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A TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ALVIS " FIREFLY " THE appearance of the " Speed 20" early in 1932 was an event of the first importance for fast motorists. The…

"Cars Illustrated Tuning Annual, 1965" 160 pp. 8-3/4 in. x 5-3/4 in. (Speed & Sport Publications, Ltd., 2a, Bond Street, London, W.5. 12s. 6d.) This book should fill a long-felt…

Another racing Lea-Francis, a s/c Hyper WK 7492, has been united with the son of W H Green who drove it at Brooklands in 1928. This led to works drives,…

Le Mans winner Richard Attwood and present-day historic-racing star Gary Pearson won the second Groveair/Autosport Three-Hour sportscar race at Snetterton on 7 October, taking David Pennell's Lister-Jaguar into the lead…

According to the Daily Telegraph the new Rootes small car due to be announced early this year and built in Renfrewshire, will be called the Imp, will cost under £500…

A turbo was always going to win in the rarefied atmosphere of Kyalami. While the DFVs wheezed to 180mph at this high altitude, 200mph turbos greedily gobbled air forced down…

Irish GP Car Sir, I feel I must take issue with one error in the otherwise excellent article "If — a story of what might have been", in your April…

Just as we have been advocating since January 1989, GT Supercars will be admitted to the Sportscar World Championship. This will come about next season. The mechanism to introduce cars…

PRESENT-DAY RACING CAI S I. THE 34-LITRE 12-CYLINDER ALFA-ROMEO the various racing cars which have made their first appearance during the past season none perhaps contains a greater measure of…

The Annual Boxing Day Brands Hatch Race Meeting, organised by the B.R. & S.C.C., offered a programme of six races, including a 20-lap event for single-seater racing cars competing for…

A second World Championship for Sebastian Vettel moves the 24-year-old German into the elite group of drivers who have won titles twice in a row — although no one else…

Much excitement has been caused by the news that the enormous collection of old cars amassed and kept secret by Mon. Schlumpf at Mulhouse may soon come on the market,…