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Keeping cool Your March article on the new VW Golf 2 and its ventilation system prompts this letter. The now universal use of complicated plumbing for air ventilation in cars…

WO Bentley — The Man Behind the Marque By Malcolm Bobbitt ISBN 1 85983 352 7 Published by Breedon Books, £25 Surprisingly this is only the second biography of the…

AVON TYRE MUSEUM The Avon Tyre Museum was formed in 1979 by the Avon Rubber Company as a small but informative record of the development of their business since the…

In the first in a new regular series for Motor Sport, we drive one of Lancia's legendary Deltas on the road and take a look at its competition heritage Words:…

Opinions expressed are those of correspondents and not necessarily those of Motor Sport *** Out of touch Sir, I feel your contributor WPK was a little too condescending, and perhaps…

Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this list. C = Closed Event. CJ = Closed Invitation Event.…

Sir, Shame! The article written by E. L. W. (when are we going to drop the habit of using initials and use names?) entitled "Trials Topics" does not come up…

It was one of the most brutal races ever, yet Mercedes conquered the Carrera Panamerica with a car of stealth, grace and precision. Fifty years after its momentous triumph, Andrew…

GOOD TRACTION The Australian Ampol Trial was an exceedingly tough event, described in one source as " a trial by terror, in hideous conditions almost inconceivable outside Australia, and rarely…

Although Sunbeam and Bentley are universally acclaimed as having established British racing prestige before E.R.A. came into the picture, by reason of successes in Grands Prix and sports-car races, respectively,…

Sir, While your readers argue as to which marque has won the greatest number of races, it might be salutary to note the record of the products of the Morgan…

Rover P6, by James Taylor. MRP, £19.95. Anyone who wants full information on the Rover P6 models from 1963 to 1977, including the 2000, 2200 and 3500s, will get it…