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The 1983 Monte Carlo Rally is reported on elsewhere in this issue. While it remains a prestigious event, and according to one motoring weekly, "has an unequalled charisma", it has…

CONT ENTS ••• WATER. The Sport Afloat The Way of Things LAND. Southward for the Rally A New Model Alvis ... Present-day Racing Cars Rumblings •:• ... The Colmore Trial…

What a treat to see a picture of a Singer in Motor Sport and of one of the almost unknown I.o.M. racers intended for the 1914 Light Car TT at…

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Nelson Piquet is to return to racing in the Brazilian GT3 Cup. The 55-year-old, who hasn’t raced since early 2006, has bought a Ford GT…

Sir, With reference to Mr. A. G. Tillman's letter in the April issue regarding spares and service for Renault owners who were customers of Offord & Sons Ltd., Gloucester Road,…

Roci 11 Andrew Frankel six months ago I took a day trip to Cape Town and didn't even drive the car I went to see. I flew all night, sat…

Sir, I was delighted to see your excellent articles on Goodwood in the September edition. It may interest you to know a bit of historical nonsense. I was the last…

Porsche won the 4-hour race at Le Mans last year with the 911 Carrera 3-litre, but this year the debut of the version was less conspicuous, both cars retiring with…

Cylinder blocks: LM25 aluminium alloy, sand-cast open-deck. Cylinder liners: 4 K6 cast-iron, machined all over, slip-fit. Cylinder heads: LM 25P aluminium alloy, sand-cast. Tappet blocks: C125 aluminium alloy, pressure die-cast.…

Jaguar fiasco at Jerez Derek Warwick and Paul Frère have one thing in common: thirty years ago the talented Belgian dashed Jaguar's hopes at Le Mans by spinning his works…

Gordon Woods, the well-known Frazer-Nash exponent, tells of his troubles, trials and high spots. My first introduction to the Sport came as a small boy still at school, when I was…

THE B.M.C.R.C. GRAND PRIX RACES. Impressions of an interesting event--by a Competitor. WHEN it was first announced that the B.M.C.R.0 were intending to run an " artificial road race" for…