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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…

As four new teams emerge this season to take on the Formula 1 establishment, there’s no shortage of doubters prophesying their early downfall. It’s an echo of exactly 40 years…

Autocourse (e-Book edition) A detailed record of the 1971 season For Motor Sport loyalists this will be familiar territory. Our own archive discs, which for anyone with a computer opened…

Sir, I was rather interested in Mr. Morgan's letter "More Fords," as I had the following experience with "Britain's number one car." Whilst on holiday at Bournemouth my 105E lost…

The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1955 Looking back twelve months, I find that in 1955 my "score" of road-test cars numbered 17. The year 1953…

Sir, During the recent "British Week" here in Munich the British Leyland Company presented a small motor show at which a large number of their current models were displayed. Four…

When Richard Petty started his NASCAR career, Mike Hawthorn was vying for the F1 World Championship. This year, he'll finally retire from driving to concentrate on. . . well, who…

Age, experience and undimmed enthusiasm have endowed him with a deep perspective of the sport and its proponents that, while often controversial, has frequently helped him to strip away the…

An original road test taken from the Motor Sport archives, November 1956 | by Bill Boddy On arrival at Stuttgart Airport last month we found awaiting us a maroon Porsche…

Caling all exhibitionists!" "Action stations - action stations!" Our two uniformed secret agents slide down the pole, leap into the sleek green machine and press the button to operate the…