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Fatalities mar Paris-Dakar Alarm over the worsening safety record of the gruelling Paris-Dakar desert endurance event has been fuelled by a series of accidents which, as we went to press,…

Luxury cruiser It always happens the same way. The sudden lurch of anxiety as you realise that something is wrong, tense moments while a suitable stopping place is sought, the…

By "Baladeur" "Paris — Bordeaux! The very name conjures up old memories, grim and fierce, and thrilling fights amongst those whose names are now almost forgotten, but who, on the…

Sir, I started to read Motor Sport in 1953, became hooked on DSJ, but walked away when it went into decline. I returned in '97 and enjoy it enormously, especially…

The following is the answer provided by Bill Ward of Vauxhall Motors Ltd, to a reader who owns one of these fine cars : The 30/98 Vauxhall "Wensum" was inspired…

Northern Comfort Saab's first production car, the 92, started coming off the assembly line in 1950. It was a 2-cylinder, 2-stroke 764cc engine developing 25 bhp. It was instantly distinguishable…

Two Special Cars. SIR,-With reference to Mr. Bowles' racing car (April issue, page 256), it seems probable that this car is the Bora which was driven at the Track some…

Two Contrasting Cars An experience which I enjoyed recently was trying that compact luxury-car, the BMW 528 in its latest form. The car which Raymond Playfoot produced for me was…

p>Sir, I agree with Mr. Robert I. Whyte that the Wolseley Register is a little presumptuous in claiming the Wolseley as Britain's First Car. When I was preparing the text…

Morgan Plus 4 It is odds-on that when the first Motor Show of the twenty-first century opens, the Morgan stand will look little different from today. Flowing wings, projecting headlamps…

Sir, What an extraordinary thing that in all the sixty one cars owned over the years by Gerald Crozier, there is not a single Alvis! It is difficult to understand…

Club News WE HEAR The ex-works " Rubber-Duck " Austin Seven single-seater that went ottt to New Zealand now has a Ford engine installed. Cat folk are rightly intolerant of…