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Before he helped conceive the world's first supersonic car, this month's 'victim' designed missiles. So it is perhaps no surprise that his choice is this stunning piston—engined 'Exocet' Ron Ayers…

Ever since the M.G.-B was introduced it has been the subject of snide remarks from the competition fraternity on the score that it is too heavy to be anything but…

THE FERNIHOUGH-MORGAN. By ITS PASSENGER. A Brief Descriptive History of a most Interesting Vehicle. WHEN E. C. Fernihough started racing in 1923, his De Luxe Model Morgan, fitted with a…

The majority of people rate the Volkswagen Golf GTi, dating from 1976, as one of the best, if not the top small car. Some 10,000 RHD Golf GTi's have been sold…

Sir, Having been an avid reader of MOTOR SPORT and Denis Jenkinson for over 30 years I long since realise that D.S.J. has a number of prejudices which he likes…

CONTINENTAL TOURING A Word on Litres, Metres and Miles This year promises to prove a notable one for Continental touring, and already with summer only half over, record numbers of…

The Japanese GP will return to Suzuka in 2009, after Bernie Ecclestone gave the Honda-owned track a surprise reprieve. The Japanese race has moved to Fuji Speedway this year, and…

Angela Rippon, BBC Newscaster, is a girl of many parts. When we received a BBC hand-out announcing that she was to have her own BBC Motoring Programme, we tried to…

A small entry of eight Formula One cars attended the non-championship "Grand Premio Repubblica Italiana" at Vallelunga near Rome on June 18th, the date originally scheduled for the cancelled Dutch…

BRITAIN'S CHALLENGE FOR THE HARMS WORTH TROPHY. ON September 2nd the thoughts of all motor-boat enthusiasts will be of the Harmsworth Trophy race at Detroit, U.S.A. This year's race will…

After selling something like two dozen Aston Martin V8 cars from a sales base in Hampshire, ex-Grand Prix driver Innes Ireland has now moved across to Oxfordshire, where he has…

Tony Southgate has gone from the 750 Motor Club to Formula One glory and Le Mans, and then back again The 750 Motor Club has always served as a nursery…