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'Racing improves the breed' may be the oldest cliché in the book, but it's a basic rule of thumb for Honda. The same passionate commitment CO quality and high-tech performance…

Aston prototype to race again The troublesome Aston Martin AMR-One will race on after being given the allclear by a team of outside consultants. Aston Martin Racing brought in the…

The instability of some of the entrepreneurs behind the Formula One scene has caused the 1983 season to be sharply divided into two parts with a long mid-summer break. Had we…

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BRM Chronographs prides itself on its links with motor sport – an influence that shows in its hand-made timepieces Three letters: B, R and M. For Motor Sport's readers, they…

Two German competitors in the Peking-Paris Challenge have been killed in a car accident as the event passed through Pakistan. The VW of father and son Josef and Rene Felt…

Sir, Bill Boddy asks when Australia had its first steam car and mentions P A Robinson building one in 1900 and a second in 1901. My father graduated as a…

Thanks to the generosity of readers some amusing old books have been lent to us. For instance, Mr. Richardson of Sleaford brought his copy of "Engineering Wonders of the World",…

A great book laced with facsimiles of race literature from as far back as 1900. An interesting introduction to the world of F1 with chapters on Alfa, Ferrari, Moss and…

Hughes of Fenchurch Street In 1780, William Hughes, a prominent figure in the Clockmakers' Company whose family had been connected with horology for some fifty years, interested himself in chronometer…

The Group C years of endurance racing through the 1980s were packed with interest for anyone who likes proper racing – rather than mere 90-minute sprints. The designs of car…

Having just received your October -issue, I should first like to say thank you for " carrying on." I see that you would like to hear from readers, so having…