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The Flagging Lion
That the Government could ever have contemplated, even for a moment, selling off Jaguar, perhaps to a foreign buyer, the…
May 1984
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Matters of Moment, May 1984
Aston Martin milestone THE recession nearly finished off the Aston Martin company in Newport Pagnell, just as various depressions and…
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Club News, May 1984
Riley Motor Club THE General Secretary of the Riley Club, Arnold Farrar, is about to retire after what must be…
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Tyre War in Racing
The F1 season which has now commenced will be a battle not only of engines, cars and drivers but of…
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Addendum
If it had not caused so much interest, I would not have returned to the subject of Thomas v Arab…
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Better Value
After nearly 60 years, MOTOR SPORT at a forced increase of 10p, will still at 80p be the best buy…
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Thanks a million!
Nissan celebrated selling their millionth car in Britain, last month by introducing four new models, all of which will be…
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Battle of the super-minis
A new high-performance small saloon, the Peugeot 205 GTi, and the revised VW Golf GTi reached the British market last…
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V12 Sunbeams
Anthony Heal asks us to correct an error that crept into his articles on the V12 aero-engined Sunbeam racing cars.…
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VSCC Silverstone Meeting (April 14th)
The Vintage SCC has started its Jubilee Year well, in the racing sense, with what is thought to have been…
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Westune Alfa 33 - Is the Blower back?
Last year when Lancia introduced their Volumex supercharged engine, they appeared as something of a lone voice in the face…
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Long-term Report: Alfa Romeo GTV6
When I took over ULD 274X from another employee of Standard House it was as a replacement for another Alfa,…
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Quattro Sport, for short
At the Frankfurt Show last September Audi and Porsche showed off their new competition cars intended for homologation. Both had…
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VSCC Light Car Welsh Week-End
True to tradition, the VSCC lightcarists, joined by a number of Edwardian brethren and the Collings' veteran Mercedes and Darracq,…
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Looking back on Jochen Rindt
Few drivers of the post-War Grand Prix era have prompted such debate over their talents as Karl Jochen Rindt, the…
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1984 South African Grand Prix race report
Early season Formula One form can frequently be misleading, but be that as it may the McLaren International team caught…
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Grand Prix - History
This month’s story was sparked off by a small but interesting happening in the recent Nice Grand Prix retrospective, when…
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Volvo 760 Turbo
In search of an identity? VOLVO is but the latest company to join the turbo league, and judging by the…
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Extended Testing
Road tests, usually, are a matter of cramming as many miles as possible into a seven-day loan and hoping that…
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4 wd Metro debut
Austin Rover's prospective Group B rally car, the four-wheel drive MG Metro 6R4, made its public competition debut on the…
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