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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…
Colton Herta has now had his first taste of F1 machinery after testing for McLaren – it could be his first step towards becoming a GP driver
Ferrari is making efforts to bring forward planned updates to arrive in time for the second race of the 2020 season having slipped into the midfield during the Austrian Grand…
Always there’s a frisson when the Formula 1 cars hit the track for the first time each year. Indeed it’s been rather too exciting for some at Jerez: Nico Rosberg…
The Chinese Grand Prix wasn't the 1000th ever for F1; there were Indianapolis 500s with which it rarely had much in common Bill Vukovich's Formula 1 strike rate was striking: two…