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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…

Sir, Mr Lyon and Mr Goodman have risen to the bait contained in our March editorial. I can see nothing therein which detracts from the well-known fact that speed, properly…

Sir, Should your correspondent fit the continental beam Q.I. lamps he proposes, I think he would be well advised to wait till he gets back to hairy Zambia. In my…

By The British Racing Drivers Club Motor Racing Publications Ltd, £175.00. ISBN 1 899870 37 7 Now this is a work to be cherished, every bit as much for its…

TECHNOLOGY OF THE Fl CAR BY NIGEL MACIGNIGHT ISBN 1-874557-68-3 Published by Hazleton Publishing, £14.99 WE ALL KNOW HOW secretive Fl teams are, so a book daiming to show you…

In from the cold Tom Walkinshaw's most surprising recruit for last year's five-car Le Mans challenge was an American Porsche driver who was almost unknown in Europe. But Price Cobb…

The first race meeting of the season at Snetterton came at the end of a warm spell and icy winds blew across the airfield all day, interspersed with bouts of…

THE EX-ZBOROWSKI HISPANO Sir, After reading the first of Mr. Karslake's articles on the " banana-squeezers " I unwittingly bought what turned out to be this chassis. Since then, of…