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Double fault Sir, The driving of Lewis Hamilton is becoming more and more dangerous. He was at fault in Monaco and again in Canada. If the management at McLaren, i.e.…

A New Cunningham In line with the proposed reduction of engine displacement which may become effective in 1956 for International sports-car competitions, Briggs Cunningham announces his new 3-litre C-6R. This…

Sir, As a garage proprietor, an owner of a 1959 Bandersnatch 90 and a shareholder in a car manufacturing company, I can give your disgruntled readers who own disreputable old…

"The Motor Vehicle" A text-book for Students, Draughtsmen and Owner-Drivers. By K. Newton. M.C., B.Sc., A.C.G.I., A.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., and W. Steeds; O.B.E., A.C.G.I., M.I.Mech.E., Seventh edition. Published for Automobile Engineer…

We presumably all agree that motor racing is dramatic, and its history intriguing. But the latter aspect is not always clear. While it's fact the London papers gave the results…

Sir, I am working on a life of Tom Cole who drove Ferraris, amongst other cars and died while driving one of his several Ferraris at Le Mans 1953. Any…

Driving over 1000 miles through the Alps isn't a task to be undertaken lightly in 2002. Bill Boddy describes the brave men and women who did just that against the…

We hear F/O G. L. Weaver still has his 1925 Aston-Martin stored away and hopes some day to give it the attention it deserves, although he has not seen it since…

Sir, Regarding recent correspondence about Lotus assembly, you may be interested in my experience with an Elan, which I have now had for some eight months and 10,000 miles. Assembly…

British racer Tim Busby will take his ex-Pierre Dieudonne BMW CSL `Batmobile' back to Le Mans this September for the Le Mans Classic. The car contested the race in 1976-77.

The trend of fitting large capacity American push-rod V8 engines in European style chassis, both single-seater and sports-racing has come back into vogue after a period of being non-u due…

A REMARKABLE BOOK—FREE! The thanks of all those interested in the mechanical working of automobiles are due to the Publicity Department of ShellMex & B.P. Ltd. for a most remarkable…