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Matters of moment, March 1966
The new season's prospects The 1966 Club racing season commences in earnest this month. A very intense year's activity looks…
The new season's prospects The 1966 Club racing season commences in earnest this month. A very intense year's activity looks…
Two Fiat 850s, a saloon and a coupe, recently undertook a 24-hour run at Snetterton. Driven by a team of…
We have had good results from Holt's, and particularly from Total, spray-on de-icing fluid when clearing the screens and windows…
American Fords quieter than Jaguars? Sir, The American market is probably the most important single Export target for any British…
After Stirling Moss had won the 1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup race with the Ferguson P99 Four-wheel-drive car, in a…
SAAB Wins Swedish Rally Unlike the Monte Carlo Rally which .started well and then turned into a nightmare, the Swedish…
News from Ferrari Due to various delays the factory Ferrari team was not ready in time to take part in…
"Auto-Universurn-1966." Edited by Arthur Logoz. 212 pp. 13 in. 9 1/4 in. (Arthur Barker Ltd., 20, New Bond Street, London,…
by George A. Oliver. 14 pp. 14 in. s: 18 3/4 in. (Hugh Evelyn Ltd., 9, Fitzroy Square, London, W.…
by Grp. Capt. F.R. Wynne. 96 pp. 7 1/2 in.x 5 in. (Peter Skelton Ltd., 44. Old Bond Street, London,…
"My Father Mr. Mercedes," by Guy Jellinek Mercedes. 319 pp., 9 in. 5 3/4 in. (G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.,…
by John B. Rae. 265 pp. 9 1/2 in. 6 1/4, in. (The Univercity of Chicago Press, 70, Gt. Russell…
Having enjoyed "Motor Tramp" by John Heygate (see this column last December), I set about reading his earlier book "Talking…
There is an account of a forced landing on an island in the Nile when the Clerget engine of a…
B.M.W. 1800 TI Road test Sir. Reading your road-test report on this car, I was left wondering once again why…
Audi 1700. A Luxury Family Saloon with High-Compression Mittel-druckmotor. "The Auto-Union Powered by Mercedes-Benz" The name Audi is unfamiliar in…
Audi 1700 The F.102 was a small luxury car and when Volkswagen N.G. obtained the majority of Auto-Union shares in…
Are We Back To Square One ? At Le Mans in 1952, during the practice sessions, the Daimler-Benz concern tried…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Charterhouse driving tests (February 6th) The driving test meeting of the Vintage S.C.C.…
When V.S.C.C. members gathered at "The Phoenix," Hartley Wintney last month the question could well have been "Where have all…
The first report into F1's cost cap should have been a chance to examine how it's working, but so much is left unknown — even to teams — that fans are understandably cynical, writes Chris Medland
After Marc Márquez's 13th win of the year at Valencia last month I tweeted that el fenómeno had broken Mick Doohan's 12-wins-in-a-year record. Not long after, Casey Stoner came right back, with…
Racing on these Portuguese streets has survived war, a revolution and many crises to stand the test of time. Twenty-seven blind corners taken at speeds of up to 150mph, two railway…
UPDATE: Mercedes introduced TJI concept to F1 in 2014. Ferrari 2015. Renault Canada 2016-onwards. Following up on the confirmation in our previous story that Ferrari has been using a Mahle-developed…