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THE LEINSTER TROPHY CAR RACE WELL-DESERVED VICTORY FOR MISS FAY TAYLOUR DRIVING AN ADLERMANY CRASHES BUT NO FATALITIES. THE Leinster Motor Cycle and Car Club madetheir first attempt last month…

Cruising on the open road We should characterise the Delahaye as an extremely hearty and vivid motor car. Even in a run 'round the houses' the car leaps forward in…

Sir, Can it be that the redoubtable Jean-Marie Balestre actually reads Motor Sport? The question inevitably arises given the remarkable similarity between the new World Sportscar Formula limiting fuel-tank capacity…

A YEAR OF RECORDS. c. C. WAKEFIELD & CO. have produced an attractive little booklet entitled "Achievements of 1931 " which tells of the achievements of British drivers and pilots,…

I have often wondered what became of the fixtures and fittings and artefacts of The Steering Wheel Club. There were innumerable great photographs, but also more unconventional items, like the…

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…