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VW isoo CONTROLS AND FACIA LAYOUT NOTES.—The control layout is mainly self-explanatory from the diagram and key below. The very small push-buttons have identification symbols and are generally convenient but…

A Porsche day Palermo, Sicily, May 8th. After carrying on the traditions of his uncle, the one and only Vicenzo Florio, so successfully last year, Vicenzo Paladino once again took on the…

Sir, Having been a reader of Motor Sport for something approaching forty years and learning over this period that you have a penchant for accuracy and rightly so, I write to respectfully…

SPEED its Necessity EVERY time a citizen of the British Empire sets up a new speed record, whether on land, sea or in the air, it is bringing us one…

Sir, I noticed some correspondence in the Sept. and Oct. issues concerning M. G. Magnette Na. BHX 238, and can add a little information which might prove of interest. This…

Most of it is concealed from view, but F1's super-stiff springing is crucial to keeping the power on, By Gordon Cruickshank Today's suspension solutions look radically different from only 20…

I was ready. I wasn't going to be caught out. I'd heard all about it, the backhanders, the back biting more moves than the Kasparov/Short epic, they said. I bought…

RUMBLINGS The Earls Court Exhibition was a success in every way, and 562,954 people attended—a record. As so much has been written about it, we will content ourselves with a…

Bill Boddy has been contributing to MOTOR SPORT for 70 years and was its editor for over 50 of them. Here he reflects on the life and often curious times…

Motoring history holds all manner of interesting items. Recently I learned that VCC member Mike Bradbrook has owned for the past four years a very desirable 1910 24/30hp touring Nagant,…

Catterick Speed Hill-Climb always attracts a large entry and plenty of spectators. On Whit-Sunday, this year, 3,000 people watched the entry of 85 cars make their two runs up the…

Many entries arrived for this event and the Paddock was as crowded as it generally is on a large club race meeting in mid-season. The competitors were scheduled to run…