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An Unusual 3,000-Mile road-test of the Chrysler Alpine-S When I received from John Rowe an invitation to visit some of the newly-constituted Chrysler factories and to take away for a…

BRITISH GP MOVES TO EASTER DATE BAD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE got used to booking your summer holidays to coincide with the British Grand Prix every July.…

NOWHERE in the world are spectators less concerned for their own safety than in Portugal, where they seem to be proud to be stupid. Per Eklund, who finished second, lifts…

At the Goodwood festival of speed the VSCC's soapbox, which Tim Gunn drove down the hill, got the prize for the device most in keeping with the spirit of the…

Hotchkiss Record Breaker Sir, I was recently shown references in Motor Sport of January 1981 in the article on the Eyston papers to the 2-litre record-breaking Hotchkiss, driven first by…

ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SOURCES European 10,000 Kilometre Trial. THE European 10,000 kilometre trial (May 22nd to June 6th inclusive), is organised by the German Automobile Club and covers…

Round the Clubs ESSEX COUNTY & SOUTHEND-ON-SEA AUTOMOBILE CLUB. This well-known club recently carried out its annual benevolent event, when the annual Cripples and Poor Children's Outing took place. A…

Sir, In your description of the Gregoire car the gear ratios are quoted in an apparently noveI fashion, which I find incomprehensible. May we, please, have some further information? In…

Letter of the month British Racing Blue I was intrigued by the reference in your test of the Delage D6 (December 2005) to an apparent request by French race promoters…

Revised Ford Escorts & Orions Over the past twelve months, motoring writers have spent much of their time in the company of Ford personnel as "Uncle Henry" has launched car…

If you are touring abroad this year you should not fail to slip into your pocket or cubby-hole before you leave home, a gay little red-and-yellow-cover booklet containing a map of…

1960: First test of the 'lowline', Silverstone The team was still winning, but its car was fast becoming outdated. Something had to be done. The police weren't impressed, but Charlie…