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Dr Alan Sutton's Malvernia-Santler, which is now on show at Cardiff's Industrial & Maritime Museum, is claimed to be the earliest surviving car used in Britain, which may well cause…

Donington park will reverberate to the sound of raucous Auto Union V16 and V12 engines for the first time in more than 60 years when, following years of negotiation by…

Cut Motor Taxes In a country which seems to be sinking into the financial mire, its citizens subject to an ever increasing cost of living and even its essential postal…

Sir, I need information on a number of British drivers for inclusion in a forthcoming book. I'm perturbed I have received help from around the world, but no one seems…

Robin Herd's McLarens dominated when the spectacular Can-Am series was at its height, but he'll happily admit that the always-innovative Jim Hall beat him to the first punch with this…

The New Restrictions Germany Won't Have Them Sir, Once again the motorist bears the brunt of "economy measures" to conserve oil, first with swingeing petrol taxes (with the prospect of…

The motor racing world welcomed the addition of a fine new facility when twelve of the cars recently in South America for the Argentine and Brazilian Grands Prix stayed on…

New-look cars, KERS, no testing… and plenty of overtaking. That’s what F1 2009 is set to bring By Adam Cooper Grand Prix racing has gone through some major winter rule…

"The French GP, Europe's most important race, had always been run'on temporary road circuits - until Montlhery in 1925. Bill Boddy takes up the banked track's story Despite the Italian…

A COMPETITIONS DEPARTMENT Sports car owners, especially thosetaking part in competitions, will be interested to hear that, following upon the many successes in trials and competitions during the present season,…

Sir, In the "Cars in Books" column in the August issue mention is made of the late Queen Mary recording the mileage of a motoring trip during the month of…

News from the main auction houses around the world – Bonhams – The annual Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on July 3 was a success, with Bonhams raising a total…