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Sir, I believe that the Soryana Pedrosa referred to in Mr Weaver's letter in your November edition was actually a Soriano Pedroso (presumably the licensing office had difficulty with foreign…

EARLY HILL-CLIMBS bY " BALADEUR" 2. GAILLON, 1899-1900 0;1111111111111111i11111111111114111101111111[1111111111114-1illlililli11111111101111111111l1111D4 crwisim yt.-; the essential require teems of a course for it sprint hill-climb are that it should include hin its short…

Alvis Day will be held on May 28th this year, at the Crystal Palace. Then, besides the S.S. and Jaguar and model-T Ford fixtures at Beaulieu (see "Rumblings" in this…

GOOD GOING IN A FIAT so° To prove that apart from the qualities of economy, reliability and compact size, the Fiat 50 has staying power and reasonable performance, two private…

The Panoz marque is aiming to return to top-flight sports car racing with a new front-engined prototype. Marque founder Don Panoz (above), whose cars won eight American Le Mans Series…

Matters of moment Last month, we previewed Alfa Romeo's impending arrival in the British Touring Car Championship. This month, it's Volvo's turn. The pair of them bring the total number…

For many years the Austin 7 was the popular small car that was raced at Brooklands, its 747cc engine usually declared as 749cc presumably to cover any oversized engines which…

No fewer than four teams could be fighting for the ‘best of the rest’ mantle this season, but for Honda the nightmare is not quite over BMW Sauber, expected by…

Opel Manta Club Only recently floated, the Manta Club is planning its first meeting at Donington Park Circuit on Sunday December 18. With the extraordinary increase in sales of these…

Matters of Moment Racing Improves The Breed IN this issue we describe the new RS200, Ford's exciting new prototype which may go into limited production to form the basis of…

Letters from Readers N.B. -Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and MOTOR SPOR'l does not necessarily associate itself with them. -E

Right from its inception the Austin Motor Company, Ltd. raced their amazing "Seven" and by the outbreak of war it had been so far developed that, in "twin-cam'' form, it…