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My "Forgotten Makes" piece about SCAT/Ceirano in the January issue has brought a letter from Nick Sloan who owns a Newton Ceirano, a 1925 S105 ohv version of those nice…

Sir, To my mind quite the most remarkable thing in the history of the Dewar Trophy is that it was never awarded to Sunbeam or Bentley. Did they not achieve…

etta/10414 WE HEAR E. D. Saddington has recently acquired two very potent cars and would be delighted to hear from anyone who knows anything of their histories. One of these…

Spa Francorchamps, Belgium With seven Ford GT405 in the varied 100-car field, it was no surprise when one of their number won the Spa Classic Six Hours at the end…

Sir, The British Touring Car Championship has a problem. The recent back-to-back Grandstand scheduling of our leading national car racing championship and the British Superbike series had the unfortunate effect…

New Zealand and Argentina Because manufacturers' rally teams are concentrated in Europe, the non-European qualifiers of the World Rally Championship consume a sizeable chunk of their annual budgets, and each…

Breadline Motoring THE latter end of the great slump found me occupying a mouldering and remote farmhouse, unemployed, and owner of one " 14/40 " Sunbeam and one slightly decayed…

Earlier this year some correspondence was published in "Vintage Postbag" about Hodgson cars. This led to the discovery that Mr. Harry Hodgson, their creator, is living at Hailsham. So one…

Audi’s new R15 turbo-diesel prototype will race just twice in 2009 following news that the German manufacturer has withdrawn from the Le Mans series in both America and Europe. Audi…

The Leinster Trophy (July 9th)-Dunboyne-193 Kilometres The annual Irish race over the road circuit outside Dublin was once again sponsored by the Martell Brandy concern, and as always proved an…

Final Triumph for Matra Kyalami, November 9th: The loss of Chrysler (Simca) sponsorship could result in a seriously curtailed programme next year for the Matra team, but they finished the…

Sir, I much enjoyed The Story of Diva (Motor Sport, April 1987) since Don Sim (and Yimkin) were responsible for the first Mini that I raced in 1961. I well remember arriving…