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THE LATE M. MAURICE BALLOT We regret to record the death, in Paris, of M. Maurice Ballot, designer and manufacturer of Ballot cars. Ballot commenced manufacture long before the war,…

XVITH Grosser Preis Von Deutschland APART from being the eighth round in the World Championship, the German Grand Prix is a special event in itself, for it is held on…

Developers trying to turn a profit at the Nürburgring are embroiled in a bitter dispute with local businesses that has cast a shadow over this great circuit By Ed Foster…

The Delage coupe pictured in the March issue was built in 1937 using some Delahaye 135 components in its construction and was fitted with an Albert Lory-designed V12 power-plant that…

The organising body of the German Grand Prix were split down the middle; the businessmen wanted to run the race at the compact Hockenheim Ring stadium, where everything was safe…

FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF "MOTOR RACING IN NEW GERMANY." German thoroughness is a byword, and in no other activity has it been more strikingly demonstrated than in motor-racing. Two seasons ago…

Long-distance charity walks, in which the too-young, the old, and fit in-betweeens frequently take part, at best becoming halt and lame,at the worst being injured or killed, when a walker…

WHICH OIL? Sir, Not for the first time, my attention was recently drawn to a full-page advertisement extolling the virtues of a well-known brand of oil which seems to claim…

TRYING A SECONDHANDER. THE 1930 16 H.P. DERBY. NOT all of us can afford to buy brand new sports cars, and for the benefit of those who wish to pick…

by "Baladeur" A reader of Motor Sport who has been so misguided as to peruse my recent effusion about the correspondence in the Autocar in 1923 and 1924 on the…

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Rinaldo Capello has driven his last race in a prototype. The Italian, who won the French endurance classic twice with Audi and once with…

Just before Christmas membership had reached a total of 206. It should be emphasised that subscriptions paid last year run to the end of 1968. We regret to have to…