Archive Watkins Glen 6-Hours Watkins Glen, July 13th: When a change of rules was announced for Group 5 sports cars, banning the 5-litre Porsches and Ferraris, the idea was to encourage a number of… August 1974 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Mini-Sprint GT Stewart and Ardern transform the Mini bodyshell When the Mini was introduced most people thought a family saloon car could not be made any smaller if it was to seat four people… May 1967 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive IMSA in a pickle It was an annus horribilis for sports car racing too. Following the predictable collapse of the Sportscar World Championship, the 10-car All-Japan Sports-Prototype Championship underwent drastic surgery in November and… January 1993 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive World Sportscar Championship: Jarama Cup and Jerez 1000km Jaguars reign in Spain A winter of intensive development on the Silk Cut Jaguar Group C cars paid off with two fine victories in the opening rounds of the World… May 1987 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Ford's new Orion One of the best kept secrets of the motor industry was unwrapped in July when Ford announced the Orion family car to plug the small but significant gap between the… August 1983 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Price list Admission tickets: Tickets to watch qualifying are 90FF per day (70FF to ACO members). A ticket allowing access to general enclosures during the race costs 300FF (230FF members). A ticket… June 1992 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Le Mans 24hrs 1983: Predictable but interesting Le Mans, June 19th, predictable but interesting Having celebrated the 50th running of Le Mans last year, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest did not make such a fanfare about the 60th anniversary… July 1983 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Road impressions: Audi 80 Quattro In three short years the Audi division of Volkswagen has set the motoring design world on its head, seizing the leadership in four-wheel drive and turning it into a commercial success.… September 1983 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive Cotton on.... Brief encounter Perhaps “launch” is too generous a word for the unveiling of the Jaguar XJR-11 in the paddock at Jarama. We saw the car for very few minutes before… August 1989 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive History lesson The first Le Mans 24 Hours took place in 1923, and this year the 60th edition will be run. The race was not held in 1936 due to strikes, nor… June 1992 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive World Sportscar Championship: Donington 480kms Champion's performance To capture the 1989 World Sports-Prototype Championship, the Mercedes team had to pass a Spitfire 120 times at Donington on September 3. There was a peculiar irony in… October 1989 Issue By Mike Cotton
Archive 13TH MOBIL ECONOMY RUN 13th Mobil Economy Run The problem facing organisers and sponsors of the Mobil Economy Run is not to prove how far cars can travel on each gallon of the product,… June 1967 Issue By Mike Cotton
