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Matters of moment, November 1956
The Earls Court Motor Show The London Motor Exhibition at Earls Court is an important shop window for the Industry as well as a…

The Earls Court Motor Show The London Motor Exhibition at Earls Court is an important shop window for the Industry as well as a…
This delightful Cinemascope romance by British Lion, in Eastman colour, a John Stafford production directed by Ken Annakin, stars Glynis…
The outstanding fixtures next month are the Diamond Jubilee RAC Brighton Run on November 4th and the MCC National Rally from November…
The winner of this year's Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Contest, decided on points at BARC Members' Meetings at Goodwood, is PJS Lumsden (Lotus-Climax), who…
The new high-compression engines in the Austin A35 and Morris Minor, necessitating the introduction of lead indium big-end bearings, were…
High-quality badges, such as the Union Jack, for attaching to car bonnets, etc, merely by wetting with petrol, are offered…
This year the preview news and grapevines indicated that the Paris Salon would not contain very many surprises or new innovations,…
AC, Stand 141 AC have abandoned he 2-litre saloon to concentrate production on the sports open Ace and closed Aceca models, which…
Automotive Products Ltd. Improved suspension joints and automatic transmissions are on view and oil and fuel filters. Stand 369. Avon India…
by Carlo Demand and Charles Meisl. 151 pp, 71/2 in by 101/2 in. (GT Foulls and Co Ltd, 7 Milford Lane, Strand, London, WC2. 17s 6d) An…
Edited by Albert Douglas. 96 pp, 91/2 in by 71/2 in. (Ian Allen Ltd, Craven House, Hampton Court, Surrey. 10s 6d) This annual…
by W/Cdr "Sandy" Powell. 212 pp, 81/2 in by 51/2 in. (Allan Wingate, Ltd, 12 Beauchamp Place, London, SW3. 15s) This is a book…
by John Thornley. 187 pp, 83/4 in by 57/16 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 13 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W1. 21s) This revised edition…
by Lord Brabazon of Tara, GBE, MC, PC. 227 pp, 83/4 in by 51/2 in. (William Heinemann Ltd, 99 Great Russell Street, London, WC1.…
Castellotti wins for Osca Imola Sept 30th. Postponed from the beginning of June, the Imola race was eventually held at the end of…
A high-grade British car featuring a twin overhead camshaft, high-compression engine and all-round independent suspension in a luxury saloon possessing unusually…
At the beginning of the year I wrote about the possibilities of Britain getting a foothold in Grand Prix racing, pointing…
Motor Sport visits the BMW and Porsche factories and tests representative models On arrival at Stuttgart Airport last month, we found awaiting us…
[The Austin Seven has probably given more pleasure to a greater number of impecunious enthusiasts than any other car. Consequently,…
The 1956 London Motor Show is notable for modified models rather than exciting new cars. British manufacturers have adopted automatic transmission…
Episode two of the new How to Drive video series, featuring the World Endurance Championship-winning Aston Martin Vantage GTE, is available now. In part two, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen reveal…
The fifth in a series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, Mark Hughes looks back at how Ferrari and McLaren stumbled into…
What has changed since last year's Abu Dhabi controversy? Michael Masi was sacked as F1 race director for inconsistently applying the rules, but Alpine's penalty at the US GP shows that the FIA is still suffering the same problem, writes Chris Medland
Carlos Sainz's heroic drive — overseen by his Dad; Alonso's reputation at Mercedes takes a dent; and is the honeymoon period at Williams over for James Vowles? Chris Medland's diary from the 2024 Australian GP paddock