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Club news, December 1988
The organisers of the modern-day Mille Miglia are now promoting a Winter Marathon regularity rally for tourers with a competition…
December 1988
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Matters of moment, December 1988
Old cars: use and abuse The Veteran to Classic car scene has expanded enormously over the years, and now represents…
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Forty years of the 2CV
Only Citroen could have done it — keep the 2CV in production for 40 years and mark this with an…
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Around and about, December 1988
Sullivan claims CART Title for Penske Danny Sullivan is the new CART/Indycar Champion. Driving in an Ilmor Chevrolet-engined Penske PC17,…
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United States loses its GP
The 1989 Detroit Grand Prix will be a round not of the Formula One World Championship but of its American…
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Lamborghini on track
Lamborghini engines will appear in two racing formulae next year. The Larrousse-Calmels Lola team will race with the new 48-valve…
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Around and about, December 1988
Prequalifying for 1989 Grands Prix With a handful of extra teams hoping to compete in Grand Prix racing next year,…
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Brundle stays with Jaguar
Lotus' decision to re-sign Satoru Nakajima for 1989 seems to have ended Martin Brundle's hopes of getting back into Formula…
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1988 Japanese Grand Prix race report
The Wolf at the Door In the end, the slope on Suzuka's grid worked against Alain Prost, not just once,…
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1988 Australian Grand Prix race report
The end of an era Adelaide, November 13 On the face of it, it was all just another crushing McLaren-Honda…
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Formula One scene: Engine design trends (part one)
Engines a la mode Like the shape of our shoes and the cut of our clothes, engine design is subject…
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Rally review: Sanremo Rally, December 1988
The All-Italian Job Michael Caine and Co will no doubt forgive us the comment that The Italian Job was a…
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Rally review: FISA General Assembly, December 1988
The Paris Register During October 10-12, FISA held its annual general meeting in Paris. Formerly called the Annual Plenary Conference,…
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Track test: Holden Commodore VL
Pastures new! When Alan Docking's team decided to compete in the British Touring Car Championship in 1987 it set itself…
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Formula 3000
A bang and a whimper The European Formula 3000 Championship concluded with both a bang and a whimper. The bang…
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Road Test: Lotus Esprit turbo
Breaking the rules Improve on one of the most perfect shapes from one of the greatest automotive designers; that was…
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New cars: BMW Z1
Little red roadster Carefully leaked in 1986, and officially announced at Frankfurt last year, BMW's little Z1 roadster is now…
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Classic test: 1913 Pierce-Arrow 48
Colossus of roads In the years of opulence before the First World War, reputations were being forged in America's luxury…
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Grass roots: Troll engineering
Down from the hills Nobody who has attended Classic Trials in the past couple of seasons can have failed to…
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Veteran to classic: Brighton Run
Brighton express In spite of its enormous popularity, the RAC London-Brighton run event get far less reportage than it once…
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