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A GUIDE TO 1939 HIGH PERFORMANCE CARS THIS LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS AND DATA HAS BEEN COMPILED TO ASSIST THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF A FAST CAR IN THE DIFFICULT MATTER OF…

Sandown Park 360kms Southern stars One defeat doesn't end a war, but the Silk Cut Jaguar team went down badly at Sandown Park, Melbourne on November 20, trounced by AEG…

Motoring into Motorfair Naturally, the approach to the Autumn motor shows of Frankfurt and London Motorfair is littered with new car launches. We have been ruthless in our selection of cars, but…

After a certain amount of alarm and despondency the Dutch organisers managed to raise the finance necessary to organise their Grand Prix, and, in fact, they did better than expected…

Fifty years to the month after Donington ran its last racing car Grand Prix, the Historic Grand Prix Car Association is running a 100-mile race for these cars at the…

Shortly before the South African GP, Longines announced that it was withdrawing as F1's official timekeeper. Like Mercedes-Benz, a couple of months beforehand, it cited ecological reasons for its decision.…

The Robinson "Redwing" Attractive New Light 'Plane with Side-by-Side Seating. CERTAIN amount of criticism has been levelled at aircraft manufacturers during the last year or so for carrying out a…

Motor Sport had this rotary engined coupe from Japan for the latter half of 1981, during which time it covered some 12,000 trouble free miles. Its sleek external appearance had…

Three wins may not sound earth-shaking. But, as its designer explains to Keith Howard, Maranello's '89 car moved the goalposts Designed by Briton John Barnard following his departure from McLaren…

CONTENTS. PAGE Editorial Notes ... ... ... ..• 35 Cars for the R.A.C. Grand Prix ... ••• ... ..• 36-39 Sporting Cars on Road and Track, the 6-cyl. O.M. ...…

Sir, I have just read this month's copy (December) of MOTOR SPORT and was deeply interested in a letter, or should I say, three letters, concerning a most loveable car,…

When the USA was a long way away, American cars were a rare sight in European competition. Bill Boddy recalls two which made it to Brooklands and brought a flavour…