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CHIRO AND CHINETTI WIN THE BELGIAN "24" THREE ALFA ROMEOS COVER GREATEST DISTANCE. CLASS VICTORIES FOR GRAHAM-PAIGE, BUGATTI, ALFA ROMEO, F.N. AND AMILCAR. THE Belgian 24 Hours Race differs from…

Many cars work better on paper than in the real world, and this is one. The Scirocco range is curious because you can’t just choose whichever best suits your budget…

I went to North America to see a Swedish manufacturer demonstrate its durability with a record-breaking 20 days at Talladega, Alabama, in a trio of production Saab 9000 saloons. We…

Here we are again in the seductive atmosphere of the Motor Show, our Motor Show, in the heart, or very nearly so, of the Metropolis. There is something secure, snug…

It was not so long ago that anyone in Britain who wanted to go motor racing had to buy a foreign car, preferably with foreign mechanics - and the use…

Home again Ten years after the last Measham Trophy Rally was run, the event has once again been established on the VSCC calendar. The intervening years saw a series of…

On September 15/16 Ferrari will attempt to set the record for the 'Largest Parade of Ferrari Cars' in history at Silverstone circuit. Ferrari Racing Days has received over 1000 entries…

Following my piece on pit-signals (August) I reread Prince Chula's book Wheels at Speed. He explains the signals were "a round black disc with a white number for number of…

Qualified: 7th Finished: 3rd "I wasn't going to qualify well here any way; the only way to get some success out of the weekend was drive the best I could…

Sir, The trouble experienced by Cholmondeley Tapper on his blown Type 37 Bugatti — the loss of oil through the breather - still happens! My son cured it by lengthening…

This is the car with which Audi will attempt to regain its Le Mans 24 Hours crown from Peugeot in June. The heavily reworked front-end aerodynamics of the R15 are…

The BDC Museum.—We don't know what made us think about the private museum of the Bentley DC unless it was driving a Ford Escort RS, which, like a vintage Bentley,…