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Matters of Moment, September 1968
• Places for Races A faint cloud of ominous colour is drifting about on the motor-racing horizon. The rumour is…
• Places for Races A faint cloud of ominous colour is drifting about on the motor-racing horizon. The rumour is…
In the first five months of 1968 German export and home sales of motor cars, including the well-known makes of…
As the Editor pointed out last month, Grand Prix racing has never been in such an open state, with every…
Grand Prix in the North Oulton Park, August 17th. All motor-racing enthusiasts in the north of England must feel a…
Acting on the recommendations of a special Review Committee that was set up after this year's Indianapolis 500, the Board…
I suppose it was inevitable that Matra should be the first people to have a movable "aerofoil" on their Grand…
Karlskoga (August 11th) Although for the previous two years the Swedish G.P. was for Formula Two, for the 1968 event…
There is no doubt that fewer and fewer people are retaining their interest in the European Rally Championship. The events…
A weighty tome came in for review the other day, which I decided not to mention, because it deals in…
There is not very much this month, although I cannot think that this feature which has run for so many…
"Jim Clark—Portrait of a Great Driver", by Graham Gauld. 204 pp. 8 in. x 5½ in. (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd.,…
We have ceased to be astonished at anything that happens on Television, but we were intrigued to learn that the…
The fact that the new Minister of Transport is concerning himself with speed limits has an ominous ring to it.…
Following the showing of the recent "Mille Miglia" film by B.B.C. Television, and the ensuing criticism of this by Denis…
Wolfsburg Announce the Entirely New 411 World domination of car sales by VW, the masters of mass-production in West Germany,…
What is the Reliant GT really like? The Editor Drives the Latest 3-litre Ford V6-engined Scimitar Reliant, for most people,…
One of the pleasures of being able to go through the Motor Sport post is the rare pictures and items…
[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Prescott Hill-Climb (August 11th) In a year of excessive wet, the Vintage S.C.C.…
Down the years we have published quite a lot of complimentary articles about the pre-1915 Ettore Bugatti-designed Bébé Peugeots. They…
Our new website columnist Lee McKenzie came into the office yesterday to record her first Motor Sport podcast. First up was the aftermath of the Malaysian Grand Prix, but we…
A crow flying the 87 Middle English miles that unite Stevenage and Upton-upon-Severn would enjoy at mid-distance a view of Silverstone – scene of many memorable moments for Our Nige…
The car that at last righted Didier Auriol’s foul luck to let him take his only WRC title took nearly £200,000 at auction This particular 1994 Toyota Celica ST185 Turbo…
The Lotus Elan broke cover in 1962. It measured 3.68m long, 1.42m wide and 1.15m high. Even by ’60s standards it was a small car. The modern Lotus Elise, itself…