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Matters of Moment, December 1957
New Cars, Old Names The British are traditionalists. The protests which have greeted the new Rileys are evidence that we…
New Cars, Old Names The British are traditionalists. The protests which have greeted the new Rileys are evidence that we…
The Rootes Group have a vastly improved car in the new Humber Hawk II. The former Hawk was a wide, sluggish…
To conclude this year's Continental travelling in search of motor-racing and things motoring, I stopped off at the Motor Show…
Sir, Having been a reader of your excellent magazine for a number of years I wonder if you or any…
This sprint event is enjoyable for several reasons. It is in the best tradition of pre-war sprint motoring, the course…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters To Brighton on Lord Montagu's 1903 Sixty Mercedes In spite of the fact that…
Sir, I am constantly reading letters in Motor Sport of the unlikely places in which vintage and veteran cars have…
Ludwig C. Boehner, Volkswagen's Chief Engineer, read an address two years ago before the Magnesium Association,a report of which appears…
Vanwalls are Beaten Casablanca, October 27th. To conclude the 1957 Formula 1 season the Royal Automobile Club of Morocco organised an…
We have commented previously on the new Leyland transporter used to convey the victorious Vanwalls to the circuits, which made…
This was the subject of a discussion by Graduates of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London on October 22nd.…
The Guild at Goodwood This year's Test Day at Goodwood circuit, organised for the edification of its members and foreign guests by…
The Story of the "Spider" and other G.N. Matters After the Gold Cup Meeting at Oulton Park, I met Basil Davenport, creator…
We do not know what sort of a reception the new Riley, introduced by the British Motor Corporation last month,…
While Fangio was in London recently he was presented by Daimler-Benz with a Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster, by the Guild of Motoring Writers…
"The Sports Car," by John Stanford. 224 pp., 9 in. by 6 in. (B.T. Batsford Ltd., 4, Fitzhardinge Street, London, W.1. 25s.)…
In time for Christmas comes the excellent news that Minimodels Ltd. have introduced their "Scalextric" rail-racing kit. They will be…
N.B. – Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. –…
The vital importance of straight-line braking in MotoGP’s Michelin era explained and the big question: can Lorenzo win the title for Ducati? Over the years there have…
The Ferrari 275P, winner of the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours, is expected to fetch more than £24 million at auction in February Jean Guichet and Nino Vaccarella took this Ferrari…
It certainly seems that Hamilton is enjoying driving without traction control having put his car on pole for the Australian Grand Prix with a time of 1:26.714. After getting out…
Bruce McLaren shouldn’t have been there. Masten Gregory should. Cooper team leader Jack Brabham reckoned the latter the most fearless man he met. Yet even the gung-ho ‘Kansas City Flash’…