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A REVIEW Le Mans (Sarthe), June 23rd. This year the Le Mans 24-hour race returned to its normal status of counting towards the Manufacturers' Championship for Sports Cars, because the…

Sir, Further to the letter of David Mathers denigrating the Jaguar XK150 in your March issue, it is possible that a psychologist might interpret his choice of a Capri as…

THE ULSTER TOURIST TROPHY. LEA FRANCIS, DRIVEN BY KAYE DON, SCORES ITS FIRST BIG WIN IN RACE PACKED WITH EXCITEMENT. AUGUST 18th, 1928, is a date that should rank high…

Sydney Allard made f.t.d. in 48.36 sec. in the Steyr-Allard. Warburton (Allard) made the best sports-car time, in 52.78 sec., and the "500s" had a rare battle amongst themselves, Lones…

Citroën BX – more European You cannot be indifferent to Citroëns. "Typically French" is most people's reaction to an infuriating mixture of excellent design, outstanding ride and powerfully servo-ed brakes,…

The eyes of the World have been on Wales recently, when they were not on America and the Moon. So it is appropriate that we should refer to a Welsh…

Sir, Much as I enjoyed Bill Boddy's article about the racing history of Herbert Austin's Sevens, I was disappointed that he did not include in the competition history the only…

Austin Sevens, Ford Eights and Tens were popular chassis for mounting special bodies upon until the advent of the Mini and other small, cheap cars took away the need for…

THIS new car from Audi is now available in Europe and will be coming to the UK in right hand drive form early next year. A visit to Vienna recently…

Sir, There was almost certainly a Dorman-engined Palladium car fitted with this automatic transmission. Dormans were considering producing this unit, made a few prototypes, and still had engineering drawings a…

AUTO UNIONS HEADLINE AT 25TH MONTEREY HISTORICS FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME, AUTO Unions featured at an American meeting when Audi displayed four of its silver pre-war racers and the…

Sir, I am at present busy collecting information and doing research for a book on the Rover SD1 Vitesse. I wonder if it would be possible via yourselves to ask…