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Enthusiastic motorists find enjoyment as well as practical advantages in fully equipping their cars and stocking their workshops. Below we describe some supplies and accessories we have found useful: —…

Cars are my life by Prof Dr Ing. hc. Ferry Porsche. 279 pp. 93/4 x  63/4, Patrick Stephens Ltd., Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 2RQ. £19.95. There have been so many…

A washout March 20th With the loss of Aintree for the classic "200" race the B.A.R.C. took over Silverstone for the event and organised a full day's variety of racing in…

Enjoyable event at Charterhouse School. Heal makes f.t.d. with the 1908 Hutton. The Rally section of this event was run on the excellent plot of allowing competitors to start from…

Each year the Americans hold a Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats where cars of all makes and sizes are timed for sheer maximum speed. There are categories for all…

Another comfortable Lotus victory THERE ARE Grands Prix that are tense and closely fought with the lead see-sawing between several teams and the verdict in question until the closing few…

The Z3 roadster has been transformed by BMW's straight six. Andrew Frankel discovered it has the grunt to match its looks The die-hard traditionalists continue to hold sway at BMW.…

Starting on November 3 in Jerez, the 10th running OF the Tour of Spain will take crews via overnight halts in Jerez, Marbella and Granada before finishing at Malaga on…

Just as Chrysler have to play third string to Ford and British Leyland in the overall British car market so it is in the performance world. Here the Pentastar brand…

The Citroen CC magazine Citroenian for last November contained a most interesting illustrated article on the Citroen-Kegresse-Hinstin caterpillar-track vehicles, which made the first motor-car crossing of the Sahara desert, etc.…

Recently we were able to inspect the finished Triumph "Special" built by J. Clayton, to which reference was made some time ago, and to take a brief run in the…

The annual race meeting at Reims is always an exceptional one for it is characterised by a surplus of time, unlike some meetings, and the Automobile Club de Champagne can…