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The Beetle is back
The astonishing response to the Beetle as it emerged from war-time Germany may have tempted VW to come up with…
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What happened to Pegaso?
As I told you not long ago, when MOTOR SPORT flew to Barcelona for the 1950 Spanish GP I was…
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miscellany, February 1999
Westcott Driving Tests The spacious Westcott Venture Park in Bucks and its convenient clubhouse was used once again by the…
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Sunbeam Sidetrack
A motor-racing sidetrack centres around Louis Coatalen. By 1922 he had a fine team of racing cars, in order that…
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Simms Hill
Simms Hill remains one of the most feared sections in the MCC's Exeter Trial, the classic event dating back to…
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book reviews, February 1999, February 1999
Auto-Architect - The Autobiography of Gerald Palmer £19.95. ISBN: 0 9519423 6 0 A book does not have to be…
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Ford Focus - shouldn't you expect more from life?
'In its styling it excites, on the road it astonishes.' 'Utterly desirable.' 'The best car we have driven all year.'…
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