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UP to last year the V-twin engined racing-car was still very much in evidence at speed hill climbs and speed trials. Usually referred to as a " Shelsley Special"—wrongly we…

Showtime Soliloquy Motor Show time in Frankfurt, Paris and London is an appropriate period for thinking about the state of the movement and what the immediate future holds for it.…

Careful checking with all the manufacturers represented at Suzuka, and with Max Mosley to fill in some gaps, reveals just how competitive the new 3 1/2-litre formula is going to…

Sixty years after Auto Union star Bernd Rosemeyer's fatal attempt to reclaim a prestigious speed record from Mercedes-Benz's Rudolf Caracciola, Audi AG has commissioned the construction of a new streamliner…

CARS I HAVE OWNED AF. days before war broke out, I sent in lay papers to join the Fleet Air Aria, as I had already had a pilot's licence, although…

TUE CIIIECIAT Cr CIRILEANS A SERIES OF EVENTS FOR SPORTS AND RACING CARS. SPECTATOR KILLED WHEN CAR AN interesting programme of motorracing was staged by the A.C. du Centre at…

Malcolm Wilson took Mike Greasley as co-driver on the RAC Rally There is little doubt that no other current rally car creates as much interest, or in some areas controversy,…

America's own antidote to oval tracks boasted a level crossing, a stone bridge and every type of bend. Gary Watkins enjoys a lap with the circuit's creator Should you chive…

THE 1.7-LITRE MERCEDES-BENZ TESTED AT THE NORBURG RING A CONTINENTAL SPORTS CAR IN a few days' time the vast Berlin Motor Show, which will be fully reported in the next…

Chris Alford's TVR 1600 and Rod Gretton's 3000M exemplify the colour of Production Sports Car Racing. Some of the most colourful grids of varied machinery to be seen on British…

To meet the repeated demands for something on the lines of the old Spare Parts Announcements, we have instituted a system of Inexpensive advertisements. Each announcement must be limited to…

Mercedes-Benz have built cross country vehicles for many years, but it is not until now that they have produced a competitor for the Range Rover, equally at home being used as a…