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New cars: Mantis and Manta
The Marcos Mantis Every manufacturer, it seems, wants a share of the blossoming 2+2 segment of the sporting car market.…

The Marcos Mantis Every manufacturer, it seems, wants a share of the blossoming 2+2 segment of the sporting car market.…
Sir, I was very pleased to read last month's letters from readers on the pleasures of Alfa Romeo motoring, particularly…
Sir, I am delighted to see Alfa Romeo affairs again being discussed in your, always interesting, columns. Some six years…
N.B.–Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them,—Ed.
Sir, I am at one with Oscar Wilde insofar as the temptation to get involved with your Alfa Romeo correspondence…
Sir, From time to time in your magazine you have expressed the opinion that it should be possible to produce…
Sir, Those people who refused to sign your petition against the 70 m.p.h. speed limit are now boasting of maintaining…
Sir, Until I read the paragraph in the September Rumblings, about the Chevrolet V8 in the Can-Am car and its…
Sir, We've had 'em all! Praise for the VW! Praise for the Sunbeam! Praise for this one ... for that…
Sir, What a fuss Mr. Disley made about waiting four or five weeks for spare parts--kid's stuff! What he really…
Sir, Returning from holiday to the Midlands on the A38 some weeks ago, I was not surprised to perceive a…
Sir, Ever since reading your various letters pertaining to "Shopping for a Daimler" I have intended writing this letter. Finally…
Sir, In your last issue R. Pickering puzzles over why London cars have greasy streaks running from their filler caps.…
Sir, I had been driving for eight years with no previous convictions, although I had driven many thousands of miles.…
Sir, Picture the scene: early one Thursday morning in July. The sound of Grand Prix racing cars being warmed ready…
Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your outspoken September editorial. For some time I have read the letters…
Sir, This afternoon I learnt of the death of Jochen Rindt, for two years my favourite F1 and F2 driver.…
Sir, We noted with regret Mr. J. P. Leighton's complaint about the camping facilities at Brands Hatch for the British…
Sir, Surely if the recent trend of price increases continues in the British motor industry it will not be long…
Sir, The correspondence in your September edition on the subject of Lord Stoke's "Buy British" speech prompted me to do…
It is good news that Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso have re-signed with Ducati, because if Gigi Dall’Igna hasn’t forgotten how to design a racing motorcycle, then his 100 per cent brand-new…
F1's Porsche Supercup support series generates little excitement amongst fans. So why not reinvent it as an F1 Masters series, and watch grand prix veterans go wheel to wheel once more, asks Matt Bishop?
Following his sizeable crash during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Mercedes says it is working hard to salvage as much of Valtteri Bottas's W12 as possible ahead of the Portuguese…
The charismatic Giuseppe Farina won the battle of the 'Three Fs' to become F1's first ever world champion – but he's now a forgotten racing hero, writes Matt Bishop