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Alain Prost is a disappointing late withdrawal from the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The four-time World Champion was due to make his first appearance at the Sussex event (which takes…

WE HEAR We hear that a well-preserved 1923 Gwynne Eight witli spare engine was for sale in Leeds recently and that a 1919 Royal Enfield combination with three new tyres,…

THE BELGIAN TOURING GRAND PRIX. GOOD PERFORMANCES BY EXCELSIOR AND ARIES. THE Belgian 24-hour touring car race was run at Spa on July 9th and 10th, and was won by…

For fast, four-wheel fun at a modest price very few cars, if any, could claim to beat the old Lotus Seven, particularly in the days before kit cars were taxed.…

The feature event of the 9th Trophée des Ardennes Historic meeting over the classic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in May was the annual HGPCA 100-mile race for pre-1959 Grand Prix and F2…

TO OUR READERS . Regular readers of Motor Sport " will be glad to hear that in future this paper will be published on the twelfth of each month. We…

A firm by the name of Variable Kinetic Drives Ltd has sent us a most interesting brochure on a new fully variable automatic transmission they have developed. This system does…

Sir, I was very interested in the steam car, "Vintage Tailpiece" (page 35). But I am sure it should be Sheppee, and not Sheppey. Enclosed is a snap ([See above.—Ed.]…

CONTENTS Page Matters of Moment 1313 Fixtures 1314 Rally Review—Thousand Lakes 1316 Interview— Henri Toivonen 1317 Swiss Grand Prix 1319 Italian Grand Prix 1324 Motoring as it was 1328 Veteran-Edwardian-Vintage…

British Rally Champion Guy Wilks is trying to raise £2m to land a WRC drive with Subaru next year. The 27-year-old is urging investors and sponsors to make donations to…

Porsche's radical departure front established air-cooled, rear engine design principles into the field of-water-cooled front engine sports cars with the 924 has done remarkable things to the Zuffenhausen-based company's turnover.…

Bill Boddy looks at an ingenious pre-war event in which beginners and expert drivers alike could enjoy a taste of speed without too much risk to their cars It was…