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A THOROUGHBRED WITH A HISTORY For more than a Decade, Road and Track Racing has been the Arduous School through which the Aston-Martin has Received/ its Development RACING Improves the…

A " SURVEY " REFLECTION? Sir, Three days ago I took delivery of a new Mini-Minor, since then I have driven it about 16o miles. In this time nothing has…

Sir, During my wanderings round this part of the country I have come across a piece of machinery that may be of interest to one of my fellow subscribers, to…

This capable and popular amateur racing driver died in May, aged 84. Sharing an ERA with Ansell, he drove at Brooklands and Donington in 1939 and was fourth in the…

Having been a Peugeot advocate from the days of the 203, I was distressed at the long gap in our testing of cars from this exclusive, top-grade French manufacturer. However,…

Despite an indifferent first season, Nelson Piquet has another chance to show if he has his father’s abilities By Adam Cooper For much of 2008 the future of Fernando Alonso…

Sir, I read with interest your feature Sprites and Gremlins (November 1999), about racing the ex-Pat Moss/Paul Hawkins Sebring Sprite, at this year's Goodwood IT celebration race. May I pass…

Sir, I am wondering if I might take advantage of the facilities offered by your Vintage Postbag section, to try and trace some of the history of my present car…

Motorsport's World Governing body, the FIA, has given its approval to the renamed European Sports Prototype Trophy series which will thus become a championship for the first time this year…

Dri,VILISH Some Cyclecar Reminiscences AFEW years ago, when there was an idea of putting a motor car on the market at the magic figure of £100, there was a marked…

Aston Martin returns to Le Mans this year hoping for a victory against the odds. Much as it did in 1959… By Rob Widdows Only mad dogs, Englishmen and Aston…

Roberto Ravaglia collects touring car titles like Rupert Murdoch does media outlets. In the second half of the 1980s the Venetian was the undisputed saloon car king, winning consecutive European,…