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Mario Andretti is not given to hero-worship. He will readily concede that Alberto Ascari was the man who fired in him the ambition to race cars, but that was an…

From "The Story of Sandhurst", by Hugh Thomas (Hutchinson, 1961), I take the following: "The 'twenties were wild at Sandhurst as elsewhere. The development of the motor car made visits…

News from the main auction houses around the world — RM AUCTIONS — The upcoming Villa d'Este sale in Italy on May 21 will include some extremely special racers and…

AIR An Occasional Section Devoted to Aeronautical Affairs Commemorating a DH Anniversary ON SEPTEMBER 10th 1910 Sir Geoffrey de NeviHand, son of a clergyman, who was to found the great…

The Christmas Light Brigade Our Founder Editor was joined by members of the VSCC Light Car Section to recreate a festive cross-country dash Among the Motor Cycle Club's prominent and…

Road Atlanta, USA PEUGEOT MADE IT THREE WINS FROM three in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup at Road Atlanta in October. Franck Montagny, Stéphane Sarrazin and Alex Wurz sealed a…

Having referred recently to a country side book in which the author admitted to using an early Austin 7 for her travels, I was amused when, after reading only as…

Last month we published some extracts from letters written home to her family during 1917 by Miss Hyacinth Hunter, a spirited young ASC driver seconded to the Royal Arsenal at…

Going by the book Dear Reader, Last month I was on about lavish and expensive books; this month a book with a difference has arrived. This is the 1988 Year…

V to C Miscellany Arising out of the recent reference in MOTOR SPORT to the 1927 Ensbury Park air races, Barry Stapleton writes to say that his 1928 FWD Alvis…

Another reader, seeing my article on the Ford V8, wrote from Gibraltar to say that in 1958 he was told of an Armstrong Siddeley Sportsman's coupe that was for sale…

Alejandro De Tomaso The founder of the De Tomaso marque died recently in Italy, aged 75, having suffered ill health for the last 10 years. Although Argentinian by birth, De…