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The Great Petrol Muddle No excuse is needed for referring again to petrol rationing, because it is the subject foremost in the minds of motorists. Without debating whether or not rationing…

Owing to the disinclination of the snow to melt, the early season speed events have been sadly interrupted and, in fact, the Southport Speed Trials were postponed from Boxing Day…

CAPTAIN J. S. IRVING, DESIGNER OF THE IRVING NAPIER SPECIAL ' INTERVIEWS "MOTOR SPORT" W1SHING to give our numerous readers some first-hand information about the designer of the Irving Napier…

Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Spring Half-Day Trial Held on January 14th, the results were: M.C.C. Cup: K. Burgess (Allard). First-Class Awards: G. Best (M.G.), A. Faulkener (Mercury), C. C. Evans…

Reflections – Why F1’s ‘regime’ feels threatened by FOTA – Ron chooses his moment for team handover – The night The Beatles stayed at Indianapolis "How come,” goes the old…

No-one doubts that Felipe Massa can display brilliance. Yet it doesn’t happen at every race. Now the title is within reach, we ask whether he has gained the skills required…

" BUNTY REMEMBERS" Some Experiences with the Less Usual Cars by DAVID SCOTT-MONCRIEFF THE description of the Renault "45 " in an old copy of the Motor, lying in a…

Autumn launch for 911 Turbo New technologies and uprated engine make it fastest ever Forty years and six generations after the first was seen in prototype form, a new Porsche…

by "Baladeur" A full and authentic biography of Ettore Bugatti still, I think it is generally admitted, remains to be written. Even less attempt, so far as I am aware,…

Motor Sport Fixture List for October sir Only dubs whose secretaries funiished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in this list C =…

To complete the series of tests on under-£700 sports cars we tried the Mk. II Austin Healey Sprite in 1,098-c.c. form, which is identical in nearly every respect with the…

THE "DOUBLE-TWELVE." M.G. MIDGETS GAIN FIRST FIVE POSITIONS AND WIN BOTH TEAM AND CLASS AWARDS IN UNINTERESTING :: RACE. :: THOSE spectators who had read the notes on the Double…