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Industry insight: Continuously variable TransAxle
Continuously variable fun Ford and Fiat have brought automatic transmission within the grasp of Fiesta and Uno buyers with a…
Continuously variable fun Ford and Fiat have brought automatic transmission within the grasp of Fiesta and Uno buyers with a…
Good vintage SMMT Test '87 is a one-and-a-half day annual event for journalists centred upon Donington Park, which can yield…
Crown jewel Regarded by many people as the jewel in Grand Prix racing's crown, Monaco has always been one of…
Millionaires' row GTO— three letters signifying a peak in a famous, possibly the most famous, auto-history. 12 cylinders, 3 litres,…
by Stuart Bladon (Penguin Books, £3.50) In its thirtieth edition, this compact guide has a new shorter name to replace…
by Terry Cole. 111pp. 91/4 61/4. (GT Foulis & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ £7.95). Here is a little book full…
Custom Fords by Pierce Riemer and Stephen Mills. 120 pp. 101/4" x 8". (GT Foults & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset…
by Nigel Trow (Osprey, £19.50) Although its title suggests a concern only with the track, Nigel Trow's book actually embraces…
by Philip Porter. 175pp. 101/2" x 8". GT Foulis & Co Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. £14.95) Here is…
by William Morse. 64pp. 91/4 x 7 (Nelson & Saunders, Olney, Bucks. £5.95.) The rotary aero-engine (redolent of the days…
The roads of the 1920s As the summer of 1926 approached, Owen John was doing his best to silence critics…
We learn with regret of the death of Eric Giles, who played such a prominent part in the early days…
It was in 1939 that a contest was arranged at Brooklands to decide which was the then-fastest road-equipped sports-car. It…
We are grievously saddened to hear that Betty Haig, great-niece of Field Marshall The Earl Haig, died in an Inverness…
Simplicity itself The aircraft industry had a bad time immediately after the Armistice of 1918, orders for military aeroplanes having…
Overall winner the VSCC Scottish Trial was RG Winder (Austin 7), and other first-class award winners were P Stringer (A7),…
The Lea-Francis OC celebrated its 25th Anniversary at Stanford Hall, near Lutterworth, on June 7, when some 30 cars representing…
The snippers got at last months "Silverstone snippets" making Sweet's MG fourth in the VSCC Pat Lindsay race, whereas it was…
Joy-riding When Duncan Rabagliati phoned last December to ask if I would like to join Team Rabagliati on the RAC Classic Run,…
No, not mine, although I do have them! I am referring to car bodywork in the context of the now…
The second of the Daytona Prototype international cars has been revealed, with Cadillac announcing its DPi-V.R. The US manufacturer has opted for the Dallara chassis, which has a 600bhp 6.2-litre…
Multiple world champion Freddie Spencer reviews the Malaysian MotoGP, as Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez lock horns, Ducati's duo raises questions, and Freddie looks ahead to what's in store next…
Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill were Britain's best drivers of the early 1990s, and proved over two testing seasons: when Mansell won the IndyCar title in his debut year, and when Hill took the lead at Williams after the death of Ayrton Senna
Legendary car designer Gordon Murray is planning to return to Le Mans with his new supercar – almost 25 years after his most famous creation, the McLaren F1, triumphed in…