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THE M.G.-A 1600 TWO-SEATER Logine : Four cylinders, 75.4 x 88.9 runt. (1,588 c.c.). Pushrod-operated overhead valves. 8.3-to-1 compression-ratio. 71:q ILIt.p. (net) at 5,600 r.p.m. Gear ratios : First, 15.65…

We have been notified that the Iota 500-c.c. racing car, conceived originally by Dick Caesar and closely resembling the famous Freikaiserwagen in its Silverstone guise, is to be sold as…

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY AT BROOKLANDS WOODING'S NEW TALBOT WINS LOCKE KING TROPHY RACE AT NEARLY 116 M.P.H. DELAHAYE SUPREME IN ROAD CAR RACE GLORIOUS sunshine gave a real holiday air…

It was books and magazines that sparked the young Tony Brooks’s interest in motor sport. With his enthusiasm boosted by visits to Prescott and Shelsley Walsh, Brooks practiced his craft…

Ford-Engined Cars Win 7 Out of 8 Races Goodwood was nearly washed away on March 14th but racing took place just the same; the concrete of the Brooklands' Paddock resisted…

weather BEATEN Enjoy a new freedom with the Volkswagen. Freedom from garaging, from worry over weather deterioration. Freedom to leave your car wherever you like, whatever the weather. Every VW…

Motor Sport Classified Advertisement Section CLOSING DATE first post on the 23rd of the month, for publication on the 1st of the following month.

Following the article we published last January on an M.A.G.-supercharged Volkswagen, we have received many enquiries, while details of other "souped-up"  VWs have been coming at us thick and fast! Before we…

By any standard the Renault 5 equipped with mid-mounted engine and turbocharging is an extraordinary motor car. Its looks are strongly akin to a Gallic cartoon character car, all flying buttresses…

The Spitfire owner of today needs a flying Spitfire to... ...be operationally absolutely safe The proficiency and experience on type of the ratipllying these high performance machines is on a…

The long-awaited debut of the front-engined Scarab Grand Prix car, formerly on show in the Donington Collection, should finally happen at Dijon during the HGPCA races over the weekend of…

Lotus: Team Lotus had problems with their new Type 8o so the idea of taking it to the Californian race was abandoned and they relied on their three trusty Type…