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John Davenport was the man who convinced Austin Rover's top Brass their 'Old Man's' Metro could be developed into a…
John Davenport was the man who convinced Austin Rover's top Brass their 'Old Man's' Metro could be developed into a…
Lynx Motors Int. As famous for improving new cars as for its reproductions of a great fifties sports-racer, Lynx also…
One London Suburb reverberated to the sound of racing engines until 1972. Paul Fearnley takes a leisurely drive through a…
Though initially caring little for Motorsport, Woolf Barnato went on to become a multiple Le Mans winner. Bill Boddy recalls…
Vauxxhall: Solid, dependable - and dull. The Luton Marque hardly sets pulses racing, but that's what you get if you…
Mario Andretti has raced so many cars, over a career that stretches back four decades, that you might expect him…
If six is good, eight is better AT THE END 01 WI IAT WE NOW CALL THE VINTAGE YEARS, 52.5%…
Autocar recently scooped the first description of BMW's reborn Mini. There is much nostalgic respect still for Alec Issigonis's original…
Does anyone recall how Graham Hill once got all the drivers in a Mini race to reverse when the flag…
Some 70 pre-war cars graced the Summer Garfitt assembly, at the Verzons Hotel outside Ledbury. Prize-winners included Donald Crowther's Lancia…
Although the well-established Wolseley tool and Motor Car Company had not raced since the days of Herbert Austin's Wolseley 'Beetles',…
Conincidence - At a barbeque the other day, one arrival was Roger Collings' Edwardian Zust, which he has been driving…
Wonderful world! 420 Rolls-Royces drove into Chester along a partially-closed A55, led by the famous 1906/7 Silver Ghost AX201, to…
Surely only once has there been an accident in a major race involving three cars of one make, in the…
The VSCC Yorkshire Ridings Weekend (10-13 August) saw Mark Garfitt and Dood Pearce make best performance in a 1937 Frazer…
The VSCC's August Silverstone Meeting was a great occasion, with interesting aviation and motoring attractions. But the racing was the…
Let us not forget that the vintage and historic commercial vehicles and coaches have their well-established and active Historic Commercial…
Slip: It was Costin Densham who formed Wade Engineering. I remember his Calcott and 14/40 Sunbeam but skidded over his…
Looking through back issues of Motor Sport recently, I found an Editorial I had written in February 1979 which, in…
The Veteran car run to Brighton takes place on 5 November. Organised by the RAC and VCC, it will have…
Tiphanie Isnard is the trailblazing female team boss of the Dacia Dakar effort – she knows how to win motor sport's toughest event like few others
It began with a high-profile defection: Ben Hodgkinson, the technical director of Mercedes’ HPP engine division would be switching to Red Bull’s new engine department. Following news that Red Bull…
IndyCar tested the windscreen prototype on Thursday Chip Ganassi racer Scott Dixon tested the IndyCar windscreen prototype at ISM Raceway on Thursday in varied conditions – and gave it a…
What's in a name? When it comes to F1, the answer is $1bn or more: Cadillac has won a lucrative 2026 grid place with a bid barely changed from the Michael Andretti proposal rejected by F1. Adam Cooper investigates the change of heart