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Matters of moment, January 1972
A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…
A sports-car revival? We have been hearing recently of how apparently staid, middle-aged people have been buying fabulously expensive German…
The 1972 season will see the beginning of two new eras of motor racing, in sports cars and in Formula…
A series of four races held in Brazil and Argentina during November brought to an end the 1,600-c.c. Formula Two…
Many more people watched the 1971 RAC Rally of Great Britain than the total number of spectators at every single…
Last month we published a short report on the Kyalami 9 Hours and since then the Springbok Series has continued…
Aintree lives—just The passing of the Aintree circuit near Liverpool from the International calendar seems to have evoked remarkably little…
By Jack Brabham, 240 pp. 8 3/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 22a Queen Anne's…
127 pp. 9 3/16 in. x 7 in. (MRP ltd., 277-279, Grays Inn Road, London, WC1. £1.50). Many of the…
By Booton Herndon. 408 pp. 9 in. x 5 3/4 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35 Red Lion Square, London,…
By Ted Simon. 280 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, have issued a number of reprints of their early motoring books, under…
We are delighted to learn that the financial set-backs of Lines Bros. will not apparently stop the production of the…
From a chapter in "Bears In The Caviar", by Charles Thayer, of the American Embassy in Moscow (Michael Joseph, 1952),…
Those of our readers who like models should note that the 41st Model Engineer Exhibition takes place at Seymour Hall,…
Recalled in a recent interview with the Editor Having reviewed Henry Longhurst's entertaining book last month we obtained from him…
A 1905 45-h.p. Spyker tourer which was found some years ago on an Australian farm and was duly restored has…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Driving Tests, Silverstone (December 4th) Quite why the Vintage SCC chooses to inflict…
Recent correspondence has brought to light some new facts about the Rolls-Royce aero-engined car constructed by the late Col. G.…
Amongst some interesting items in a booklet issued by Bishops Move, the well-known furniture removal people, to celebrate their 116th…
Sir, It seems that aviation history as well as motoring history can become clouded by the passage of time. The…
It is quite amazing how little racing drivers change. They could have stopped racing 10 years ago, but put them in a car on a track today and I can…
The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole day promises to be a dramatic affair – we chart some of La Sarthe's greatest one-lap wonders
There aren’t many facts likely to make me feel older this week than that on Wednesday Derek Warwick will celebrate his 60th birthday. This seems impossible but I’ve checked and it’s true.…
Photos from the opening round of the 2017 season from Melbourne, where Sebastian Vettel won for the first time since the 2015 season. Take 90 seconds to catch up on…