Archive Stig dumps Skoda for assault on Pikes Peak record Buoyed by his superb finish on year's RAC Rally – third in a Skoda – rallying legend Stig Blomqvist has turned his attention to more outrageous matters: the first sub-10… June 1998 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Lotus sale There is a whiff of desperation about the news that Lotus’ Malaysian owners HiCom have instructed Britain’s most famous sportscar marque to sell off the family silver – like the… June 1998 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Parting Shot Nürburgring 1000km, 1964 Ludovico Scarfiotti (third nearest to camera) appears to be jumping to his Ferrari 275P, which he would share to victory with Nino Vaccarella. But he's up with… October 2005 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive "Your Book of Veteran and Edwardian Cars" An idea for the Christmas gift for young followers of veteran and Edwardian motoring is "Your Book of Veteran and Edwardian Cars", by John Coleman, illustrated by Harry Tacker's drawings… December 1971 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive "Car Electrics Made Simple" and "Make the Most of Your Car" Charles Letts & Co. Ltd. (remember the Brooklands/MG association?), Diary House, Borough Road, London, SE2, have published two little soft-cover books, "Car Electrics Made Simple", by Roy H. Bacon, CEng,… December 1971 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive "Valve Mechanisms for High-Speed Engines" "Valve Mechanisms for High-Speed Engines" by the late Philip H. Smith, FIMech.E., MSAE (Foulis, £4.60), has gone into a second edition, edited and revised by L. J. K. Setright. Motor… December 1971 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Hammer down Racers that are going, going, gone... The Bonhams sale at the Silverstone Classic meeting in August saw mixed results. Chairman Robert Brooks personally headed the auction. Competition cars included Brun… October 2005 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive The Things They Say . . . "'Just give us an automatic transmission—Porsche thought—and we'll have an everyman's car, every man who can afford over 86,300 that is.' Well it doesn't work. Not only is Sportomatic a… May 1968 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Grand Precursor A hundred years ago France hosted the final Gordon Bennett Cup. It would be the end of the first set of international motor races; because of the restrictive rules the… October 2005 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Club for Jaguar Sports Car Owners? Owners of Jaguar XK120, 140, 150, C-type and D-type cars interested in forming a club catering exclusively for these models are invited to drop a line to A. P. Henshall,… May 1968 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive V-E-V miscellany, December 1971, December 1971 A piece in the Yorkshire Post, by lain Smith, reports on the number of ancient motor vehicles still in regular use in Montevideo, due, apparently, to a tax system which… December 1971 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive The small Alfa Although not yet available and no price has been announced in Britain, Alfa Romeo have unveiled their rumoured small car which is being built in a completely new factory in… December 1971 Issue By Motor Sport