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The success of the Senna movie seems to have sparked something of a feeding frenzy among Hollywood industry moguls. Suddenly motor racing appears to have become one of moviedom’s favoured…

On the road with a 120 m.p.h. version of this excellent kit car One of the most pleasant features of the British Motor Industry is the number of small firms…

Racing with silencers The era of silenced racing cars returneth! As mentioned in the July issue (and see Letters from Readers last month and in this issue), an RAC— backed…

In March I went down to the Swansea factory of Mettoy, to see on the productionline their new Giant Corgi replica of a 1973 Lotus 72 GP car. Corgi haye…

A motor-racing sidetrack centres around Louis Coatalen. By 1922 he had a fine team of racing cars, in order that his drivers could encompass one of his favourite interests -…

"Vintage Enthusiast? — Come and have, a drink chum!" This is one of five 30-h.p. 6-cylinder sleeve-valve Daimlers with bodies in the form of beer bottles which were put on…

Road Impressions Such is the lot of a motoring journalist that he usually becomes rather blasé about the more expensive cars he drives yet at the same time hyper-critical, perhaps…

M.G. C.C. Weston Rally 1954 The fourth annual Weston Rally of the M.G. C.C. will take place on October 8th/9th, 1954. The rally is open to members of the B.A.R.C.,…

The smile of the Amilcar owner when he passes his highpowered rival on the road, broadens when he reflects that his running costs are infinitely lower. The Amilcar will average…

Loreau and Armagnac First at 68 3/4 m.p.h. in 745-c.c. DB Panhard, Chased Hard by the Hawthorn/Trintignant 3-litre Ferrari and the Musso/Mantovani 2-litre Maserati. The above heading tells in a…

Tribute to Romulus Readers of this magazine should not need much introduction to the racing career of the late Prince Birabongse, who died in 1986. He raced under the pseudonym…

AC survives and (hopefully) thrives at Brooklands. With styling from Zagato, its new model should fly By rights, the AC marque should be just another remnant of Britain’s motoring past;…