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It never raced, yet there is plenty of evidence to suggest that this advanced mix of German design and engineering and Italian craftsmanship was on the verge of a racing…

I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE PHOTO last month ofJohn Bolster and Bloody Mary at a speed-trial at Croydon Airport in 1939.1 thought I knew Croydon rather well, having in the…

The Sicilian roads stirred Jenks’ blood on his trips to the Targa The Targa Florio is not so much a race as a state of mind, and a drive down…

FORD-OF-BRITAIN has long held an enviable lead in home-sales. For example, their placing for last August was first, with 52,414 cars sold, against BL's second place with 16,965 fewer sales,…

This Frenchman arrived in F I in a plume of tyre smoke for the seventh race of the 1989 season. Brimming over with confidence while in the middle of a…

Sir, I list below some of the faults and general observations since taking delivery of my new Rover 3500 in August 1976. The car was supplied by Messrs. Caffyns, Dover…

The Co-Op cars This time we will depart from the previous policy of this feature, and cover a number of different makes instead of just one marque. This, I think,…

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Gonzalez (B.R.M.) Wins Woodcote Cup and "Daily Graphic" Goodwood Trophy Races, with Parnell's and Wharton's B.R.M.s Second and Third in the Latter. Moss Wins 500 Race for Cooper. THE final B.A.R.C.…

"Peugeot - Sous le Signe du Lion" by Pierre Dumont, 423 pp. 9 1/2" x 7". (Editions Pratiques Automobiles, 83 rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris. Available from Albion Scott Ltd.,…

Racing is almost back to pre-war intensity on the Continent, so let us look around a bit and attempt to depict the form. It all began at Paris last year,…

The Budget of Mr Butler will have been received by motorists with mixed feelings. We are grateful to him for introducing a fairer system of car taxation, namely £12 10s per year for all cars,…