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For your " Twenty," thank you, Mr. Oldham., for gracious credit to a very great engineer—somewhat stubborn maybe—but a man with both feet firmly planted in his own wise convictions.…

Undoubtably the beginning of August was a sad one for motor racing, for as a result of accidents we lost two well-known drivers, one a Grand Prix star of the highest order,…

Following in the footsteps of the A8 and A6, the new A4 is probably the most important of all the new generation Audis. If there is a market sector the…

As we have seen, at this period of flying, before WW2, many pilots "navigated by Bradshaw", i e followed the railway lines. How vague direction finding was can be judged…

TUNING MOTOR CYCLES FOR SPEED. Some Practical Hints for Amateur Competition Riders. (Note : The illustrations for this article were specially taken in the Motor Cycle Repair Depot of Maudes'…

IF ANY readers have sufficiently long memories they may tell me that I have slipped up, because the Crossley was covered in No. 5 of this series. Then, however, we…

Kankkunen's Kingdom Last month we took a gamble by suggesting that a Lancia domination of November's Lombard RAC Rally, very probable on recent form, might give rise to one of…

The Formula One Constructors Under most circumstances I am in favour of dictators, providing their ideas coincide with mine, and particularly in motor racing I like dictators. Ettore Bugatti never…

The Bradford, product of Jowett Cars Ltd., is really no mystery, for these sturdy vehicles are to be seen in increasing numbers on British roads, they are encountered on the…

We have received the following bulletin front the Mid-Cheshire C.C.: "The sponsors of the Oulton Park Racing Circuit are at last in a position to go ahead and build the track. …

Sir, I read the article "Real Racing for the Impecunious " in your January issue with the greatest 'interest, and am extremely glad that so much attention IS being given…

Even when they announced their boycott of the Le Mans 24-hour race in March, Porsche must have known that success was assured. Did not they take the top eight places…