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Matters Of Moment, February 1957
The Great Petrol Muddle No excuse is needed for referring again to petrol rationing, because it is the subject foremost…

The Great Petrol Muddle No excuse is needed for referring again to petrol rationing, because it is the subject foremost…
Those readers who collect car miniatures to amuse their children (or themselves!) will be interested in the very small Wiking…
The last time that I wrote an article under the above title was in Motor Sport for February 1955, and at…
A Grand Prix team that aspires to success and greatness must nowadays embark on a programme of events that continues…
On January 4th the North London Enthusiasts' Car Club held their annual dinner and dance at the Hendon Hall Hotel.…
We feel that no better obituary to Ken Wharton can be offered than that which attained the Editorial column of…
Along with raised prices for petrol, oil and tyres, etc., another "Suez crisis" is an increase in the fees payable…
Another "grab," this time by the Government, is embodied in the present price of the Highway Code, study of which…
Considerable reductions in vehicle fares on cross-Channel air ferry services have recently been announced. Some of these reductions amount to…
"Golden Wings," by Alison King. 191 pp. 8¼ in. by 5½ in. (C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, Strand, London,…
This time by J. C. Morland, who describes motoring enthusiasm as it breaks out in Kenya. My first car was…
The cover of a recent issue of the Nascar Newsletter—official organ of South America's National Association of Stock Car Auto…
In spite of limited petrol the Kentish Border C.C. held their Annual Sporting Trial on December 23rd near Bexley. Twenty-eight…
Alfred Owen, the B.R.M. sponsor, is Chairman of Port Hamble Ltd., Hamble, Southampton, a firm which has introduced the Pacemaker 19 outboard…
On the eve of the petrol famine Motor Sport was loaned for test a bright yellow Mk. XI Lotus two-seater. The…
Engine: Four cylinders, 63.5 by 92.5 mm. (1,172 c.c.). Side valves. 8.0-to-1 compression-ratio. Approximately 40 b.h.p. at 5,700 r.p.m. Safe sustained…
The racing/sports car is very much a thinly disguised Grand Prix car and bears little resemblance to production sports cars…
The problem of taking air into a Grand Prix engine is fairly straightforward, most people using Weber double-choke carburetters, giving…
Records Now that Monza's banked autodrome has been added to the Montlhery Track near Paris, record attacks should flourish, although…
A section devoted to old-car matters, both current and contemporary Fifty Years of a Nobody's Motoring Back in the dim…
Luca di Montezemolo didn’t make the trip to Bahrain, but back home in Italia he will have been in a very fine mood on Sunday afternoon. A Ferrari 1-2 –…
Max Verstappen beat Valtteri Bottas by just 0.043sec to top Friday practice in a session that could potentially set the grid for Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix. The weather forecast makes…
The hot pursuit of keeping up with Red Bull is causing serious headaches for Mercedes and Ferrari, with Aston Martin remaining realistic
The top of the Dakar leaderboard changed dramatically over stages three and four, as early leader Nasser Al-Attiyah retired and problems hit Peugeot's star duo. Reigning victor Stephané Peterhansel returned…