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On New Year's Day VSCC members congregate at various venues, to endorse the start of another season's activity, to the delight of users of modern vehicles judging by the numbers…

EDITORIAL NOTES. Ramblings, Rumours and Reminiscences. Being Asides About All Sorts of Things. TO argue that the design of the sporting car of to-day may influence not only the touring…

The collection of 16 Marlboro McLaren MP4 Grand Prix cars, which was acquired by David Clark's consortium, as reported in Motor Sport last month, has been sold intact and is…

THE FASTEST SPORTS CAR Sir, Discussions in MOTOR SPORT regarding the fastest sports-car seem to have centred round Mr. Lycett's 8-litre Bentley; the general opinion of the ex-Birkin blower 4-i,…

Jimmy Clark's luck might have been in that day at Sneffellon as his Lotus 23 stripped first gear on the over-long stating grid, yet somehow everyone found a way past…

by Christopher Hilton. 171pp. 8” x 5”. (Transworld Publishers Ltd, 61-63 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 5SA. £3.95) For a straightforward biography of this country’s leading Formula One driver, you…

These days, when every manufacturer worth his salt lists one, the diesel-engined private car is taken very much for granted. But there had to be a beginning. The examples of…

Great expectations We have recently published criticisms of the BLMC, for which we do not repent. But, having discussed these editorials with Lord Stokes in his eyrie on the sixth…

"The Bullnose Morris," by Lytton P. Jarman and Robin Barraclough. 257 pp. 9.75 in. 6.75 in. (Macdonald & Co. Publishers) Ltd., Gulf Howe, 2, Portman Street, London, 45s.) This is…

The Editor samples the Wolseley 16/60 Saloon, diesel-engined Morris-Oxford Series VI, Wolseley Hornet and Riley Elf It is hard to reconcile the pace of modern traffic with the continued production…

BRAVE NEW WORLD? Sir, The letter from Mr. Bowden published in your August issue is really none of my business, except where it refers to the world of aviation and…

Although the Monte Carlo Rally is not one of the oldest of motoring competitions, the road to Monte Carlo has for a very long time exercised a peculiar fascination over…