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New video
Moving with the times, readers of Motor Sport will be able to purchase a motoring magazine video tape early in September, compiled by…
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Club News, August 1983
Brighton Speed Trials This famous event is the only motorsporting meeting to be held on closed public roads on the British…
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50 years of Donington
When on Sunday June 26th more than 30 pre-war racing cars assembled on the grid at Donington circuit in Derbyshire, they…
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Obituary: Alf Francis
It is with regret that we have to record that Alf Francis died last month after a short illness. Alf appeared on…
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1983 British Grand Prix - Rather dull
Rather dull, Silverstone, July 16th The last Formula One race was on June 12th, a gap of five weeks in mid-season being…
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Notes on the cars at Silverstone
Williams: The usual trio of FWO8C cars. An experimental front aerofoil was tried in practice featuring deflectors in front of…
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Formula One Profile: Patrick Tambay
There can be few Grand Prix drivers whose careers have been subject to such violent fluctuations as that of the…
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Formula 2 review: Palmer closes on Gabbiani
After the first five rounds of this year's European Championship for Formula Two, it looked as if one man was going…
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New cars: Audi 200
It is less than a year since the new Audi 100 was launched, and yet already the German company has backed…
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New cars: Audi 80 Quattro
For those who relish Audi's proven four-wheel-drive system, but can't run to the near-£18,000 price tag demanded for the turbocharged two-door…
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New cars: Ford Thunderbird turbo, and 5-litre V8
Many readers might find it a little strange to see an item about a product of the American Ford empire within the…
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Ford's new Orion
One of the best kept secrets of the motor industry was unwrapped in July when Ford announced the Orion family…
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Road impressions-2
Daimler Vanden Plas 4.2 Jaguar's extraordinary postwar success has been due, in no small part, to the legendary XK engine revealed…
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Road impressions-1
Opel Manta GTE The only real complaint levelled at the Opel Manta range up till now has been — where is…
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Road Impressions
The MG Maestro 1600 Immediately after trying the MG Metro Turbo I was able to sample that much-discussed L/O 8' 23/4"-wheelbase,…
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Rally review: Sanyo Rally of New Zealand, August 1983
Lucky for some There is no such thing as a racing certainty; a fact of which Audi is becoming acutely aware.…
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VSCC Silverstone
Run earlier this year because of the British GP, the Vintage SCC's second Silverstone Meeting of 1982, on July 2nd, enjoyed…
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Book reviews, August 1983, August 1983
"Rolls-Royce — The History of the Car" by Martin Bennett. 184 pp. 111/2 in x 83/4 in (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford,…
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The next VSCC race meeting
On August 28th the VSCC moves to Cadwell Park circuit, near Lincoln, for its Williams Trophy Meeting, with an eight to…
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