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That go-ahead club, the B.R.S.C.C., under the direction of Nick Syrett, last month took the bull by the horns and made a stand against the bureaucracy of the R.A.C. and…

Origin and Development of the Roesch Talbots (continued)  Complete article is shown on page 14. Film Review " Observed Section" is the title of the new film added to the…

Thanks to its extraordinary fire resistant properties, Nomex is reputed to have saved up to 5,000 people from death or critical injury. Keith Howard reports on a synthetic superhero To…

Editor Contemplates— The Subtle Art of Fast Cornering IT IS A curious facet of the human race that among quite a number of its younger generation there exists an almost…

X-ray spec This car was Colin Chapman's first since he'd turned professional. His then-technical director Mike Costin guides Keith Howard around it As all of us born in 1955 will…

IT IS a fact of life that no two persons see things in quite the identical way, whether they are looking at cars, women or aeroplanes. It is rather interesting,…

A brave rescue bid Sir, I regret to have to record that my tribute to Elio de Angelis, which was published in Motor Sport last month (June issue), omitted to…

THE CATALOGUE SPORTS CAR RACE EXCELLENT THREE-HOUR EVENT OF THE LIGHT CAR CLUB AT BROOKLANDS WON BY DELAHAYE AT 63.46 M.P.H. ONLY ONE RETIREMENT. THE Light Car Club deserves every…

THE EDITOR CONTEMPLATES THE GENIUS OF Dr. PORSCHE DR. Ing.h.c. Ferdinand Porsche, G.m.b.H., who died in his 76th year early in 1951, was an exceptionally versatile designer and engineer. Amongst…

The 750MC has announced two new six-race series, one for Austin Seven-based F750 cars which raced during the period 1949-66, the other for early post-war Austin 7 kit cars. The…

Sir, Letters are always a joy to me, but I am afraid that Mr. Paul Thomas has got it all wrong. Not that he hates his Volkswagen—the fact is, his…

The BMW Company of Munich may bring out an almost bewildering number of new models - you will soon be hearing about the great top-range Series-7 cars - but it…