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Contents, December 1955
Matters of Moment ... 735 Fixtures ... 738 Porsche Motoring ... 739 M.C.C. Rally ... 743 100 in the Hour ... 747 Club News ... 750 Sicilian Sojourn ... 752…

Matters of Moment ... 735 Fixtures ... 738 Porsche Motoring ... 739 M.C.C. Rally ... 743 100 in the Hour ... 747 Club News ... 750 Sicilian Sojourn ... 752…
The Editor and Staff of "Motor Sport" offer readers sincere good wishes for Christmas and the New Year — and…
Bravo Britain! The 1955 motor-racing season ended with two achievements over which Britain is perfectly justified in blowing her own…
Daimler-Benz and Motor-Racing Back in the summer the Daimler-Benz factory announced that they were withdrawing from Grand Prix racing at…
Some Reflections After 30,000 Miles With a "Damen" Before becoming too deeply involved in the question of driving a Porsche it…
Sir, As the owner of a Model-T Ford I was rather shaken to read in Mr. Carter's book, "Edwardian Cars,"…
We have been informed by Douglas Holt Ltd. that their product Silencer Seal costs 3s. 6d. a tin, and not…
From November 10th-12th, 221 competitors, starting from London, Kenilworth, Taunton, Cardiff, Norwich, Glasgow and Manchester, drove round the rally route to…
Herefordshire M.C. Rally Photographic (October 30th) At the time of starting each entrant was given a list of map references together with a…
The Editor Discourses on the Subject of Distances Covered in Sixty Minutes by Production-style Cars Once upon a time, long, long…
On November 6th, this club staged its first competitive event, a closed rally called the Scorpion Rally. The reason for the name…
S.T.D. Register On November 6th, the Sunbeam S.T.D. Register held a rally to the Rootes Group factory at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, where…
Inevitably, in preparing an enlarged Motor Show Number of Motor Sport last month for sale during the second week of the…
Britain Pays a Conquering Visit to an Island In previous years the Paris Salon has ended my summer travel and…
Sir, We are not certain whether we should adopt a note of stuffy indignation or one of ribald hilarity —…
'"The Motor' Road Test of 1955 Cars." 123 pp., 11½ in. by 8 in. (Temple Press Ltd.. Bowling Green Lane,…
The Editor Has a Successful Journey in C. F. South's 51-Year-Old Two-Cylinder Tony Huber. Excellent Police Control Ensures a Clear…
The most popular make was de Dion Bouton, with 38 examples entered, but a dozen Benz and eleven each of…
G.N.P.C., who supply those useful grease-nipple protector caps which keep grease-nipples clean for greasing, have introduced their own molybdenum disulphide…
The Class G Cooper Records The merit of the successful attack on twelve International Class G records at Montlhèry on…
Gilles Villeneuve's battle with René Arnoux at the 1979 French Grand Prix in Dijon is held up to the pinnacle of F1's golden era. Here's the unvarnished story, with words from Denis…
It was sad to talk last week with each of Derrick Walker (above), Paul Tracy (below) and Carl Haas. All three had tales of woe to tell about how the…
A figure from Ferrari's past returned at the 2025 Bahrain GP. Also: Michael Schumacher signs Sir Jackie Stewart's very special crash helmet; F1 rules out a quick return of V10s; and the pasta dish named after Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes-Benz insists that it will continue to allow Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to fight and that team orders is a “terrible thing” for Formula 1. But did anyone else…