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With the 288, Ferrari embraced new technology to produce a supercar that sadly never raced but fully deserves its GTO moniker By Richard Heseltine / photography by Peter Spinney Inwardly…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and "Motor Sport" does not necessarily associate itself with them—Ed. Mr. M. D. Hendry on Rolls-Royce [In August we quoted from a letter…

The popular. eclectic VLN is one of the most important insurance series in Europe thanks to its links with the famous Nürburgring 24 Hours We can't see anything and we're…

A sensational line-up of cars from Mercedes-Benz will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Silver Arrows at the Dyck Castle motor festival in Germany on August 1/2. The event will…

The VSCC Race Meeting at Oulton Park on June 13th had a big attendance (paying spectators 4,000 they said), and there was some excellent racing, run (would you believe?) in…

Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore is set to become the new owner of Queens Park Rangers football club of the Coca-Cola Championship. Current QPR chairman Gianni Paladini said: “Mr Briatore…

Auto-Unions reborn At the EifelKlassic meeting in early October, the ranks of significant prewar racing cars running today were expanded by a spectacular duo — not one, but two Auto-Union…

The Successful Debut of the G.P. Aston Martin It is the changing face of the motoring scene which makes the subject so engrossing. Already, with the year but half spent, we…

With the United States Grand Prix approachIng, many of the drivers took the opportunity of driving in this Californian sports-car race in order to get in some pre-Grand Prix practice on the Riverside…

We knew the chaps from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust had arrived some time before we saw them. The straight six bark of a D-type is not easy to mistake,…

A race for 1600cc Formula Two cars has been added to the schedule for the Pau Historic Grand Prix on June 1. The race will support the FORCE 3-litre F1…

• • • THE AUSTIN SEVEN Sir. As :ut Austin ex-apprentiee (1932-3(1), I read your reeent article On the Austin Seven with outsider:Able interest. Perhaps the following information may add…