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Sir, Having just read your comments on the Fiat 125 Special in November MOTOR SPORT I thought you might be interested in my experience with an ordinary 125 (the Special…

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SPORTING MACHINES ON TEST. THE MODEL 90 SUNBEAM. BY THE ASSISTANT EDITOR. I T has been our duty to ride many sports models, and our pleasure to ride a few.…

Vintage enthusiasts generally are against modifying vintage cars. But sometimes an impecunious enthusiast craves improved performance, yet can only afford an elderly chassis. So, keeping an open mind, we present…

For the last couple of years I've been working on a biography of Piers Courage, and it's been fascinating to talk to all who knew him well. But there's one…

It is always reassuring to have evidence that car manufacturers find motor racing and rallying at all levels a definite help in sale promotion, as well, perhaps, as being a…

Brighton Double Sir, This year I drove the London to Brighton twice on the same day in my 1901 single-cylinder 7½hp Renault. Do you know if I have set a…

After a somewhat lean year of Formula One, Denis Hulme came to the fore in the final round of the 1969 World Championship series at Mexico City on October 19th.…

In Formula 1 the world can change in a weekend. A struggling team is suddenly a potential contender, while a double World Champion has trouble finding an empty seat By…

May 22nd The new Spa-Francorchamps circuit in south-east Belgium, near the German frontier, may be only half the length of the old original one that dated back to 1922, but it…

EDITORIAL NOTES. From the list of Sporting Fixtures for the coming season, it looks as though we are going to have some very interesting events and that the motorist who…

W HERE there's fire there's smoke"— but the unusual activity suggested by the illustration is really indicative of the spirit that prevails in the Telamite works. All the Telamite workers…