A racing car for £400 Go back to 1959, dig up the old race programmes, and you will probably find a name appearing oftener than most in what was then…

San Remo Rally It was certainly a good day for Porsche, way back towards the end of 1966, when they allowed themselves to be persuaded by Vic Elford that they…

The very words Targa Rusticana cannot fail to vibrate the nostalgia strings of anyone who was rallying a couple of decades ago. Neither a national race in Sicily nor a…

As a general rule, the world's best-known rallies are those which form part of the World Rally Championship for Makes, there being still no equivalent series for drivers, to the…

Rallying and racing can be compared in many respects, but the circuit does have a big advantage over the special stage in that the race onlooker is favoured with an…

Ivory Coast Rally  --  Toyota walkaway It is fashionable among publicists, some writers, and those who find pleasure in statistics, especially those with little or no competitive experience, to link…

A year ago Hannu Mikkola won the Rally of the Thousand Lakes after his team-mate Stig Blomqvist, obviously more than capable of winning, was told by Audi's team manager to slow…

Cheat, or Criminal? Dealing cards from the bottom of the pack is breaking the rules, in most cases quite harmless but nevertheless disreputable and is called cheating. Stealing is also breaking…

Ten years have passed since publicists gathered all the superlatives they could muster to describe a rally which spanned the world, the London-Sydney Marathon. This monster event attracted the attentions of…

Makinen becomes second man to score RAC hat-trick It's odd how a point made by Motor Sport will often be repeated much later by a more general news medium, written…

The Bandama Rally and the Tour of Corsica Two world championship rallies have taken place since last month's review was written, the Bandama Rally in West Africa's Ivory Coast and the…

On the verge of his first outright World Rally Championship success, Bruno Thiry’s Escort came to a halt. Didier Auriol was handily placed to profit. The Ford team suffered the…