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You, the customer... The motoring year ends for some people with racing at Brands Hatch on Boxing Day, for others with the Brighton Run for veterans in November. Generally, however,…

The Austin Motor Co. has introduced a new petrol/diesel cross-country vehicle, in outline somewhat resembling the Land-Rover, which is ten years its senior. This new vehicle, called the Gipsy, features…

Peter Hackett is compiling a register and history of all PRS Formula Ford cars produced in the late 1970s and early '80s. If you have any information, call him on…

Motor racing art used to be a small, and specialised, field. Nowadays, there are enough easels in regular use to fill the grid at Le Mans. Alan Fearnley's latest oil…

USED SPORTS CARS FOR SALE (continued). BUGATTI. 2Q C.C. supercharged straight-eight BUG AT )• TI, solid roller crankshaft, new type pistons, sports 3-4-seater, with tail, specially upholstered in crocodile brown…

A glance at developments from the Formula 1 pit lane Lotus Like a passive F-Duct, Lotus’s drag reduction device stalls the rear wing above 200kph to reduce drag and boost…

Desiré Wilson could mix it with the best in single-seaters and sportscars. Richard Heseltine charts why, given a change of luck, she could have been a Formula One star A…

Sir, Over the past 18 months I have read of proposals for new technical regulations for Group C racing with a sense of increasing frustration and despair. It appears that…

Maxi v. GS Sir, Since I have recently exchanged a '73 1750 Maxi on which I did 15,000 miles for a '74 1220 G Special on which I have done…

Having announced that the Austin-Healey 100 is the fastest production car in the world, L. P. Lord, Chairman and Managing Director of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., and the British…

Inter-Register THE STD Register held a social week-end in Wal. on April 19th/20th and with it trombined a round of the annual Inter-Register competition, Inn points towards the I-R Challenge…

Variety show The opening shots of the 1989 national saloon racing championship have been fired with the same weapons as last year, but more of this year's gunslingers seem to…