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The luxury, high-performance sector of the car market was sadly neglected by manufacturers in the early eighties as they struggled to minimise their losses and keep their smaller cars fresh.…

We regret to announce that Luis Fontes has been killed while flying on active service with Air Transport Auxiliary. He had an opportunity in 1935 which is of the sort…

WOMEN DRIVERS IN WALES FIVE COMPETITORS STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR W.A.S.A. WAKEFIELD TROPHY CONTEST THE chief trials award for women drivers during the year is the Wakefield Trophy, presented…

Esso have iraroiliassl :r series of eiglit .excellent 5 miles-to-one inch maps of Britain. These slow very clearly the main roads and give adequate detailsof the lesser roads, while Major…

Formula Kart Star bus helps young karters keep up to date with schoolwork at the races Formula Kart Stars (FKS) continues to lead the way in supporting the off-track development…

[Mr. Bradshaw is, we understand, engaged in designing a rotary-type i.c. engine which he naturally hopes will be a Wankel-beater.—Ed.] The numerous critics of my A.B.C. engines are wrong because…

Out of austerity In searching for the best value in motor racing, it must be logical to look for the smallest car with a single-cylinder engine — all costs being…

THE SPORT ABROAD The Grand Prix du Comminges. TO those sceptics who insist that motorracing can never be really popular with the general public, the Grand Prix du Comminges forms…

THE RECORD SEASON REVIEWED—(continued from page 135). been Freddie Zehender, driving a singleseater 3 litre NIaserati. It was rumoured that he intended to have a shot at the world's hour…

M.G. v. H.R.G. [This correspondence is closed, but we make exception in the case of this interesting letter from William Loeb, President of the Union Leader Corporation of America, as…

Sir, Your "Tailpiece" in May's Motor Sport might now convert my doubting Thomas's to whom I related an acquatic experience which befell me. One evening in June or July, five to six…

Sir, The rather rude and ill-tempered letter written by Mr. Tongue, Chairman of Thomson & Taylor (Brooklands) Ltd., and published by you under the heading of "A Tale of Two…