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At last, BMW has got around to replacing its old (launched in 1986) range of 3-series convertibles with the current…

At last, BMW has got around to replacing its old (launched in 1986) range of 3-series convertibles with the current…
The words 'diesel' and 'sport' are not commonly juxtaposed, and what memories survive of diesel-engined cars pounding around Indianapolis are…
The poor old Cavalier is beginning to present a strong case for the introduction of automotive euthanasia. A peerless fleet…
By now its over. 12,000 miles of punishing travel in cars at least two decades old; a month of route-finding…
Eoin Young samples a brace of historic Coatalen Sunbeam racers Tom Wheatcroft, renowned owner of the Donington circuit with its…
Louis Coatalen produced four cars for the 1922 Tourist Trophy, economically modifying Sunbeam's existing 1921 three-litre machines by adding 30…
"Morris Oxfords, VW Beetles and Royal Enfield motorcycles are still being made in India and Mexico. Chris Goffey explains how…
The other Sunday nearly 100 people assembled at Roger Collings' Mill House for the firing-up of his aero-engined Mercedes-Maybach, successor…
Another good "twisty sprint" by the Midland Section of the VSCC took place at Curborough, near Lichfield, on May 2.…
The VSCC sprint at this RAF airfield occupied the afternoon of April 24, in reasonably good weather. David Baldock in…
It is now history that this year's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree was abandoned after false starts. It was what…
The Welsh week-end of driving frolics, dining, and trialling which has long been an annual activity of the enthusiastic Light…
On March 27, an excellent turn-out of 84 VSCC members took themselves and their cars to the hills rather than…
Entries have come in well for the MCC's ambitious End-to-End Trial, on June 1/3. It takes in some famous trials…
We left Freddie Raynham, after his transatlantic flight fiasco, returning to England from America and in 1920 raising the British…
The Maserati Club, the first of its kind in the world to be created for the marque, is 21 years…
Let's hope that the new purchaser of the Dennis Poore Alfa 8C-35 restores its Dodge truck as well, to put…
My Ford Sierra XR4x4 EFi continues to be as reliable as our Haden Auto-jug electric-kettle or an Ever Ready torch…
If you enjoy watching pre-war and 1950s cars racing, note that the Vintage SCC will run such races at Donington…
Sir, There are obviously many to whom the success of the European Grand Prix, heralding the return of Grand Prix…
Airspeeder's 120mph flying racers are styled as “the future of motor sport”, and will fly at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The first air racing championship is due next year Airspeeder,…
Ferrari claims second 1-2 in a row Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel pipped team-mate Kimi Räikkönen to pole in Shanghai for the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix, more than half a second clear…
The best circuit in the world? It’s a contender. Certainly in terms of the tracks on the modern Formula 1 calendar, Suzuka is almost universally the one the drivers love…
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend brings the opening round of the 2024 F1 Academy championship; a series boosted this year thanks to backing from every grand prix team, as…