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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…
The new Formula E Gen3 car is smaller, lighter and more powerful – does it signal the way for electric racing by bucking the trend?
Most of you will know Simon Taylor as the man behind Motor Sport's 'Lunch With' series – one that has included 125 lunch-based interviews with the sport's biggest names. He first sat down…
Motor Sport is attending the ‘Hot Hatch Sunday’ Goodwood Breakfast Club on November 6, held at the historic Sussex circuit. Members of the team will be on hand distributing the…
Márquez’s win, Rossi’s Lazarus-style comeback and the performance of Aprilia and KTM made Arágon a special MotoGP weekend Motorcycle racing is all about winning: at every race you get one…