Use of Redundant Airfields for Motor Sport The following is an extract from the motor sport bulletin published by the Royal Automobile Club's Competitions Department early in July : "In…

It is sad to report that Coventry Climax Ltd recently passed into the hands of a receiver. Though for the past twenty years the company has been chiefly known for…

Sir, I would like to agree with the Editorial comment concerning the publishing of sensational photographs, where spectators are involved in a crash.   Such pictures are in bad taste,…

Horse, or horseless, age? Motor Sport's suggestion that to combat the increasing persecution of motorists a powerful protection society is to be welcomed has met with an enthusiastic response and…

Sir, "Matters of Moment" in the April issue, on "Easter Eggs", was indeed most welcome, but I do hope it has not raised the prices beyond the ordinary man's pocket…

Alain Peltier and Jean-Louis Lafosse won the first round of this year's European Touring Car Championship at Monza in their 3.5-litre BMW CSL. In the absence of the works teams…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itselfwith them.—Ed. AUCTION SALE PROCEDURE Sir, My Lagonda V12 was entered in the July Sotheby auction…

The right road When we realised that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer was named after a car, our hopes rose. They were far less optimistic after we had heard…

Osterreichring, Knitteffeld, August 17th In torrential rain with a back-drop of thunder and lightning the Austrian Grand Prix started over one hour late with conditions officially declared to be "wet",…

Sir, I have resisted the temptation for two or three months to write to you on the subject of Triumph TRs, expecting enthusiasm for these cars to be sufficiently unimportant…

Sir, I refer to Clive Richardson's article on the DTV Chevette and Cavalier cars tested by him recently. He gives the impression that we tried to by-pass him with the…

After many months of rumour, Jaguar's successor to the Championship-winning XJR-9 has made its race debut. The XJR-10 is powered not by the faithful 7-litre V12, but by an all-new…