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Sir, My experience over many many years of car ownership is simply— buy a battery from a firm of repute—remember reputation can never escape responsibility, and judiciously use a trickle-charger.…

Sir, Surely Mr. Graham F. Button (January issue) should have pity for the Daimler 2-litre V8 engine. Imagine starting one's life as the power unit for a fast and reliable…

A moment's rashness prevented Nigel Mansell from extending his sizeable World Championship lead in Canada. As an electronic malfunction sidelined Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger picked up the pieces for McLaren…

Formula 1 impresario Bernie Ecclestone has long been known to harbour a massive collection of cars, both racers and road cars, but its content has in general remained a closely…

Sir, In his article on the Lotus 79 in the July issue of Motor Sport, D.S.J. states that the suction effect produced by the venturi-like underside of the car is…

The BP/Ford World Rally Team is on the march to retain the Manufacturers’ world title it won last year, as well as mounting a concerted bid for the drivers’ title.…

Whether or not you approve of museums, Harrah's Automobile Collection at Reno, Nevada, must be counted as impressive, and a remarkably good use for money earned from operating gambling machines…

Sir Jackie Stewart There are bigger questions to be asked here about whether that number of cars of that speed and power should be allowed to race on an oval…

The new Bugatti Grand Prix car made its first public appearance during practice for the French Grand Prix, as had been promised earlier in the year, and though it did not give…

Appleyard (Jaguar) 2nd  --  Marion (Citroën) 3rd The  Monte Carlo Rally attracted enormous interest again this year, the excellent coverage by Raymond Baxter, of the B.B.C., being largely responsible. Luck plays a considerable…

Looking at the teams which appear regularly at race meetings The point of recognition between the public and the racing teams that entertain them is only at the circuits where…

• Mark Donohue is very much a perfectionist and after his tremendous drive to third place in his first ever Grand Prix he was shrugging aside all congratulations. He felt…