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ON BRITISH HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARS (Continued from the June Issue) And now, having offered up the suggestion that this country has nothing to fear in the high-performance field, and that the…

The indications are that if a lot of us want to go places after the war we assuredly shall Which line of thought has prompted Cecil Clutton to review modern…

British driver’s great victory in the German Grand Prix. Sensational fire in the pits For the first time in fifteen years, a British driver has won the laurels in a…

FOLLOWING the postponement of the races at Brands Hatch and Mugello, the World Endurance Championship finally took off at Monza on April 18th. Those early events were doomed from the…

Sir, As a regular reader of your magazine since 1959, I must say how refreshing it was to read the letters in the December edition of Motor Sport from Patrick…

Sir, I was interested in Mr. Wilson's comparison between the Lancia Aprilia and the Ford Cortina, but is he doing the Aprilia justice? The Motor, July 13th, 1937, quotes the…

A new high Just eleven years ago, production came to an end of the first Lotus Esprit series, a borderline 2-litre supercar with 104 bhp less than the Esprit reviewed…

Sir, Whilst a devoted Motor Sport reader I can't help wondering why people are so antagonistic towards MG cars, especially those of the pre-war variety. Over the past years Motor…

In a time of economic hardship, Porsche’s new €100m Stuttgart museum is a defiant display of classic road and race cars as well as rare exotica Anytime you find yourself…

If the Department of Transport kept me waiting a long time in reply to my query about the tax concession still applying to pre-1947 cars not exceeding 7 h.p. under…

I don't know about you but it seems entirely daft to me that the organisers of the historic race meetings that are popping up over Europe seem unable plan their…

Sir, Having once been privileged in a short drive in the 10 1/2-litre Fiat and accompanied my husband Len Gibbs to race meetings and hill-climbs with this car on many…