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Matters of moment, May 1963
Peugeot wins Safari Rally of 77 retirements That splendid French family car, the Peugeot 404, has achieved enhanced prestige by…
Peugeot wins Safari Rally of 77 retirements That splendid French family car, the Peugeot 404, has achieved enhanced prestige by…
THE Continental season got away to a bad start, with the Bruxelles Grand Prix having to be cancelled due to…
Mercedes-Benz 230SL Announced at the Geneva Show, the new Mercedes-Benz 230SL, which replaces the 190SL, is fitted with a 6-cylinder…
Pau, France, April 15th With Easter being rather early the traditional Pau Grand Prix, held on Easter Monday, suffered from…
V.S.C.C Silverstone Meeting (April 20th) Conclusive proof of enthusiasm for vintage-car racing was seen by the very big crowd which…
Described to the Editor in a recent interview. "Archie" Frazer-Nash, M.I.Mech.E., well known in motoring circles as the "N" of…
"There could hardly be a bigger difference of philosophy between Ford of Dagenham and its greatest rival in this country,…
Snetterton, March 30th The Snetterton Motor Racing Club opened the 1963 Formula One season with a 50-lap event on their…
Double victory for Bloor's twin-cam Lotus-Ford In spite of a bitter wind the attendance at the first Goodwood Meeting of…
"'Autocar' Road Tests, Spring 1963." 146 pp., 11 1/5 in. x 8 1/10 in., soft covers. (Iliffe Books Ltd., Dorset…
Readers who are keen motorcyclists and campers may care to note that the first purely motorcycle jamboree (open also to…
B.P. have issued a Road Atlas of Great Britain prepared for them by George Philip and Son Ltd., which in…
"Motor racing is the same the World over," you might retort. To which the answers appears to be, "At Indianapolis…
The last sports car in the vintage style All the other cars dealt with in this series of road tests…
To complete the series of tests on under-£700 sports cars we tried the Mk. II Austin Healey Sprite in 1,098-c.c.…
Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd., are to be congratulated on their latest venture to aid the tourist, in the form of…
Sir, I was interested and amused to read of Mr. Crozier's encounter on the Watford Bypass with Mr. A. S.…
Those brave people who disregarded the alleged danger to their lungs from smoking and those cowardly persons who do nothing…
Sir, I notice that there has been some correspondence about Kipling's cars. He must have been something of a Rolls…
Sir, The Cyclecar 4th June, 1913, p.36, shows Mr. Harry Long starting his Singer on a 10,000-mile business tour, from…
Monte Carlo, Monaco, May 18 1958. Roy Salvadori, Cooper T45-Climax, retired, and Jack Brabham, Cooper T45-Climax, 4th position, talk to a mechanic. The eagle-eyed amongst you will know that I…
McLaren’s factory has its ornamental lake, a couple of swans and endless identikit corridors borrowed from one of Pinewood’s James Bond sets, but such are not presently the design details…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
Sir Jack Brabham OBE, who passed away peacefully on Sunday evening UK time, was more than just one of the great drivers and a triple world champion. As he…