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LIFE STORY OF A DELAGE CECIL CLUTTON explains what it is like to own and drive a twenty-seven year old 10+litre racing car in modern times IN 1940, when we…

Smiths of England MILESTONES SERIES No Dashboard of Car of 1906 fitted with " Smith" Instruments From the day when, 40 years ago, Sir Allan GordonSmith sold his first speedometer…

There's one born every 24 seconds! That is Peugeot Talbot's claim about its precocious baby, the 205, which has been a best-seller from its birth in 1983. Now it comes…

It's hard to relate 1990s Peugeot with the company that used to turn out angular creations in the 204/304 mould. The 205 marked the dawning of a new era of…

BODIES AND RULES AND THINGS ON CLUBS AND CREDIT for the good management of motoring sport rests with a number of leading organisations, and full and unstinted praise is due…

A Successful Gamble Lotus cars and high risks have always been synonymous. The December 1982 death of Colin Chapman and the 1986 acquisition of Lotus Cars by General Motors has…

Reutemann all the way Osterreichring, Knittelfeld, August 18th There were quite a lot of changes to the Grand Prix scene in the lower echelons, caused by accident, changes of heart,…

The two works Ferraris driven by Surtees and Mairesse were virtually identical and were developed from a model built for the Italian Grand Prix last year, but not raced. It…

Forward to America this month, circuit spectating and driving to see how manufacturers promote their wares to the World's biggest car market. Ironically we watched Jaguar win the final IMSA…

The travel books dealt with recently in this feature seem to have attracted another book of a similar nature, namely, " Round France In A Motor" by C. Neville (Cambridge,…

THE MOTOR-CYCLE TOURIST TROPHY RACES. Although motor-cycle racing is not within the scope of MOTOR SPORT, we feel that the T.T. races have an especial appeal for motorists. ENTRI.E,S for…

Sir, Referring to Mr. Kobayashi's interesting letter last month on the FWD Alvis in Tokyo, perhaps the following information may be of help. The Chassis number on the FWD Alvis…