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Sir, According to the potted history in your March 2000 issue, the Ferrari 375 Plus of Mr Favero would have been rebuilt from the engine of the 1954 Le Mans…

Sir, I found February’s Lunch with Mike Costin most interesting. Talking of the DFV, Mike mentions that “the pick-up after a gear change wasn’t very good. Dare I say it,…

1980 Belgian at Zolder by Tiff Needell How did the drive with the Ensign team come about? The seat became free after Regazzoni had suffered his accident at Long Beach.…

/Lewd scornsH SPORTING CAR CLUB The Team Trial must be written down as a very successful event. That something like a hundred officials gave their services suggests it from the…

No. 4. — A LONDON TUNING SHOP OF my personal experiences of purveyors of speed, Messrs. Automobile Supertuners stand out as one of the most interesting. Situated in Roberts Mews,…

Sir, Well you see, it was like this. There I was driving my ratty Mini round Sloane Square, and this Ford thing steamed out in front of me into the…

A Galaxie American cars are of considerable interest here on account of their comparative rarity and their fabulous size and power. Some of them are unwieldly to drive on our…

If it is true that the old skills and pride have disappeared from the motor industry as the old craftsmen have retired and mass production has taken over, then the…

Last year the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club held its first London-Brighton Run, which I reported after going through as passenger in Rootes' 1909 solid-tyred Commer Type WP3 omnibus. This year…

Renault is by no means alone in what Eurocrats nowadays term the MPV (that's Multi-Purpose Vehicle) market, but there is no question that the Espace sparked the MPV revolution. So…

CONTENTS. PA GP: Editorial 327 The U 1st er Tourist Trophy ... • • • 328 (Ireat Racing Marques—XIV. Renault 332 The Type XII Steyr Saloon 335 Rumblings • •…

Rossellla & Paolo Simoncelli A fitting tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli this, with plenty of input from the likes of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Simoncelli's team managers, mechanics, girlfriend…