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Matters of moment, November 1956
The Earls Court Motor Show The London Motor Exhibition at Earls Court is an important shop window for the Industry as well as a…
The Earls Court Motor Show The London Motor Exhibition at Earls Court is an important shop window for the Industry as well as a…
This delightful Cinemascope romance by British Lion, in Eastman colour, a John Stafford production directed by Ken Annakin, stars Glynis…
The winner of this year's Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Contest, decided on points at BARC Members' Meetings at Goodwood, is PJS Lumsden (Lotus-Climax), who…
The new high-compression engines in the Austin A35 and Morris Minor, necessitating the introduction of lead indium big-end bearings, were…
The outstanding fixtures next month are the Diamond Jubilee RAC Brighton Run on November 4th and the MCC National Rally from November…
High-quality badges, such as the Union Jack, for attaching to car bonnets, etc, merely by wetting with petrol, are offered…
This year the preview news and grapevines indicated that the Paris Salon would not contain very many surprises or new innovations,…
AC, Stand 141 AC have abandoned he 2-litre saloon to concentrate production on the sports open Ace and closed Aceca models, which…
Automotive Products Ltd. Improved suspension joints and automatic transmissions are on view and oil and fuel filters. Stand 369. Avon India…
by John Thornley. 187 pp, 83/4 in by 57/16 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 13 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W1. 21s) This revised edition…
by W/Cdr "Sandy" Powell. 212 pp, 81/2 in by 51/2 in. (Allan Wingate, Ltd, 12 Beauchamp Place, London, SW3. 15s) This is a book…
by Carlo Demand and Charles Meisl. 151 pp, 71/2 in by 101/2 in. (GT Foulls and Co Ltd, 7 Milford Lane, Strand, London, WC2. 17s 6d) An…
Edited by Albert Douglas. 96 pp, 91/2 in by 71/2 in. (Ian Allen Ltd, Craven House, Hampton Court, Surrey. 10s 6d) This annual…
by Lord Brabazon of Tara, GBE, MC, PC. 227 pp, 83/4 in by 51/2 in. (William Heinemann Ltd, 99 Great Russell Street, London, WC1.…
Castellotti wins for Osca Imola Sept 30th. Postponed from the beginning of June, the Imola race was eventually held at the end of…
A high-grade British car featuring a twin overhead camshaft, high-compression engine and all-round independent suspension in a luxury saloon possessing unusually…
At the beginning of the year I wrote about the possibilities of Britain getting a foothold in Grand Prix racing, pointing…
Motor Sport visits the BMW and Porsche factories and tests representative models On arrival at Stuttgart Airport last month, we found awaiting us…
[The Austin Seven has probably given more pleasure to a greater number of impecunious enthusiasts than any other car. Consequently,…
The 1956 London Motor Show is notable for modified models rather than exciting new cars. British manufacturers have adopted automatic transmission…
Three-time world motorcycling champion Freddie Spencer joins Mat Oxley and Jack Phillips to review the British round of the MotoGP and look ahead to who might be crowned the 2017…
This is the extraordinary story of Les Graham, the decorated RAF Lancaster pilot who won the inaugural MotoGP world title, was ‘the greatest of all MV Agusta riders’ and lost his life on one of MV’s first MotoGP bikes
The 55th Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was one of the wettest and dramatic in recent memory Wayne Taylor Racing's quartet of Max Angelelli, Jeff Gordon and Taylor brothers Ricky…
A few days before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix I asked someone at Mercedes-Benz which one of its drivers the team most wanted to win the world championship. “Lewis” came…