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Matters of moment, May 1965
The Budget The Budget was less of a shock to the motoring fraternity of Socialist Britain than past experience led…
The Budget The Budget was less of a shock to the motoring fraternity of Socialist Britain than past experience led…
Further Impressions of the Lotus Elan At the end of last year Motor Sport had a Lotus Elan for road-rest and due…
Last year there was a big fuss over the C.S.I. refusing to accept the mid-engined Ferrari 250LM Berlinetta for homologation, so…
Described to the Editor in a recent interview On a perfect April evening, with spring sunshine lighting up the flat…
An appraisal of the 3-litre 6-cylinder Humber Imperial There is still a demand in this world for luxury cars, with interiors…
Le Mans, April 10/11th. In order to give entrants a chance to prepare new cars for the 24-hour race at Le Mans,…
Goodwood, Sussex. April 19th. The practice day on the Saturday of Easter weekend was blessed with mixed weather, so that…
A question I am frequently asked these days is "What do you think of the Hydrolastic Minis?" I have not yet…
Jack Brabham and the Cooper Car Company really started something when they went to Indianapolis with a Grand Prix style Cooper Climax…
In January and February of this year Pirelli distributed an elaborate, 26-question questionnaire — through motoring magazines and motoring clubs.…
The drivers: we chose our particular 12 'consumers' because we think they are typical – a cross section of Cinturato enthusiasts…
Comments on the Giulia Sprint Speciale and Giulia TI saloon The Alfa Romeo is a car no road-tester can ignore, and…
Pirelli Test Day The press had a preview of Pirelli's ambitious Cinturato Test Day at Brands Hatch a couple of days before…
Engine: Four cylinders, 78 x 82 mm. (1,570 c.c.), overhead valves operated by twin overhead-camshafts. 9.7 – 1 compression ratio. 112…
This annual event, limited to British cars not more than two years old, organised by the Hants and Berks Motor…
Joseph Siffert's day Siracusa, Sicily, April 4th. As a change from last year the weather was blazing hot for the XIV…
I cannot let the month of May 1965 go by without looking back to the same month in 1955, a mere…
A section devoted to old-car matters An analysis of the V.S.C.C. Pomeroy Trophy Competition The Pomeroy Memorial Trophy Competition was instituted in 1952 by Laurence Pomeroy…
No. 10: Armstrong Siddeley The Armstrong Siddeley has gone out of production but a plentiful supply of post-war examples, mostly Sapphire models, are…
Sir, At last the b.h.p. from the standard and sports versions of the Riley Nine has been settled by the…
Yesterday Cal Crutchlow received Britain’s most prestigious motorcycling award and revealed that he is already close to signing a new deal for 2018 MotoGP preseason testing starts next week and…
Two-time Formula 1 champion and 2018 Le Mans winner Fernando Alonso will return to McLaren for the post-Bahrain Grand Prix F1 test Fernando Alonso is to get back behind the wheel…
Andretti's bid to set up a new F1 team has been approved by the FIA but now faces the much tougher task of securing a commercial deal. As Chris Medland writes, current teams are hesitant to share a piece of the F1 pie
Vic and Brian. A Londoner and a Lancastrian forever linked: Porsche versus Porsche, Alfa versus Ferrari. Rivals in a golden age of sports car racing: 908s and 917s; Targa Florio,…