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Matters of moment, August 1978
The state of play The motor car, whether purchased for pleasure, sporting or business employment, is now such a universal…
The state of play The motor car, whether purchased for pleasure, sporting or business employment, is now such a universal…
Simply Unreal (Our centre spread this month depicts the event in colour) Brands Hatch, July 16th. Variety is something which the…
Once again, whether he likes it or not, Niki Lauda has written his name indelibly in the Grand Prix history…
On July 1st the airfield circuit of Silverstone held within its sparse confines the 29th St. John Horsfall Trophy race…
A section devoted to old-car matters The Brooklands Re-Union This year's Brooklands Re-Union, on June 25th, was on a reduced…
The article I wrote about Adrian Liddell's ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire (Motor Sport, December 1977) has resulted in much interesting correspondence, including a letter…
One of the nicer aspects about editing Motor Sport is being on the receiving end of a fairly regular flow…
Sir, I was very interested in “ Boulogne 55 years ago” because I bought the B. S. Marshallwinning Bugatti from…
Sir, I have followed with a great deal of interest the recent correspondence in Motor Sport about Armstrong-Siddeley cars. I…
Another Cyclecar Rally During 1975 the VSCC held a special rally for that fascinating but near-defunct breed (Morgan 3-wheelers excepted!),…
Sir, I have read, with great interest, your report on the splendid rebuild, by Mr. Milling, of the 1921 Grand…
Sir, This Society has been excavating the former site of the Palladium Autocar Works in Felsham Road, Putney and has…
Sir, I can hardly let 1978 go by without writing to you in the form of a reminder that the…
Sir, In his book "Veteran and Edwardian Motor Cars", David Scott-Moncrieff mentions a possible link between Ettore Bugatti and Emil…
The latest Classic Car offerings from the respected model-car house of Grand Prix Models of Radlett, Herts., are a very mouth-watering low-chassis…
"Corvette A Piece Of the Action" Edited by Beverly Ray Kinks 224 pp. 12" x 9 1/4" (E.P. Dutton & Co.…
News of Forthcoming Books Motoring books that we may expect in the not we may expect too distant future include a…
Volkswagen have combined safety, performance and economy in a remarkable turbocharged diesel-powered Golf. The chances of driving a manufacturer's unique…
This month, the Cheshire road-racing circuit Of Oulton Park celebrates its 25th Anniversary of car and motorcycle racing. Those 25 years…
A tough, reliable and very pleasant little car from Japan Whatever one's feelings about the intrusion of Japanese cars on to…
The spirit of motor racing well and truly lives on, as this clip of a Citroën C1 24 hour race shows There's probably nothing more painful than battling for more than…
Ivan Lendl never did win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles. Don Bradman never did score a Test century at Old Trafford. Jim Clark never did win the Monaco Grand Prix. ‘The…
It happened 51 years ago in the summer of 1962. Porsche had raced a couple of F2-based four-cylinder cars for Dan Gurney and Jo Bonnier in the ’61 World Championship.…
Max Verstappen gave a final demonstration of his overwhelming dominance in 2022 with victory in the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Sergio Perez lost second place in the championship to Charles Leclerc — as Sebastian Vettel bowed out