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With over 700 races and 250 rallies behind him, Williams continues to entertain on and off track No British race report is complete without a shot of a car ludicrously…

A book that should please most children comes from Fords of Britain, called "Talleyran meets a Car Maker." It tells how a felt dog, with the most mobile of expressions,…

Rover's beloved Mini will be around to celebrate its 40th birthday in August 1999, and that's official. Even more remarkably, the A-series engine will pass its 50th anniversary in 1998…

A proposal for a ‘world engine’ to be used across a range of categories has been put forward by the FIA. Motor sport’s governing body has distributed a working document…

MATTERS OF MOMENT Into The 1990s. • • AS THE world, changing quite dramatically in political terms, moves relentlessly into the 1990s, how looks the motoring scene? Two bits of…

Sir, I wonder if we may use your editorial columns to make a statement about our Police Radar Warning Devices which have caused so much comment recently. No doubt your…

Sir, I have just received my July copy of Motor Sport and would like to thank you for sending it so regularly and also for maintaining your high standard. The…

WHO D'THEY THINK THE'RE KIDDIN' ? Sir, Reference the recent " too,000 miles " R.A.C. observed trials on various cars using B.P. visco-static motor oil. For some time past we…

Very entertaining is a booklet issued by the British Road Federation, of 4a, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.1. entitled "Follow The Signposts." It tells of what happened to an American tourist in…

Sir, David Meynell quite rightly points out that the model Bugatti my Company manufactures is very much more expensive than is his Super Seale "Blower" Bentley model. I feel that…

Fernando Alonso has played down the widely-held view that Ferrari might have trouble juggling the needs of its two Latin drivers this year. Alonso insists that he gets on well…

Nick Shrigley-Feigl has unveiled his two-seater F5000 car (below). Designed to give passengers a taste of historic racing, the car is based on a Lola T192 and represents an investment…