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Matters Of Moment, June 1957
The Great Insurance Grab As if the cost of motoring isn't high enough already, the "tariff" insurance companies will increase…
The Great Insurance Grab As if the cost of motoring isn't high enough already, the "tariff" insurance companies will increase…
Due to the short twisty nature of the circuit the number of starters for the Monaco Grand Prix was limited…
Being the first European Classic Grand Prix for this year the Monte Carlo race saw the factory teams well prepared…
Some notes on the famous Coventry firm and a description of the new Jaguar XK150 The title does not refer…
The S.W. Centre of the B.A.R.C. was unlucky on the occasion of the 14th Brunton Hill-Climb, for torrential rain put…
Ferrari Sweep the Board Once Again Brescia, Italy, May 12th. As with many big motor races, the 1957 Mille Miglia resolved…
Our starting time was 5.37 a.m, and our number 537, the last car to start in the 1957 Mille Miglia. For…
Not only is the Volkswagen one of the world's best-selling cars, it is also the one most frequently discussed in…
I. Ireland (Lotus) leads M. Charles (Jaguar-D) by one point in Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy Contest A considerable attendance…
Pau, France (B.P.), Easter Monday. Last year was the first occasion since 1935, apart from the war years, that the…
" 'The Motor' Year Book, 1957," edited by Laurence Pomeroy, F.R.S.A., M.S.A.E., and Rodney Walkerley. 248 pp., 10 in. by…
The Series-MGA Coupe Constitutes a Safe Fast Car, with First-Class Handling Qualities, Excellent Brakes and Decidedly Useful Performance It was…
On April 23rd the two works Ferrari drivers, Collins and Hawthorn, presented themselves at Modena to drive the new FII Ferrari for the…
A Ferrari Test Run Naples, Italy, April 12th. Wth races crowding on top of each other, Naples suffered from the…
Once again it was the Scuderia Ferrari who provided the main mechanical interest at Naples, for, as last year, they…
Celebrating Success On May 3rd a luncheon was held at the Hyde Park Hotel, London, by the Standard Motor Co.,…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters The outstanding vintage-car fixture this month is the V.S.C.C. Silverstone Race Meeting (the second…
Sir, Being an interested reader of your journal, especially the vintage section, I find these articles most absorbing. I am…
The recent spate of Grand Prix races, with Pau and Naples in the same week, caused something of a stir…
N.B. – Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. –…
Last week I enjoyed a long chat with Jim Hall, the creator of the legendary Chaparral Can-Am (below with Jim driving) and long-distance sports cars from the sixties. Those cars…
Sunbeam threw all it had at the 1923 French Grand Prix but innovative Fiat still turned up with a faster car — by 30sec per lap. Its unlikely win with Henry Segrave, the first British GP victory, is a classic racing tale of strategy, determination and panicked rivals
A 1,000bhp electric car, zany circuits designed by an extreme sports star and an F1 champion on the grid – can Nitro RX make the jump into motor sport mainstream and beyond?
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1988 issue of Motor…