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Matters of moment, April 1979
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
The end in sight When we were younger, between very small and adolescent, a sandwich-man bearing placards inscribed "THE END…
Everyone, including Team Lotus, was expecting the successor to the Lotus 79 to make its appearance at the South African…
The present Formula One, for 3-litre unsupercharged engines and 1½-litre supercharged, was started in 1966, since when there have been…
A non-event at.... Brands Hatch, March 18th When the Race of Champions was first thought of, in 1965, it seemed…
A brace of faster Chryslers Chrysler chose the Geneva show to unveil two new versions of their front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, Sunbeam…
The Vintage SCC opens its 1979 racing season at Silverstone, commencing at about 13.15 hours on April 21st. This is…
Obituary - Bill Urquhart-Dykes Another well-known personality from the vintage years has gone, with the death, peacefully, after a short…
A section devoted to old-car matters Some Thoughts About Bentleys I reviewed Donald Bastow's book about the engineering aspects of…
"Goff" Imhof's Trials MG Sir, After some 15 years of not reading Motor Sport, purely because I preferred not to…
"By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden" by Bill Gunscon. 157 pp. 8¼" x 5¾" (The Royal Aeronautical Society,…
Controversial Formula One driver Riccardo Patrese has gone into the model car business, starting with a model of the Chevron…
Cars In Books I found nothing about motoring in "Forty Years Of A Sportsman's Life" by Sir Claude Champion De…
Two works Audi 80s will be seen in International Rallying this season as the Ingolstadt company gains experience ready for…
Mr R. H. Beauchamp, AMIME, concludes his account of life at T & T's of Brooklands under the great Reid…
A new range of Land-Rovers fitted with the 3½-litre V8 Range-Rover engine has been launched, initially for export only. The…
BBC Television has reached agreement with the RAC Motor Sports Association to cover four major British International rallies this year:…
The editor enlarges on the theory of Lord Montagu's that the craze for the straight-eight engine led several British car…
The best supercharged road engine? If the craze for straight-eight engines was almost universally disastrous, as W. B. describes opposite,…
Motor Sport visits Browns Lane to try the latest models from Jaguar-Rover-Triumph Ltd. In view of the release of the…
Although it is eleven years since the XJ6 was introduced, the Jaguar/Daimler model range remains unsurpassed in its combination of…
Wilson Fittipaldi, former F1 driver and brother of double world champion Emerson who set up their eponymous grand prix team, has died at the age of 80
F1 could be set for the return of the Andretti name in a deal to takeover the Sauber team
Compulsory speed limiters will be fitted to new European cars from 2022, so Andrew Frankel has a plan for the devout motorist With something close to horror, I imagine you…
Haas is set to announce its new F1 driver on Wednesday but who is on the shortlist?