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N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them.—Ed. "Shopping for a Derby Bentley" Sir, The above article—in the July issue—has been…

In the early afternoon of August 5th the millionth VW came off the assembly lines of the Volkswagenwerk at Wolfsburg. This significant milestone in production of the post-war VW was…

"ENDURANCE," featuring Jean Lodge, Michael Medwin and Guy Middleton. A Cecil Mask Production. Endurance is sub-titled a Fantasy of Le Mans and was filmed for the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.…

Sir, In the mid-sixties I carefully extracted Geoff Goddard's Fangio portrait from Georgano's Encyclopedia of Motorsport, framed it and hung it over my bed. That was as close to the…

HE ROYAL GRAND PRIX E ARCANGELI WINNEI ON MASERA F all the races which are run nowadays the Royal Grand Prix of Rome approximates perhaps most nearly to the French…

THE AVUS GRANI) PRIX MORE than 200,000 people assembled to watch the race which resulted in a narrow win for Von Branchitsh is a Mercedes, who beat Caracciola on an…

A contrast between the Honda and the Sprite In the white corner, ladies and gentlemen, we have the challenger from Japan. A light, lively newcomer from the Orient full of new…

Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have…

Sir, I was delighted to see your profiles on the Porsche RS 3.0 and the RSR 2.8 in the April issue as I have been researching their histories for several…

Sir, In the first 12 months of owning one of these delightful automobiles, I covered 34,700 miles. Much of this mileage was done its this country, some of it on…

Michael C. Sedgwick From Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Michael C. Sedgwick, who died at Midhurst, Sussex in October at the age of 57, was a world renowned authority on the…

The Hamlyn Group has added the Austin Allegro to its Pearson's Car Guide series. It costs a modest 75p.