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Dagenham's Latest Small Car, the Least-Expensive 70-m.p.h. Saloon on the Market, Which Should Make a Good Rally Car, Handles Well, has Excellent Acceleration and Represents Exceedingly Good Value for Money…

When talk turns to the golden age of British Land Speed Record hegemony between the wars and on into the 1950s, images of Campbell’s Bluebirds, Eyston’s Thunderbolt and Cobb’s Railton…

Clearly, it was going to be one of those days. Whenever a test car arrives within a cock's crow of a press deadline, there are two things you can do…

V-EN Odds & Ends.—. A reader, now in Hong Kong, wonders whether three cars he owned as a young Air Force Officer still exist. They were a 1934 Aston Martin,…

There is that saying, now becoming dated, that "there's no substitute for litres", another that "small is beautiful". In the latter respect a notable car was the 1931 Mk II…

Toyota's Celica cabrio certainly looks the part, but it struggles desperately in the value-for-money stakes. For a long time now, I have had this inner turmoil, trying to decide which…

I read with interest (and sympathy) Ed Foster's September feature about the ups and downs of his Legends race at Le Mans this year, and how helpful everyone in the…

Sir, I have been an enthusiast since a child, when my father was in the automotive industry, connected with the board track at Laurel, Md. (considered the toughest track in the…

SPORTING MACHINES ON TEST. The Model V. Matchless Sidecar Outfit. TT is very human to suffer from violent prejudices, 1 and dogmatically to proclaim from time to time that this…

"Across Europe in a Vauxhall" ANY mention at present of the Monte Carlo Rally is not at all inappropriate since that popular winter -event is due to come off in…

Sir, What bull! So a normal decoke on a Rolls can cost up to £100 per cylinder, can it? I am curious to know where Mr. Bucknall got his information.…

Sir, Perhaps I may be able to clear up some points on Robert Benoist's wartime resistance exploits. I am sure he would not be "delighted" to learn that he was…