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– Mecum Auctions – On May 19-23 Mecum is offering more than 1750 collector cars for sale at its Dana Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction. Among these are a handful…

The Fiat 500D is of interest not only because in spite of increased Import Duty it remains, at an all-in price of £410, the least expensive 4-wheeled car on the…

I was always an enthusiast for the vivacious Simca Arondes, with their air of distant relationship to lively Fiat models of approximately similar engine size. Chrysler tended to embarrass Simca…

Some recent correspondence has reminded me of how we ran the famous 1924 Grand Prix Sunbeam on the public road. The STD Register had been having its annual rally at…

HESKETH RESIGNS AS BRDC ARGUMENTS RUMBLE ON CONTINU I I) AN( 'F Al' THE BRITISI I Racing Drivers' Club. Hot on the heels of the surprise resignation of the club's…

Motor Sport talks to the former Lotus designer behind the successful Parnelli USAC car Maurice Phillipe left Team Lotus, where he had worked elbow to elbow with Colin Chapman on…

Some Cars in War-Time S. H. Statham reminds us that, war or no war, you can't quench enthusiasm for the Sport.—Ed. IF taken merely as a matter of miles, my…

THE little Fiat 126 is an appropriate car to road-test at the present time and makes an interesting contrast to the Aston Martin V8 reported on elsewhere in this issue.…

WOLSELEY HORNET. 1933, 12 thp.E.W. Daytona Special. p.o.c.H.Ltd., 1933, 12 thp.E.W. Daytona Special. 12 2-4 seater, black and green, twin carburetters, one owner, very small mileage, practically new condition. 179…

  Günther Schmid  -  Charismatic if volatile F1 team boss This German owner of two Formula One teams has died, aged 72, after fighting a brain tumour for more than…

V.S.C.C. Prescott Hill-Climb (August 16th) Hot weather prevailed but times were slow. Arnold-Forster, having cancelled his entry because he thought his Delage engine had seized, found all was well, so…

This took place at the 34th B.A.R.C. Members' Meeting at Goodwood on April 25th, on the usual points system. A splendid entry of 125 cars had been received but, alas,…