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What a useful and jolly little car is the latest version of the Lancia Prisma — and not so little either, because this four-door booted saloon comfortably takes four and…

Telltale Tails? Invictas will be remembered as well-contrived sports-cars which were first made in 2½-litre form and later as Meadows-engineered high-chassis 3-litre and 4½-litre machines. There were also 1½-litre Blackburne-engined…

Historic liunsrikk One of Germany's best known events is WO the Hunsruck Rally and it is not surprising that an event for historic cars takes place in conjunction with the…

Racing on public roads, although an endangered species, at least survives for motorcycles on the Isle of Man and in Ireland. In continental Europe it’s pretty much confined these days…

Sir, Your correspondent in the June Issue, Mr. Thos. O. Adams of Glasgow, in criticising the so-called improved M.o.T. test, is doing a service, as few seem to have raised…

Sir, On reading Mr. Thomas's letter about rival Ferraris I feel I should like to add my own comments. Sonic time ago I was faced with the problem of whether…

Audi came out on top in its first confrontation of the season with Peugeot. The new Audi R15 plus dominated the Paul Ricard 8 Hours on its debut in the…

Le Mans is an extraordinary motor race, and to conquer it takes an extraordinary mix of abilities. Physical fitness and stamina, of course, and high levels of cockpit concentration, often…

Interest in the Land Speed Record, an undertaking in which Britain was then supreme, was at its height during the 1930s. Consequently, when the Sunbeam Motor Company of Wolverhampton, which…

years ago Porsche produced the first completely new 911 in what was then already a 35-year-old career. The new car, code-named 996, was a very different kind of device, sufficiently…

The Indianapolis Museum The Indianapolis Museum will send one of the Blue Crown Specials, three-time Indy 500 winners, to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Other late news about the event…

THE M.C.C. GO TO LLANDUDNO NEW EVENT TO REPLACE THE " SCARBOROUGH " A GREAT SUCCESS— ONLY 11 RETIREMENTS OUT OF 126 STARTERS. FOR some reason or other the M.C.C.…