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FORD Advanced Vehicle Operations have announced a high performance version of the Capri 3000 GT. The RS 3100, which will be sold only through Ford Rallye Sport Dealers in Great…

MINIATURES NEWS " " Just released is the Lesney " Matchbox " model, z in. long, of the VW t000Ti.. To a scale of 61 :t, this has headlamps and…

We wish all our readers a Happy Christmas and New Year The publishing date for the next issue will be Thursday, January 4th

In a career knocked back by two big shunts — and finished off by a third — Marc Surer earned more praise than points. Tim Scott tells a story of…

The 50 MPH speed limit We are not, thank you St. Christopher, politicians. But we are prepared to believe that there are good reasons for carefully conserving fuel of all…

Sir, During twenty years of enjoyment from Motor Sport, I have often felt that you, Mr. Editor, sometimes sniff and push back tears of a type peculiar to K.J. Campbell,…

It is so long since we have had a long-distance motor race that British enthusiasts may well have forgotten what pit work is. To remind them, before they visit Jersey,…

Mention the name Vic Elford and it doesn't take long for the phrase 'all-rounder' to crop up. It may be a bit of a cliché, but just consider Vic's achievements…

Former single-seater ace Neil Cunningham will achieve a lifetime ambition at Monza in early June when he races a Group C sports car for the first time. Although he has…

At Oulton Park on May 5, Kenneth Neve celebrated with many of his friends the 75th birthday of his 1914 TT Humber which he bought 50 years ago for £30.…

Favours of fortune Within a period of two weeks Nelson Piquet led less than 30 miles of Grand Prix motoring — but bagged 18 points in the 1987 World Drivers…

The Forgotten Races - 1950 Belgian Grand Prix Who'd bet on a slow old Talbot against Alfa's works GP team? Raymond Sommer, that's who. Andrew Frankel reports What can you…