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Under this heading in the daily paper for which she writes, Mrs. Kay Petre had an article some time ago, which we consider to be in distinctly bad taste. She…

Today the word replica is grossly over-used and very often mis-used, just as the letters GT (Gran Turismo) are mis-used. In 1932 Frazer Nash produced a version of their famous chain-driven…

* The 17th in a line of BMW Art Cars will race at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. One of the two Schnitzer-run BMW M3s will race in…

Lotus designer Len Terry tells Doug Nye about extra-orbital activities Racing people might be sharply focused, but work hard, play hard has always been the order of the day. Talking…

Evergreen Giant FEW manufacturers can claim to have produced a 'classic' car in the last twenty years, least of all one from a mass producer, but in the quattro Audi…

Most of the motor racing annuals are now safely gathered in and there are some welcome additions to the perennial favourites. The problem with trying to review "Autocourse" (ed Maurice…

A 1934 Armstrong Siddeley 15 with seized engine was for sale in Surrey for 10s. and the remains of the ex-McCalla 1924 G.P. Sunbeam have been found in Ireland. That…

It looks like a Volvo. It feels like a Volvo. But Simon Arron found that the 850TDI also has a hidden agenda This all looks very familiar. The comprehensive switchgear.…

Same tune, new sound The mythical "they" (whoever "they" might be) were saying that it was all going to be different this year at Imola for the San Marino Grand…

Sir, May I put in another word in favour of the "Buy British" slogan? In 1968 I purchased a four-year-old Ford Cortina Estate car, with 37,000 miles on the clock.…

A 1936 Austin 7 Ruby saloon, owned by the same lady all its life, recently went to the garage which has always serviced it for her. In mid-Wales rumour suggests…

THE SEVENTH R.A.C. RALLY AN SS OUTING—MORGAN, WOLSELEY, ASTON-MARTIN, TRIUMPH, SS AND FORD V8 SHARE THE HONOURS--SENSIBLE FINAL TESTS—INTEREST AS PRONOUNCED AS EVERRILEY TAKES THE TEAM PRIZE WELL, the seventh…