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Change without change Initially, the new BMW 5-series range could certainly be confused with that 700,000-selling original range of 1972 that extended BMW's influence away from the sporting 2002 and…

The famed 1961 Liege-Rome-Liege rally destroyed ninety per cent of its entrants. But compared to some rallies, says John Davenport, it was a stroll in the park The year 1972…

One of only two surviving De Tomaso 3-litre Formula 1 cars will return to racing this summer after running in public for the first time in 38 years during the…

In the four resonant syllables of its name the Modena marque has its finest marketing tool. For a few sad years the product did not back it up, but today…

The successful Ferrari celebration meeting held at Brands Hatch in July is set to be repeated over the opening weekend of August 2002.

Joan Birkett died recently at the age of 82, after a long illness. Though seldom seen at our sort of events, she helped the inimitable, never-to-beforgotten Holland Birkett with his…

Brands to Bexhill, by Max Le Grand. Bookmarque Publishing, Oxford, £29.95. This is a difficult book to review. To understand, in fact. Basically, it is the story of Max Le…

Sir, I was saddened to hear of the passing of Tony Dean. As a 15-year-old, I would pedal 25 miles to the then fairly new Croft Autodrome. I didn’t have…

The VSCC two-day meeting at Donington, on June 8/9, is titled 'British Empire Vintage and Historic Weekend'. Bentley, Lola and MINI will play an important part, with Lola's history from…

THE INDIANAPOLIS FIVE-CENTURY GRIND THESI4 lines are scheduled to appear in print two days after tl __it, Ft:snits of the Indianapolis 500 are known to the world. However, the following…

THE 7 h.p. TH. SCHNEIDER FOR 1926. The new Th. Schneider which is to make its appearance shortly in the showrooms of the Welbech. Agency has a four-cylinder side valve…

  The Editor Forms a Good Opinion of the newest Rootes Group Product while visiting an ex-Brooklands Straker-Squire, a straight-eight racing F.W.D. Alvis and other vintage cars. Finding myself in…