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Commander Glen Kidston is best remembered as one of the legendary 'Bentley Boys' of pre-war days. Those wealthy, glamorous drivers of the big green cars that upheld British prestige abroad,…

So the Championship goes to the final round: down, as journalists are fond of saying, to the wire. In the Luxembourg Grand Prix, in Michael Schumacher's back yard and in…

No car caused more furore than the 1978 Brabham. Adam Cooper remembers when the fan hit the… Twenty years ago this summer the Brabham-Alfa BT46B appeared at the Swedish Grand…

THREE CARS IN ONE OLYMPIA 1932 shows that the popularity of the closed car has suffered a distinct set-back in favour of the open car and the convertible coupe.. One…

The days of new designs appearing at Monza as a prelude to the next season are long since gone, with all-the-year-round racing, and development being done as and when it…

R. = Restricted Event.      C. = Closed Event.      C.I. = Closed Invitation.   N. = National Event.   I. = International Event  1st: Kentish Border C.C. Trial, Kent. -- C;  . Hagley &…

Sir, I am indebted to Motor Sport for reviewing my book Leap Into Legend in December. On turning to page 101, I was most pleased to see an article on…

A section devoted to old-car matters 100 mph from 750 c.c. As I have pointed out in the review of the book "Morgan Sweeps The Board" by Dr. J. D.…

Taylor's son brings back a famous name Many readers will remember Geoffrey Taylor and his Alta cars during the nineteen-thirties, especially in the sport of speed trials and hilIclimbs, and…

One of the great manes in motor sport is to return with the sleek coupe shown above. The new OSCA 2500GT is a back-to-basics sportscar with the emphasis on pure…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. Hendon Driving Tests (Dec. 13th) First-Class Awards: A. D. Jones (1928 Austin), H. J. De Salis (1925 Austin), P. R. Parks (1926 Austin).…

Lola ended a year of 50th anniversary celebrations with a street demonstration through its home town of Huntingdon on a sunny Sunday afternoon in October – and the event certainly…