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Matters Of Moment, February 1957
The Great Petrol Muddle No excuse is needed for referring again to petrol rationing, because it is the subject foremost…

The Great Petrol Muddle No excuse is needed for referring again to petrol rationing, because it is the subject foremost…
Those readers who collect car miniatures to amuse their children (or themselves!) will be interested in the very small Wiking…
The last time that I wrote an article under the above title was in Motor Sport for February 1955, and at…
A Grand Prix team that aspires to success and greatness must nowadays embark on a programme of events that continues…
On January 4th the North London Enthusiasts' Car Club held their annual dinner and dance at the Hendon Hall Hotel.…
We feel that no better obituary to Ken Wharton can be offered than that which attained the Editorial column of…
Along with raised prices for petrol, oil and tyres, etc., another "Suez crisis" is an increase in the fees payable…
Another "grab," this time by the Government, is embodied in the present price of the Highway Code, study of which…
Considerable reductions in vehicle fares on cross-Channel air ferry services have recently been announced. Some of these reductions amount to…
"Golden Wings," by Alison King. 191 pp. 8¼ in. by 5½ in. (C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, Strand, London,…
This time by J. C. Morland, who describes motoring enthusiasm as it breaks out in Kenya. My first car was…
The cover of a recent issue of the Nascar Newsletter—official organ of South America's National Association of Stock Car Auto…
In spite of limited petrol the Kentish Border C.C. held their Annual Sporting Trial on December 23rd near Bexley. Twenty-eight…
Alfred Owen, the B.R.M. sponsor, is Chairman of Port Hamble Ltd., Hamble, Southampton, a firm which has introduced the Pacemaker 19 outboard…
On the eve of the petrol famine Motor Sport was loaned for test a bright yellow Mk. XI Lotus two-seater. The…
Engine: Four cylinders, 63.5 by 92.5 mm. (1,172 c.c.). Side valves. 8.0-to-1 compression-ratio. Approximately 40 b.h.p. at 5,700 r.p.m. Safe sustained…
The racing/sports car is very much a thinly disguised Grand Prix car and bears little resemblance to production sports cars…
The problem of taking air into a Grand Prix engine is fairly straightforward, most people using Weber double-choke carburetters, giving…
Records Now that Monza's banked autodrome has been added to the Montlhery Track near Paris, record attacks should flourish, although…
A section devoted to old-car matters, both current and contemporary Fifty Years of a Nobody's Motoring Back in the dim…
Straight-talking BRDC president Derek Warwick on current Formula 1, his career, his work for the BRDC and trying to punch Michael Schumacher's lights out. Needless to say this was one…
Reconstruction work at Zandvoort is in full swing, as the circuit builds banked corners in preparation for next May's Dutch Grand Prix Photo: Motorsport Images New images reveal that reconstruction…
The British Racing Drivers’ Club has announced that it has secured a deal to host the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next 17 years. Following Donington Park’s failure…
A familiar trait impacted Red Bull's performance in Monaco. But will it be enough for either Ferrari or McLaren to legitimately challenge for an F1 title? Mark Hughes analyses their chances