The term "kit car" has some unfortunate connotations. It brings to mind ads like "Build a Bugatti for £500!!" which entail the purchaser in converting a rusty Triumph Herald into…

Honda's Integra fills a vital gap in its model range. It's a pleasantly styled, competent car without being a class leader. Some of the components are already familiar, like the…

Last November we received a package containing photographs and negatives taken at the Borehamwood race meetings in the early Fifties. A reader had been sorting out his late father's effects,…

Mazda Turbo 4x4 It seems hardly a month goes by without some manufacturer launching a car into the `hot hatch' segment of the market and the strides made during the…

Forty years ago the sport was shaken to its very core by the Le Mans disaster. Indeed, it almost shuddered to a standstill. Of course, the human toll of that…

This month, we profile four classic sports cars of the 1970s, and point out some of the pitfalls potential buyers may face. Sports car fans were spoiled for choice in…

The folklore of Le Mans insists that the 24-hour event in June is the supreme test of cars and drivers, the grand prix of speed and endurance. The French can…

At the 1954 Motor Show was a stand on which was displayed two fibreglass-bodied Kieft Climax 1100 cc sports cars, one in racing trim, one in road trim, and an…

Ford Escort RS Turbo Packaging is everything At the end of last year, Ford announced that it would build 5,000 examples of a new model, the Escort RS Turbo. When…

Fiat Uno Turbo ie A little Cracker! When Fiat introduced its turbocharged Uno to the UK in July, the combination of the British Grand Prix and our production schedule meant…

On the eve of another new Formula One season, the FIA President spoke to Mike Lawrence about his immediate objectives for Grand Prix racing, and the sport as a whole…

If you were told that a car designer had built his own house, had used carefully stressed wood extensively in its construction, and had designed it to be aerodynamically sound,…