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Matters of moment, August 1985
Formula One rules - Farcical, or acceptable? In recent Grand Prix races we have seen leading cars run dry on…
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Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16
Right hand drive versions of the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 are now available though sales will be restricted to 600…
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Club news, August 1985
The Citroen SM was always a fast car, even by today's standards, but surely the claim of 200 mph is rather…
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1985 Detroit Grand Prix race report
A Rosberg romp Downtown Detroit, USA, June 23rd No sooner was the Canadian Grand Prix finished in Montreal than the teams…
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North American conversation piece
D.S.J.: Good morning A.H. Since we wept tears together as we looked at the wonderful Circuit Nationale de Francorchamps, declared…
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Rally review - Salon advances in New Zealand, August 1985
New Zealand's premier rally certainly has a chequered history as far as the World Championship is concerned. In its early years…
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Keep it clear
The primary purpose of a language is to provide a means of communication, and there most be many soul-less, clinical,…
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The Sparkford Museum
Museums have a habit of Motor Museums have a habit of a springing up all over the place these days, like molehills…
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Hockenheim 1,000 Kms
Works Porsche on form One of the features of this year's World Endurance Championship has been the closing-up of performances…
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1985 French Grand Prix race report
Normality returns Castellet, July 7th With the Grand Prix season around its half-way point everything looked to be set fair…
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The Constructors - Crossle
Four things make Crossle Cars interesting. The first is the firm's survival, the company more or less ties with Mallock…
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First Impressions of the Ford Sierra XR4 x 4
The problem of having been too often snow-bound on my own house-drive -two years ago we only got food replenishments…
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Reliant Schimitar SS1 Turbo
Amidst general approval, a comment which has been made more than once about Reliant's new small open sports car is that…
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Vintage in August
Apart from the VSCC Race Meeting on August 25th, referred to elsewhere, the VSCC Prescott speed hill-climb takes place on August…
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Road test: Toyota Corolla GT
Earlier this year, Toyota extended its Corolla range by adding a series of fwd hatchbacks to be sold in addition to…
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Stanley Cup Revival
It was a splendid idea of John Aldington's of AFN Ltd to revive the former Stanley Cup Inter-Club Contest which was decided…
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AMOC St john Horsfall Meeting
The highlight of the Aston Martin Owners Club's competition year has become the St John Horsfall meeting at Silverstone. This…
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Congratulations, Avon
Avon tyres are an all-British product and were seen in the proud position of being fitted to the Rolls-Royce and Bentley…
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Egypt's sports racing car - The Phoenix SR150
One of my favourite trick questions on motor racing is: "What is the national racing colour of Egypt?" This arcane…
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1985 French Grand Prix in pictures
French Grand Prix THE French Grand Prix returned to the Paul Ricard circuit for the first time since 1983 and…
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