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Matters of moment, January 1959
A Happy New Year Apart from wishing our readers the conventional Happy New Year it seems probable that 1959 will…

A Happy New Year Apart from wishing our readers the conventional Happy New Year it seems probable that 1959 will…
Popularity poll In the Daily Express "Sportsman of the Year" contest, which is generally regarded as the most authoritative, Stirling Moss finished…
To clear the air, note the following : Junior Formula for International or National Racing (requiring a National and unrestricted…
A Silent, Fully-Equipped Luxury Car of Considerable Performance—Costing Under £1,600. In the past the Super Snipe was one of the…
Whenever I see a large air-liner land, especially on a wet runway, I am intrigued by the way the pilot applies relatively…
New Castrol films During the winter when you cannot watch motor racing the next best thing to do is to…
A Section devoted to old-car matters Puzzle: This old photograph (q.v.) recently unearthed, shows a three-letter registration-plate, EWE3, at a time when such…
Sir, After the first World War a flood of cheap cyclecars appeared on the market in response to a widespread demand…
It is believed that a small Chenard-Walcker saloon lies derelict in a garage in Essex and that a Windsor and…
Just before Christmas B.M.C. announced a second Farina-styled car, following the introduction, at the last Earls Court Motor Show,…
Grandes Epreuves -- for World Championships [Date -- Race -- Distance (kms) -- Circuit -- Driver/Car (top three): First -- …
The winner of the 1958 Venezuelan G.P., which this year was run as a road race for Gran Turismo cars, was won…
To keep their Vanwall model company as it were, "Corgi" have introduced a miniature B. R. M., complete with that car's unusual exhaust…
Impressive improvement in acceleration from M.A.G.-blown engine Philip Mann, whose very lovely 3-litre Bentley is well known to vintage-car enthusiasts, has…
Cuth Harrison's Harford wins by one point from B. H. Dees' P.A.B. Special ("Click to Zoom" for pictures indicated.) Trials…
The Remarkable Borgward Isabella Coupé There is a growing demand for a car which, although luxuriously appointed and pleasing to…
November 29th, 1958. On the last Saturday in November four members of the Trojan O.C. assembled in Petersfield, at an hotel…
By Major L. L. Gordon I owe my early love of engines of all kinds to our local blacksmith whom I…
H.R.G. light alloy head gives 8 b.h.p. Increase in the middle-r.p.m. range The M.G.-A sports car uses the B-series…
The World's Racing Cars and Sports Cars by Douglas Armstrong. 208 pp. 5 in. by 7-5/8 in. (Macdonald & Co.…
As predicted in Motor Sport this month, Mercedes-AMG’s tech chief Paddy Lowe has left the championship-winning team and is set for Williams. For the full story, go here. The story, written by…
Since scoring his maiden Formula 1 win in Miami a year ago, Lando Norris has enjoyed several highs, but also many lows which threaten to relegate him to second fiddle to Oscar Piastri if he doesn't bounce back quickly
Sebastian Vettel’s victory this weekend was not the first time Ferrari has unexpectedly beaten a dominant Mercedes-Benz racing team, but it was the first I can recall in which Ferrari…
The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix was a display of domination by Max Verstappen, but F1 rivals could well find themselves closer to Red Bull away from the Sakhir circuit, writes Mark Hughes