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When BP introduced Super Visco-Static last year, we said it beat oil fatigue. What we didn't say was why your engine was more likely to suffer from oil fatigue in…

— The lure of the Austin 7 was always strong, and continues to be. We hear, for instance, that when T. W. S. Hall left England for South Africa, leaving…

A.G. Stand 165 There are no new models from A.C. on the Stand this year and the display will consist of two Ace open two-seaters, two Aceca coupes and an…

Sir, As the author of Lotus 49: The Story of a Legend, to be published this September, could I point out a couple of inaccuracies in your July piece on…

  Continual rain throughout the day made the paddock and starting area very muddy and the bottom left-hand bend of the hill was decidedly slippery. In consequence the racing cars had…

Mike Twite IT IS with great regret and sadness that we record the death of Mike Twite who was one of the victims of a recent air crash involving a…

Last month Motor Sport highlighted how to become a photograph collector. This reminded me of a racing-car picture the origins of which remain a mystery. Many years ago I was…

August 18-20 In a 14-race weekend celebrating the Cooper marque at the magnificent Laguna Seca track, it was wholly appropriate that three race wins went to cars from the famous…

Factfile Engine: 1.6 litres, four cylinders, turbocharged Top speed: 140mph Price: £28,595 Power: 215bph at 6100rpm Fuel/CO2: 38.2mpg, 167g/km www.mini.co.uk Recently I drove a standard Mini Cooper hatchback from Wales…

Channel Air Bridge will bring their four-engined Carvair aircraft into service in April; these will be able to carry five large or six small cars (seven Minis!) and 23 passengers.…

The obvious intention of BRM to make another bid for honours in Formula 1 races, in spite of the diminishing number of such races on the 1952 Calendar, focuses attention on what has been…

PICTORIAL REVIEW ITALIAN GRAND PRIX. BRIGHTON SPEED TRIALS. A.M.O.C. SNETTERTON AND HALF-LITRE CLUB, CRYSTAL PALACE. Top : TRINTIGNANT IN HIS GORDINI leads Mike Hawthorn's works Ferrari. as he did many…