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As part of the celebrations for their 50th Anniversary Jack Barclay Ltd., the World's largest Rolls-Royce and Bentley distributors, are to sponsor the first post-war race for vintage Bentleys on…

British Sunbeam wins the Monte Carlo Rally There are "tougher" rallies than the Monte Carlo, the Liege-Rome-Liege and the Alpine for example, and luck plays it's part in all rallies,…

By "Baladeur" The Editor informs me that a motoring journalist has been seriously suggesting that the Rolls-Royce is no longer the best car in the world, and that he has…

The 13th annual hastings Direct Bexhill 100 International Festival of Motoring will take place along the seafront at Bexhill-on-Sea on May 46. This year marks the centenary of the first…

The XJR-6 was the car that brought Jaguar back into the endurance sportscar winning circle, after an absence of 30 years. Mark Hales gets behind the wheel The Jaguar XJR-6…

IndyCar's engine war This year’s IndyCar series has been re-invigorated by the return of competition between engine manufacturers. Honda was IndyCar’s sole supplier over the past six years but this…

Whenever I am in Italy, I visit my old friend Romolo Tavoni at his home outside Modena. Tavoni is now 85, in poor health and in receipt of hospital treatment,…

Sir, I have worried about the problem of the lack of lane discipline of which RJ Wade complains (Motor Sport, April 1988) for some time. The phenomenon does not only…

A Belt-Up Compromise I fully appreciate that nobody should be compelled to wear a seat-belt; undoubtedly for a few this would mean compulsory death. Nevertheless if everybody did wear a…

A FAMILY TEAM It is unusual, to say the least of it, for three members of a family to take the same interest in motoring events, but the success of…

More than 20 sensational Group C sportscars is set to race alongside the FIA Thoroughbred GP Championship and the Aston Martin Owners Club's own series at its 60th Anniversary extravaganza…

Sirs, I congratulate you on the quality of your recent pictures of the steamer 'L'Obeissante' built by my great-grandfather Amedee Bollee, which clearly show this machine was the first automobile…