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Matters of moment, October 1970
• BLMC quits competition motoring Last month Lord Stokes, boss of British Leyland, was in the hot-seat for chiding customers…
• BLMC quits competition motoring Last month Lord Stokes, boss of British Leyland, was in the hot-seat for chiding customers…
The Editor Belatedly Road-Tests British Leyland's New V8 3-litre Triumph Convertible Last month I felt obliged to explain in an…
Engine: Eight cylinders in a 90° vee, 86 x 64.5 mm. (,2,997 c.c.) Overhead valves operated by single overhead camshafts.…
With only a week between the fifth and sixth rounds (and less than that to overhaul the machinery), a number…
Lexington After an interval of four weeks, the Can-Am circus returned to the United States for the fifth round of…
An exhibition of AC cars will be held by the ACOC at 137, Piccadilly. during the early part of October.…
As a result of financial difficulties experienced by the Bridgehampton circuit on Long Island, the seventh round of the Can-Am…
To celebrate the Jubilee of 50 years' production, Aston Martin cars delivered after July 11th have a golden radiator badge…
The most interesting event on the American scene in the past month has been the opening of Ontario Motor Speedway,…
Imola, a little way south of Modena and Bologna, used to host non-Championship Formula One races, and recently a good…
There are so many occasions when I get sick and tired of the Drivers' World Championship, and a lot of…
Starting with the fifth round of the European F2 Trophy for non-graded drivers on August 23rd, Formula Two cars once…
Rally of the Thousand Lakes General Classification 1st:H. Mikkola/G. Palm (Escort TC) .......................... 16,612 2nd:T. Makinen/H. Liddon (Escort TC) ......................…
To the strains of the National Anthem and the fluttering of unused sales literature floating down from the first floor…
Regazzoni saves the day Monza, Italy, September 6th. After the sweeping victory in Austria the whole of Italy was behind…
The reflections left by the Italian Grand Prix at Monza are a mixture of joy and sadness, for the Ferrari…
A section devoted to old-car matters A wet VSCC Thruxton (September 12th) The final Vintage SCC Race Meeting of the…
No. 14: Clyno The story of Clyno has been well told elsewhere—the start with motorcycles and a prototype small car…
Steam at Bishop's Castle (August 31st) I like to go to at least one traction-engine rally and one flying display…
Talbot ambulances
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Formula 1 in Japan, South Africa, Vegas and Mexico, and Senna and Prost coming to blows on track. October…
One of Indycar racing’s great drivers from the 1950s and early ’60s passed away last week. Jim Rathmann won the 1960 Indianapolis 500 after a fierce, race-long duel with Rodger…
The new Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar makes its race debut at the 6 Hours of Monza this weekend — a key moment in the team's rigorous preparations, as it aims for perfection ahead of next year's Le Mans 24 Hours
Max Verstappen dominated qualifying in Montreal to claim pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, but he’ll have an unfamiliar companion on the front row, with Fernando Alonso alongside him. In…