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Matters of moment, June 1978
More motoring legislation It is indisputable that the motor car and those who use it are more hemmed about by bureaucratic…
More motoring legislation It is indisputable that the motor car and those who use it are more hemmed about by bureaucratic…
Silverstone, May 14th Spectators who went to Silverstone on May 14th to watch the BRDC's fourth round of the World Championship…
This years major International Rally for pre-1930 cars and motorcycles was centred on Australia, where there is so much genuine enthusiasm…
We have already written in this issue of Motor Sport (page 811) of the exciting, well-matched duel in Portugal between…
Mercedes go record-breaking at 17.7 m.p.g. Setting new speed and endurance records slowly seems to be coming back into fashion…
Rain did its best to spoil this annual fixture this year but the interest was not diminished, although to some…
A process of elimination Monte Carlo, May 7th Racing round-the-houses at Monte Carlo may have a lot wrong with it…
All the signs in the paddock showed a very healthy situation in Formula One and -a good start to the…
The drive by Niki Lauda in the 36th Monaco GP will go down in the history books of Monte Carlo, whether he…
A special 280E Manual and the 280CE Automatic The last 12 months have seen a subtle and almost) unofficial intrusion into…
A weak shadow of its former self Donington Park, May 7th The British Empire Trophy is an event steeped in history.…
Looking at a top class hill-climb car, even with the most casual of glances, reveals that science has arrived in this…
A fast liftback with an appeal of its own It is impossible not to feel somewhat sorry for the Reliant Motor…
Shortcomings as a top model, but not bad value It had been a long time since I had driven a…
Last month we published John Perrett's Engineering Memories, when he was at Brooklands and elsewhere. He now describes the ears…
Sir, Nobody read your article on the Brooklands Straker Squire Six with more interest than, I did and, if I…
Sir, You refer to my Bayliss Thomas which appeared on the cover of the February Issue of Motor Sport quite…
Sir, I enclose two photographs of Andre Lombard, one in a car fitted with a splendid set of wings, the…
Sir, May I warn your readers that fake pennyfarthings are now on the market. Because they are fetching good money…
Sir, Re-reading your fascinating article "The Last Leyland Eight" (July 1977), reminds me that this car ran in the Manchester to…
The careers of most open-wheel superstars follow two distinct arcs. First the upswing – go-kart championships, domination in the lower formulas and wins on the biggest stages of Formula 1…
Rishi Sunak's delay in the ban on new petrol and diesel cars was much anticipated — and necessary, says Andrew Frankel. Britain wasn't ready to go fully electric in 2030, but the government only has itself to blame
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring some of Formula 1's fastest and Lauda wins for the first time in F1 April 24 1937: Reinhold Joest, founder of…
The air was ripe with the pop of champagne corks – and the desperate yelps of Kai Ebel, a German TV presenter with a spectacularly lurid wardrobe. Right now he…