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'Gimmick' might not be a drag For all the money, clever people and mind-boggling technology, we head into a new Formula 1 season with more unquantifiables than ever before. Sweeping…

‘VW town’ has every Beetle variant – even a wooden one Wolfsburg was founded in 1938 as a town to house the Volkswagen factory workers. It seems that little has…

Four of the greatest Rally drivers will honour the memory of Colin McRae by contesting the McRae Stages in September at the wheel of Ford Escort Mk2s. Ari Vatanen, Stig…

A section devoted to old car matters... A rare Fiat: At the 1919 Olympia Motor Show, Fiat showed two new models. There was the excellent Tipo 501 10/15 h.p., which…

While at the Targa Florio I had occasion to be taken for a short ride in one of Carroll Shelby's Cobra cars and it was quite an experience. These cars…

Sir Before 1982 passes by I thought I ought to mention the remarkable 1935 Jowett 7 h.p. Kestrel saloon I purchased in Watford exactly 20 years ago. From that day…

Who is well placed to win IndyCar races this year? And who will be in charge of the show 18 months hence? After one of the shortest off-seasons in memory,…

Sir, ant at present using a twin-carburetter Type HU, " 21,.70 " Alfa-Romeo daily for business and pleasure and I have more elijoyntent. from this vehicle than I would front…

Fate, as we all know, plays an important role in everyone's life, whether directly or indirectly. Whether we choose to take it seriously or not is a matter for personal…

This year the B.A.R.C. and V.S.C.C. again held their annual film shows, The former had some 2,000 members at four sittings of its Midnight Matinees at the Curzon Cinema. The…

In a series of pre-show tests the editor experiences -- The excellence of the Jaguar The chic of the Vauxhall Victor The frugality of the Fiat 500 In order to…

The Story of Prescott ... 89 More Trials ... 93 Monkhouse makes F.T.D. at Elstree ... 95 Personality Parade No. 5 ... 97 Cars I have Owned .. 98 Sideslips…