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MATTERS OF MOMENT • PRESENTING OUR PETITION The Morog SpoKr and Motoring News Petition against the 70-m.p.h. speed limit on Motorways has brought in a response of over 265,000 signatures.…

One of the most original forms of car mascot to be introduced is the "Flying Mascot" which MOTOR SPORT readers will no doubt have noticed on many vehicles recently. This…

The Grand Prix of Dieppe. TTiE Grand Prix of 1 i(l)1C will take place on the 24th of .1 uly, and the course is in excellent condition, and it is…

SPORTING CARS ON TEST: The 14 H.P. Sports Delage. By THE EDITOR BY the courtesy of Messrs. J. Smith and Company of Albemarle Street, we recently enjoyed a very interesting…

The FIA's zero-tolerance decision to ban BAR for bending the rules must be good for F1 The sight of the BAR-Honda trucks pulling out of the Barcelona paddock on the…

One of the outstanding aspects of the S.M.M.T. Earls Court Motor Exhibition which concluded on the first day of last month was the entirely new sports models which made their…

PROSPECTS OF A NEW G.P. FORMULA Motor racing is in an. interesting state of change at the moment. The 1,500 c.c. category has now grown so suddenly into maturity that…

Sir, I was interested in the Editor's favourable impressions of the 1911 AX Renault as I also recall these machines as pleasant to drive and able to run happily at…

The Lancia Delta HF Turbo There are those with long memories for whom no modern Lancia quite compares with the Aurelias, Aprilias and Flavias of old, just as some MG…

Frank Fennel's Mercedes 300SE won the inaugural Rally of the Tests revival, which took place last month. The Irishman held off a strong challenge from Geoff Awde's MGA.

A few weeks ago the Alexander Engineering Company, of Haddenham, Bucks, held their traditional "Open Day" for motoring journalists. The purpose of this visit was to test a few examples…

Maseratis are among the great cars; before the war they were well to the fore in Britain, at Brooklands, Donington and so on. Perhaps the best known were the 2.5-litre…