Articles from the archive

I suppose that the 1979 Italian GP at Monza, when Gilles and I were second and first and I won the world championship, has to be my most spectacular race,…

Dear AH, It is around this time of the year that I begin to get the fidgets and feel it is time that I heard the sound of a racing…

Road Test We have the FIA to thank for the current rash of homologation specials. The recent alteration of minimum production requirements from 400 to 200 for Group B has…

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"MG — Past & Present" by Rivers Fletcher. 240 pp. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" (Gentry Books Ltd., 15, Pont Street, London, SW1Y SEll. £9.95). This is a most entertaining…

A brief perusal Compared to earlier years Motorfair has become far less dealer-orientated when the sale of secondhand cars was part of the so-called attraction, until it has now taken…

Sir, In the caption of the photo showing Giuseppe Campari after the finish of the 1924 French GP (April), his "strained co-driver" surely deserved to be named: he is Alfa's…

After two previous Cats' Eyes many complaints were made that the rally was too easy, and after the latest in the series many were the complaints that it was too…

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself, as the World Championship sports car teams were reminded when they went to Canada. The first and last time Group C was…

The best supercharged road engine? If the craze for straight-eight engines was almost universally disastrous, as W. B. describes opposite, the story of the vee-eight configuration has been one of…

Sir, Knowing your interest in the rarities of the Motoring World, I venture to forward a photograph which, by an extremely lucky chance; came my way recently. It portrays an…

A N ew MG. Model for this Season The 18/80 M.G. Six 2-Seater Sports. Details of the Mark H. T. new factory of the M.G. Car Company at Abingdon is…