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SOUTHPORT AGAIN Southport sands became the scene of motor-racing for the first time this year on April 25th. The surface was far from dry, and in the big race of…

We hear Hispanos are in the news now. Apart from Peacock's, Metcalfe has a 27-hp 1929 saloon with high-pressure boots for sale, and Lt Rayner-Green, RA, has found what appears to be a…

Sir, I was interested to read Mr. Karslake's letter regarding the Enfield. My uncle had one of these cars, a 1914 model open tourer, dark green 5-seater, with dark green…

Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan gives his forthright views on the grand prix season so far, and an insight as to what we can expect from all the participants.…

Sir, I don't suppose that you have ever expected Motor Sport, a magazine of notably conservative opinion, to be subject to the attention of official censorship, but I'm afraid that I…

IN car article on the activities of the Trade and Industry behind the scenes in Formula I we stressed the work of AP-Lockheed on brakes and associated mechanisms and inadvertently…

Mercedes-Benz W196 Last of the Silver Arrows by Michael Riedner. 325 pp. 10N" x 9". Haynes Publishing Group, Spark ford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. £29.95. Not another Mercedes book! That…

The way in which John Tojeiro became a constructor is typical of the Fifties — he built a special intending to race it himself then first one, then another, customer…

The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1954 (Continued from the January issue) About this time Michael Christie, in between making f.t.d. at numerous sprint venues, invited…

Air Mail May we, through you and your readers good offices. see whether we can unlock any history or trace of our former property. Messerschntitt "Taifun" G-AFRN? We know its…

Speculation about a possible future for Nico Rosberg at Ferrari has ended after the German extended his deal with Mercedes. Already under contract for 2012, Rosberg has a ‘multi-year’ deal…

The second of the Jubilee Cavalcades organised by the S.M.M.T., in collaboration with civic authorities and aided by the V.C.C. and V.S.C.C., took place in just-fine weather at Cardiff on…