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The man who would be Kling...
... or Caracciola or Lang or Seaman... as good a driver as the men he built the cars from, Mercedes…
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A tale of Road-Testing
Road testing cars today is a science executed with millimetric accuracy. But, as he looks back over 60 years of…
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Delta Bravo
In the final part of our series on Lancia's world rallying legends, Matthew Franey gets to grips with the awe-inspiring…
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Bugatti's final, fatal flop
Bugatti's vaunted return to post-war front line racing lasted just 18 laps. But, says Doug Nye, this ill-conceived project contained…
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Dr Jonathan Palmer
On lap eighteen Jonathan Palmer was in last place, his Tyrol's suspension was damaged. Its engine 200bhp down on the…
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Mazda RX-7
Mazda's final RX-7 seemed to have it all: great looks, performance and grip. Yet as Andrew Frankel discovered, reality failed…
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One-Off Bugatti reborn
Made a long haul in the summer sun the other day to that shrine of Bugatti contentment, Ivan Dutton's workshop…
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miscellany, October 1997
Pomeroy pedigree More than 150 members of the Pomeroy family from all over the world met recently at Barry Pomeroy…
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What is it about turbos ?
When turbochargers on production cars were a novelty some sporting drivers felt they were illrepresented without aTurbo' insignia on their…
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Survey Appeal
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, representing the interests of some 300,000 owners of such vehicles, warns again of…
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Harry Spence
obituary It must have come as a great shock to many people in the vintage-car world, as it did to…
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Test Driver's Fame
Christian Lautenschläger is lauded for winning for Mercedes two of their greatest landmarks, the 1908 and 1914 French Grands Prix.…
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A Dutton Diversion
I confess that until the other day I did not know much about Duttons except that Tim Dutton-Wooley started to…
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miscellany, October 1997
Top Mark There is no need to emphasise, to those who have seen Mark Walker in action, his exceptional skill,…
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Thundersley Hill revisited
A facet of speed-trial history, which a reader has drown to our attention — the accident at Kop Hill early…
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