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Tour Auto revised The organisers of the Tour Auto have pledged to take the event back to its roots in 2005 by introducing measures aimed at making it more relaxed.…

Some Impressions of a VW Owner's Graduation to Ownership of this German Saloon You may be interested to learn the feelings of one enthusiast who bought a car, without even…

Seconds out. . . Rallying doesn't come much closer than this. Argentina witnessed an epic battle between the WRC's top two protagonists There have been many close tussles in the…

Sir, Now that the prices of genuine vintage and veteran cars have risen to such a level that few car-lovers can aspire to them, we are seeing a terrific increase…

Mercedes Estates Mercedes-Benz have rounded off their range of "compact" cars with the introduction to the British market of the T-series of estate cars, based on the familiar W123 chassis.…

Modern times: I doubt if many of Motor Sport's discerning readership are aware of a populist quiz show on British TV called Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Contestants have…

Riley Result Sir, You may be pleased to know that my recent letter in the January edition, "The Life of Riley", produced a result. A friend of a lady whose…

A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of all the Walter Bentley products, from BR rotary aero-engines to…

More than once, commenting on the exciting Cross-Channel Air Race which the Daily Mail organised in 1959 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bleriot's channel crossing, Motor Sport expressed the…

Hsu scores despite Spice rivalry Twin wins for US visitor in GpC sportscars, while Christian Glaser continues his TGP run American visitor Aaron Hsu was the star of the third…

Sir, Your mention of the Crossley 15.7 and works drivers reminded me of the time when I wanted to demonstrate one of their Weymann tourers to a titled woman in…

THE next Model Engineer Exhibition, which is of interest to many of our readers, will take place at the Seymour Hall, London, W1, from December 31st to January 10th, Sunday…