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He had unraveled his new car's complexities but, he tells Adam Cooper, could never have anticipated the simple problem that cost him the race The Unser family is synonymous with…

You know the way it is with hot hatches. Each successive generation is more powerful than the last, but only to mask the fact that it's also heavier and less…

J. H. T. Smith's K3 Magnette The K3 MG Magnette burst upon the sporting world in 1933 with an impressive debut; the first prototype took part in the Monte Carlo Rally…

A Can of Worms Dear Reader, A spate of letters have arrived recently containing cuttings from various newspapers, but the majority have been cut from issues of The Times. For…

Having returned from his Continental tour in a 14/45hp Poppe-designed Rover tourer, as we described in the November 1986 MOTOR SPORT, Owen John, whose vintage exploits we are looking back…

We Hear Arising out of the article on the G.N. published in Motor Sport last August, O. A. K. Wilson sends two interesting snapshots, one of a 1921 touring G.N.,…

THE 750 CLAUS IS VORIVIELI Those thirty-five or so readers of MOTOR SPORT who supported the suggestion, published exclusively in the February issue, that an Austin Seven Club, to be…

Entries close on January 10 for the Sunbeam MCC's Pioneer Run for pre1915 machines on March 19. Apply to Marjorie Ayers, 59 Beechwood Road, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 ORE. Among the…

Sir, Without wishing to appear unduly thin skinned I cannot let the imputation conceived in the final paragraph of Mr. Purdy's letter go unanswered. In common with, I am sure,…

"Motor Sport" Visits Specialist Car Manufacturers in the London Area (Further Illustrations will be found in the Centre Pages) With the Big Five of this country—B.M.C., Ford, Standard, Rootes and…

Doug Nye's memories of Innes Ireland reminded me of being in the paddock at Aintree for the GP in the early 1960s. Bruce McLaren was about to go out for…

BRIT GP STAYS AT HOME NEWSPAPER SUGGESTIONS "ITIAT BRANDS Hatch was prepared to move the British Grand Prix outside Britain if planning permission to redevelop the Kent venue for the…