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For Comfortable Driving. The Ashley " Brooklands " steeringwheel has become firmly established in favour among sporting motorists since its introduction, and is now fitted as standard on the following…

Sir, I was interested in Mr Trenungs letter regarding overdriven new cars. In the 1920's Morris Motors came up with the simple idea of fitting a washer between the carburetter flange and…

THE SPORT ABROAD WITH the coming of April the motor racing season may be said to open in earnest, and the first really big event of the Continental Feason, the…

Further to your article in the current issue of MOTOR SPORT, you might be interested in two vehicles that my wife and I consider to be our "Ideal Pair". We…

Doug Nye is remarkably prescient in this month’s Motor Sport. When he filed his story about Formule Libre and mused how ‘run what you brung’ could find itself back in…

When I was a kid, someone gave me an EP – remember them? – of the BRM V16 on full noise. I once told Stirling Moss about it. "I'm surprised,"…

THE J.C.C. HIGH SPEED RELIABILITY TRIAL (May 2nd). On going to Press, particulars are to hand of the High Speed Reliability Trial organised by the/J.C.C., which is something quite new…

Sir, I was interested to read DSJ's article about Gillie Tyree and NKA 9. I can well remember him passing my parents' house on the A59 on Sunday mornings, testing…

The old stars couldn't stop Rob Collinge from taking his second East African Safari Classic win. By Franca Davenport "It may have been two days shorter, but this was a…

Sir, Apropos the comparatively poor performance of the 1939 Grand Prix Mercedes-Benz in America referred to in your February issue, surely this confirms the opinion, expressed by many, that without…

Monte Carlo Rally Much has been said of the technical achievement of Audi in producing a four-wheel-drive car which has not only the power to win rallies but handling properties…

Vauxhall launch has press running for the hillclimbs Tried my hand at non- Goodwood hillclimbing for the first time, thanks to a novel idea by Vauxhall’s PR team to hold…