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Maserati 6CM In the June issue of MOTOR SPORT, your report on the VSCC Donington meeting described my Maserati 6CM as "hybrid". My dictionary defines something "Hybrid" as "being of…

[In which Capt. Rex Stevens, R.E., describes the cars which he drove from 1947 up to this year, both in this country and on the Continent.—ED.] To submit an article…

Last month we said that the price of a Rover Mk. III coupé was £1,997 2s. 6d. This figure includes automatic transmission, and the price of a Mk. III with…

Not so long ago, Frenchman Didier Auriol was known as the man whom Lady Luck has passed by. Time after time, disaster struck just when it seemed that he would…

TOURING ON PUNCTURED TYRES. A Test with " Fibermetic " Treated Inner Tubes. THE mere mention of claims for puncture sealing compounds is usually sufficient to arouse all the latent…

ACCESSORIES AT OLYMPIA. The Gallery for Gadgets. Some Aids for the Speed Man. ACCLES & POLLOCK. Stand 205. The exhibits on this stand concern the sporting motor cyclist who takes…

The dirt track tradition It sounds like someone has just unbolted the Gates of Hades. A deep and mournful groan reverberates through the darkness pockmarked by a hundred spotlights. The…

Sir, Having lived and motored in Italy for several years I read with interest Mr Piggott's letter published in your May issue. Among other things Mr Piggott mentions the importance attached to…

The factory teams were out in force for the Belgian Grand Prix on the 14.1-kilometre Francorchamps circuit, through the wooded hills and valleys near Malmedy and Stavelot, and the Royal…

Toyota narrowly missed out on a historic victory in the Daytona 500 after Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch were beaten to the line by the Dodge Chargers of Ryan Newman…

Mark Blundell 1985 SPA F3000 He was just 21. He was running his own team. He had an old car. He was bucking the F3 trend. And, he tells Adam…

THIS traditional event the Edwardian and Light Can Section of the VSCC took place, in the usual form, over the weekend of March 27th/28th, the time-change coinciding with a very…