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Akela-engined GNs made a big impact on British race tracks, and a few still survive After WW1, the GN was one of the most successful racing cars in its class.…

E NTS CONT The Way of Things LAND. R.A.C. Tourist Trophy Race ... The Grand Prix Du Comminges The " B.C. " Austin Seven Racing at Southport ... The Grand…

Renault was adamant, when it launched the new Clio, that it wouldn't be offering yellow as a colour option in the UK. Yellow cars don't sell this side of the…

Ferrari's fourth successive victory Entries for the R.A.C.'s Tourist Trophy, organised by the B.A.R.C on the 2.4-mile (3.86-kilometre) Goodwood circuit, on Saturday, August 24th, were as well up to the…

A while ago I mentioned that J P Oates was building not so much a replica as a near-original copy — using the correct parts where possible — of the…

SAAB are to cease offering the 96 and 95 models on the British market. While stocks last they are offering the 96 (which has been sold here for the past…

For people in my business, worrying about Aston Martin used to be a way of life. Through the late ’80s and early ’90s its product lurched from bad, past awful…

We have already written in this issue of Motor Sport (page 811) of the exciting, well-matched duel in Portugal between Hannu Mikkola (Ford Escort RS) and Markku Alen (Fiat 131…

Nigel Mansell’s announcement prior to the British Grand Prix that he has signed a Ferrari contract for 1989 is the culmination of a considerable reshuffle within the team. Early in…

Coys has developed its own unique salesroom as an alternative to selling under the hammer at auction Chris Routledge, the managing director of Coys, leans closer. “With some of the…

Not many cars figure in "About Time", the autobiography, up to the commencement of the Second World War, by Penelope Mortimer (Allen Lane, 1979) and, as it is a light-hearted…

By Karl Ludvigsen Haynes, £24.99. ISBN 1 45960-436-6 Ludvigsen hits the ground running in what he claims is the first full-length biography of the Scottish champion, with a robust assessment…