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Matters of Moment, October 1958
The Liege-Rome-Liege Rally The toughest and most exhausting of the great Continental rallies, this International event proved another victory for…

The Liege-Rome-Liege Rally The toughest and most exhausting of the great Continental rallies, this International event proved another victory for…
Practice was due to be held on the afternoons of Friday and Saturday preceding race day, but as always happens…
We have, in the past, referred to the extremely light and pleasant steering of a certain rear-engined German small car.…
Engine : Four cylinders, 82.5 by 79.5 mm. (1,703 c.c.). Push rod-operated o.h. valves. 7.8-to-1 compression-ratio. 59 b.h.p. at 4,400…
A Safe, Comfortable, High-Average-Speed Simplified Version of the Futuristic DS19 Saloon. I spent the latter part of the summer driving…
Engine: Four cylinders, 78 by 100 mm. (1,911 c.c.). Push-rod-operated inclined o.h. valves. 7.5-to-1 compression. ratio. 66 b.h.p. at 4,500…
David Boshier-Jones made sure of the R.A.C. British Hill-Climb Championship when he broke the record for the Prescott hill With…
Porsche Triumphant in 1,101-2,000-c.c. Category. Team Lotus Win Up-to-1,100-c.c. Class. Moss sets Sports Car Lap Record to 93.3 m.p.h. Some…
"Men and Machines" by C. H. Wilson and W. J. Reader. 187 pp. 10 in. by 6.25 in. (Weiderfield and…
This event, amongst the competitors in which were two twin-cam 3-litre Sunbeams, was won by R. C. Carter (1932 Sunbeam…
Road-Test Impressions of a Really Fast, Luxuriously-Appointed Coventry-Built Coupe The excellence of the Jaguar is now proverbial and it was…
Engine : Six cylinders, 83 by 106 mm. (3,442 c.c.). Overhead valves operated by twin-overhead camshafts. 8-to-1 compression-ratio. 210 b.h.p.…
On the last Sunday in August—about the first hot one of the summer—the Railton Owners' Club held a Concours d'Elegance,…
A warm sunny day, a large crowd and some of the world's leading drivers combined to make this the finest…
Although six previous Portuguese Grand Prix events have been held, starting in 1950 and fluctuating between the Porto circuit and…
The Editor makes a point of keeping out of the printing works, because he does not profess to a knowledge…
Prices asked for old cars are invariably absurdly high. Consequently we are pleased to learn, from the daily Press, that…
The Final round of the 1958 MOTOR SPORT Brooklands Memorial Trophy, which carried prize money totalling £150, was contested at…
Motor-Cycles Beat Cars The racing season wouldn't be the same without the Brighton Speed Trials, run this year in splendid…
A Day's Motoring in a Very Impressive Triple-Carburetter, Disc-Braked Competition Car It became possible to borrow for a day's brisk…
Rob Widdows and I sit down again to discuss the latest news from the world of motor sport. CVC may be selling the rights to Formula 1, Rupert Murdoch and…
An online auction has been launched in aid of The Henry Surtees Foundation and The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. The sale will run from now until 4pm on Thursday May 26…
It’s straight out of a video game, but Formula 1 really will be racing on Las Vegas Boulevard, or the Strip to you and me. Whether you’re a fan of…
A day of rain and sun in Zandvoort made F1 strategy a guessing game at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix. Some got it right and some got it wrong, but there was no displacing Max Verstappen at the front, says Mark Hughes