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Scotts plan Le Mans TV series Renowned film director brothers Ridley and Tony Scott are planning a television series based round Le Mans in the 1950s and '60s. They have…

British cars at the London Motor Show Thirty makes of British cars face 37 foreign makes at Earls Court and it is patriotic to consider what defence our cars offer…

Sir, Sub-Lieutenant G. P. Shea-Simonds, R.N.V.R. (" Cars I have Owried," June) was mistaken in supposing my quarrel is with the" 100 M.P.H." Invieta, with which I have had little…

The Armada repulsed! Silverstone played host to the 52nd running of the Tourist Trophy on September 4, which was also the penultimate round of the European Touring Car Championship. Having…

It had to happen... Monza, September 11 If you believe in the law of averages, the day had to come when McLaren and Honda would not win a 1988 Grand…

Sir, I note from the October issue of Motor Sport that Leyland are showing a Range-Rover in the Donington collection as "one of the Range-Rovers which made the first continuous…

Further Observations of this year's Great Road Event A report of the road-section of the 20th Monte Carlo Rally appeared in Motor Sport last month, and we pay tribute to…

An additional attraction at this year's VSCC Shelsley Walsh hill climb on July 4 will be the gathering there of cars of the Salmson/Amilcar Register on its 30th International Rally,…

CAMPBELL'S DA.YTONA PROJECT FOR some time it has been known in trade and motor racing circles that Captain Malcolm Campbell has been evolving plans for making an attack on the…

By J. Richard Aley of the Ecurie Chequers here seen in his highly - satisfactory 1¼-litre H.R.G. While none of the dozen cars I have owned have been of the exotic variety, I…

The Sunbeam Tiger When the Sunbeam company withdrew from Grand Prix racing in 1925, after racing their 2-litre supercharged six cylinder cars they turned their thoughts to the Land Speed Record with…

The roads of the 1920s We left Owen John early in 1926, trying the advantages of four-wheel brakes on what would now be vintage cars—in this case a Bean 14.…