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Matters of Moment, January 1990
Ford Gets Jaguar IN AN AGE of takeovers and amalgamations, it has come nevertheless as a profound shock to many…
Ford Gets Jaguar IN AN AGE of takeovers and amalgamations, it has come nevertheless as a profound shock to many…
Le Mans in Jeopardy! Most devastating news of the month came through as we were about to close for press…
As we close for press, we learn sadly that Hugh Conway, CBE, has died of a sudden heart attack, after…
RO QKS ON Brooks at Donington: Thursday, 8 February and Monday, 9 April, 1990. Two sale dates for your diary,…
RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1989
Four-play! IN ONE of the conference rooms of Heathrow's Excelsior Airport Hotel, there was a hubbub of the kind which…
They're not just any old cars, so why use just any old oil? Everyone has a car they love. For…
Group En--ergy! WHEN the organisers of the Ivory Coast Rally distributed publicity material in advance of the 1989 event, they…
Hear no diesel. See no diesel. Smell no diesel. "Great for economy but bad for ecology." A common enough complaint…
Evergreen Giant FEW manufacturers can claim to have produced a 'classic' car in the last twenty years, least of all…
Sweet Dreams SHOULD you be a captain of industry, a chauffeur or just a plain day dreamer, this is a…
Lost Giant A contemporary (I must not mention names, but I respect Mike McCarthy for running a slick ship!) published…
Big Bugattis LAST month I drove to Corby to see some of the big engined Bugaftis which Magnum Engineering Ltd.…
MAGNUM RARE CARS LIMITED The Directors of 'Rare Cars' have a great love of Historic motorcars and, possibly like yourself,…
Motoring with Bill Little THE social side of motoring was well in evidence at Bristol, as a substitute for going…
FORGOTTEN MAKES: No.88 The Maudslay THE Maudslay Company of Parkside, Coventry, was a highly respected engineering concern before it turned…
VSCC at Enstone IF ANYONE doubts whether vintage car competitions are an all-the-yearround pastime, they should have been at bleak…
Results of driving tests at Enstone December 2, 1989 1st class awards: A. D. Jones (A7); P. R. Rosomon (A7);…
Humber Date WE RECOUNTED last month how the Bentley DC honoured Miss Marjorie Burgess, daughter of Fred Burgess, designer of…
Campbell at Vemeuk Pan OUR recent reference to Malcolm Campbell's abortive LSR attempt at Verneuk Pan in S. Africa when…
There will be no Jean Todt/Ferrari reunion in 2022 despite high-level talks about a new role for the Frenchman
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
Michael Masi became F1's race director after Charlie Whiting's sudden death at the start of the season. He tells Ian Parkes about taking over from an irreplaceable figure of the sport…
Formula 1 teams could be faced with triple and even quadruple-headers later in the year, as the FIA announced that the annual summer shutdown will now take place in March…