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Sir, My sympathy is with your correspondent P. Everard of Luton who complains in the January issue of the increase from 2 1/2p to 12p in the price of Esso…

C.R. Farquharson recalls his motoring experiences and enthuses over the Bugatti and Aston-Martin. Further contributions under this heading, amateur and "professional" are cordially invited. – Ed. With some temerity I…

Sir, After watching me work on my newly-acquired 20/25 Rolls-Royce, one of my neighbours brought me the negative which produced this print of her father's old Renault, circa 1922 or…

THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. Marred by the unfortunate accident in which Torchy, who was driving a Delage, lost his life, the Spanish Grand Prix was won by Divot on a…

Jaguar 2.4, 3.4, 3.8. Is service satisfactory? 72.4% of Jaguar owners found the service satisfactory, 19.8% are dissatisfied, 2.8% carry out their own servicing and 5% made no comment under this…

Sir, Just wanted to thank Motor Sport for making the magazine available on the iPad. As I've gotten older my eyesight is not what it used to be, but with…

No Connection With Any Other Firm S. LEWIS'S Museum : Aiuseurn : OF 4793. 4793. Racing, Flying & MItor Clothing Fame 27, Carburton St., LONDON, W. 1. 10% Discount to…

San Marino Grand Prix Imola .6 May Imola is in the heart of Ferrari Imola is right in the heart of Ferrari country where the Italian fans display a sporting…

My French dictionary quotes two English meanings for the word raid. The first is 'raid or hit-and-run attack' and the second, when used in conjunction with automobile, is 'long-distance car…

Mr. J. P. Hillhouse died last year, aged 86. In 1909 he designed the 15/30 BSA car engine and later became Chief Engineer to the Calthorpe Motor Co. Ltd., where…

Automatically Smart More than a quarter million Porsche 911s have been made since the September 1963 inauguration of a production car that actually deserves that abused adjective, 'Classic'. More than…

by George A. Oliver. 14 pp. 14 in. s: 18 3/4 in. (Hugh Evelyn Ltd., 9, Fitzroy Square, London, W. 1. 63s.) Here is another of those enormous acreages of…