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Matters of moment, April 1979
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
Everyone, including Team Lotus, was expecting the successor to the Lotus 79 to make its appearance at the South African…
The present Formula One, for 3-litre unsupercharged engines and 1½-litre supercharged, was started in 1966, since when there have been…
A non-event at.... Brands Hatch, March 18th When the Race of Champions was first thought of, in 1965, it seemed…
The Vintage SCC opens its 1979 racing season at Silverstone, commencing at about 13.15 hours on April 21st. This is…
Obituary - Bill Urquhart-Dykes Another well-known personality from the vintage years has gone, with the death, peacefully, after a short…
A brace of faster Chryslers Chrysler chose the Geneva show to unveil two new versions of their front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, Sunbeam…
A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of…
"Goff" Imhof's Trials MG Sir, After some 15 years of not reading Motor Sport, purely because I preferred not to…
"By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden" by Bill Gunscon. 157 pp. 8¼" x 5¾" (The Royal Aeronautical Society,…
Cars In Books I found nothing about motoring in "Forty Years Of A Sportsman's Life" by Sir Claude Champion De…
Controversial Formula One driver Riccardo Patrese has gone into the model car business, starting with a model of the Chevron…
Two works Audi 80s will be seen in International Rallying this season as the Ingolstadt company gains experience ready for…
Mr R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, concludes his account of life at T & T's of Brooklands under the great Reid…
BBC Television has reached agreement with the RAC Motor Sports Association to cover four major British International rallies this year:…
A new range of Land-Rovers fitted with the 3½-litre V8 Range-Rover engine has been launched, initially for export only. The…
The editor enlarges on the theory of Lord Montagu's that the craze for the straight-eight engine led several British car…
The best supercharged road engine? If the craze for straight-eight engines was almost universally disastrous, as W. B. describes opposite,…
Motor Sport visits Browns Lane to try the latest models from Jaguar-Rover-Triumph Ltd. In view of the release of the…
Although it is eleven years since the XJ6 was introduced, the Jaguar/Daimler model range remains unsurpassed in its combination of…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring the birth of one of the sport's greatest November 14 1945: The man one spot behind Luca Badoer in…
The VSCC took over Presteigne in Wales for the first event of the winter trials season David Golightly and his 1927 Ford Model T special (above) bagged another victory as the Vintage…
The Formula 1 grid as it stands is down to only 10 teams, which isn’t a particularly impressive number however you look at it. First Super Aguri and then Honda…
Motor sport highlights from WRX, British GT, NASCAR and more in our latest weekend in review World Rallycross Montalegre British GT Rockingham NASCAR Talladega NHRA Charlotte, four-wide top fuel final …