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The New Sports Connaught Considerable interest has been aroused by the successful showing of the new Connaught sports car in the now somewhat neglected class. The new car is built…

I’ve not recently witnessed a more improbable scene than watching Sir Stirling and Lady Susie Moss, Norman Dewis and Patrick Head standing patiently in one of Ryanair’s famous queues at…

BMW introduce the 6-series coupe' For such an expensive car, BMW's trendsetting, six-cylinder, two-door coupe series, from 2.5CS to 3.0CSi and CSL, enjoyed extraordinary success, selling 45,000 examples, helped by…

Sir, Your article "Collisions at Top Cross", evoked memories of sitting for hours in the summers of the late 40's to mid 50's, at the bottom of Porlock Hill in…

Austin Sevens must be going faster this year. The final handicaps issued at the start of the 1983 Birkett Relay Race at Silverstone on the second weekend in October showed…

Some observations on a possible future development High speed performance and economy means streamlining, and streamlining means more weight, and more weight means less low speed performance and economy; it is…

Sir, I have only just seen your issue of January and feel urged to add a word on the other side of the discussion which is proceeding regarding Ford cars…

Reports of Recent Events THE MONTE CARLO RALLY (January 23rd-3Ist) This year's Monte Carlo Rally is dealt with editorially in this issue, but for reference here are the tabulated results…

Fernando Alonso continues to hold the key to unlocking the F1 driver market, as the Spaniard has yet to confirm his plans for 2008. At the start of November McLaren…

David Moseley and Sons, Ltd., have developed a most interesting pneumatic cushion which bears the same relation to previous pneumatic cushions as the new low pressure type bears to the…

The Editor looks at some of the Many Frames which have embellished the "Masterpiece in Oils" This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of C. C. Wakefield &…

The "Ideal Pairs" correspondence was so prolific that an extra session is required to conclude it. The first letter on this second pile of such letters is from a Retford…