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The 300SL Mercédès-Benz, which created such a sensation in sports-car racing two years ago, until the manufacturers withdrew it from competitions because "they had learnt all they needed to know,"…

Sir, I very much enjoyed the March issue and have one or two comments to make. On the subject of 375 Plus Ferraris, when I was a kid racing in…

On The Road MOTORING is more than the motor car; the journeys undertaken can be interesting too. I sometimes ponder on whether London has become the slowest city in the…

(Oct. 10th) The final meeting for 1954 on the Montlhèry track near Paris took place on the Sunday of Paris-Salon week and included races for modified production cars, the Monomill…

Rauno Aaltonen is to contest the London-Sydney Marathon next year. The Finn drove a works BMC 1800 'Land Crab' in the original event in 1968, but will contest the 2004…

Prescott pauses to remember and salute WB That pleasant annual picnic, the VSCC August weekend at Prescott hillclimb, was the appropriate scene of a short commemoration of Bill Boddy's life.…

Old transAtlantic political wounds have been re-opened by FISA's successful attempt to block the international expansion of CART's Indycar Championship. CART Chairman John Fraser pulled off a coup for his…

You won’t see Lamborghini’s name back in Formula 1 any time soon, but the company is once again taking a serious interest in motor sport Conversation has barely commenced when…

The Bugatti Owners' Club can be relied upon to produce a fine collection of sporting carriages, but an International meeting at Prescott is an occasion when even this illustrious club…

Sir, The passing of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori within a few weeks of each other is sad for all motor sport enthusiasts who 1110 have followed the 'golden age'…

Year of Eureka! This month I'm taking a look back to our first truly successful car, the FW07, with which Clay Regazzoni won our first Grand Prix and which is…

CARACCIOLA WINS THE GERMAN G. P. ALFA-ROMEO WIN UNLIMITED AND 1,500 c.c. CLASSES. M.G. MIDGET'S EASY VICTORY IN 800 c.c. CLASS. THE Niirburg Ring, on which the German Grand Prix…