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Matters of moment, December 1956
About face 1 St John Nixon, motoring historian, expresses some startling views in the final chapter of his latest motor history hook,…
About face 1 St John Nixon, motoring historian, expresses some startling views in the final chapter of his latest motor history hook,…
The end of October and throughout November saw a great deal of activity among Grand Prix teams, preparatory to the…
The golden autumn Sunday of October 14th was the occasion of a BRSCC Race Meeting at Brands Hatch, attended by a crowd…
Emphasis on value-for-money Ford has been the symbol of motoring value-for-money (allied to sound engineering and superb servicing facilities) from the…
This year's MCC National Rally, which had starting points at Manchester, Kenilworth, London, Bathpool, Norwich, Cardiff and Glasgow, attracted an entry of…
"Cape Cold to Cape Hot," by Richard Pape. 256 pp. 9 in by 53/4 in. (Oldhams Press Ltd., 96 Long Acre, London, WC2.…
[PCM Talbot of Winchester describes cars large and cars small—Ed.] My motoring career started, like that of so many others on a motor-cycle. Back…
[Continuing from the November issue, the account by Charles Metchim, now resident in Nairobi, of how he competed at Le Mans…
End-of-the year thoughts Looking back to our Motor Show issue, some additional points occur to us. Some persons seem cross that we outlined the…
A section devoted to old-car matters, under the heading of "Vintage Veering." appeared in Motor Sport from June 1949 to June 1953, after which…
Looking around the veterans at the finish, we noticed the de Dion engine in Fotheringlaam-Parker's 1903 Renault, the snug landaulette…
A day with steam It was a happy gesture on the part of James & Crockerell Ltd contractors, of Durrington in Wiltshire, to…
Sir, In browsing through a copy of your August number I found a photograph of the 1914/1918 war FWD lorry. I…
Challenge to Mr Woodland Sir, Mr AH Woodland hopes he is not over-enthusiastic about his 1936 41/2-litre Bentley. To tell the truth, while reading his…
Sir, I was most interested in the letter from Bois-Colombes about British sales in Europe, and I endorse all that…
Gamston, Cadours and Caen: Matt Bishop looks back on when non-championship F1 races were a significant part of the motor sport calendar
Always there’s a frisson when the Formula 1 cars hit the track for the first time each year. Indeed it’s been rather too exciting for some at Jerez: Nico Rosberg…
Even before news of Mark Webber’s planned departure from Dietrich Mateschitz’s senior squad broke, the current internecine battle at Scuderia Toro Rosso possessed an edge its predecessor never did. @AussieGrit…
Last week I speculated that McLaren would unveil the successor to the F1 at the Paris Motorshow so, of course, no sooner were the words up on the website than…