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Sometimes things just don’t turn out as they should. If you had been in the grandstands at Le Mans one lap into the 24-hour race of 1962, you’d have had…

Organisers of the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Car Championship are currently considering 14 invitations from circuits across Europe to host rounds of the 2002 championship. With a maximum of eight…

ROLT ..4GA IA brings the dark blue Connaught of R. R. C. Walker in first over the line. This time in the Formula II Trophy race at the A .111.0.C.…

Morgan Sports Car Club In conjunction with the Austin Healey Owners Club, the MSCC is organising an Inter-Club sprint meeting at the Snetterton Circuit on Sunday, 1st November. The intention…

A RECORD WE DON'T LIKE IAST month there was keen competition for the d Ladies' Lap Record of Brooklands track. First of all Mrs. K. Petre beat Mrs. T. H.…

The First Four-W-D Car Sir, May I first congratulate you on your excellent and very valuable motoring magazine Motor Sport. I was very shocked on reading the letter from Mr.…

As far as sporting enthusiasts are concerned the ordinary Mini has far less attraction than the Mini-Cooper and its latest S-type derivation. However, the standard Mini costs only £448 while…

THE RETURN OF THE LEA-FRANCIS THE marque of Lea-Francis will soon be in active production again. The original Lea-Francis Company was formed in 1896, for the manufacture of bicycles. In…

Sir, I do seem to have stirred up a hornet's nest! In your last issue, John Surtees and Brian Joscelyne of AMOC wrote on the subject of these cars and…

Sir, The photograph which accompanied a letter from Jim James shows a Horch of the 1935/313 era, and, I suspect, from the look of the radiator and wheel centres, the…

This smallest of the current Alfa Romeo models, the Arna, was a panic measure to get sales rejuvenated after the cessation of the popular Alfasud. Very roughly, it can be said that…

What Do You Know About Cars ? Report on Problem No. 4. THE photograph appearing in our last issue of MOTOR SPoRT caused more difficulty than any of the previous…