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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…
Read our 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list and preview, including the new Le Mans Hypercar class entries
In association with Lloyds Auctions, we look at three stand-out cars from its upcoming auction A unique Can-Am, star-studded Champ Car and Jaguar XK120 with Le Mans-winning registration will headline the…
Ex-F1 driver laments F1’s ‘lost opportunity’ in India due to the lack of government backing Karun Chandhok has told the latest Motor Sport podcast that a return of his home…
Geely should turn Lotus around, but will it? There is a view widely held in the industry that the purchase of a majority of Lotus Cars by Geely can only…