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Industry insight: Continuously variable TransAxle
Continuously variable fun Ford and Fiat have brought automatic transmission within the grasp of Fiesta and Uno buyers with a…
Continuously variable fun Ford and Fiat have brought automatic transmission within the grasp of Fiesta and Uno buyers with a…
Good vintage SMMT Test '87 is a one-and-a-half day annual event for journalists centred upon Donington Park, which can yield…
Crown jewel Regarded by many people as the jewel in Grand Prix racing's crown, Monaco has always been one of…
Millionaires' row GTO— three letters signifying a peak in a famous, possibly the most famous, auto-history. 12 cylinders, 3 litres,…
by Terry Cole. 111pp. 91/4 61/4. (GT Foulis & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ £7.95). Here is a little book full…
by Stuart Bladon (Penguin Books, £3.50) In its thirtieth edition, this compact guide has a new shorter name to replace…
by Nigel Trow (Osprey, £19.50) Although its title suggests a concern only with the track, Nigel Trow's book actually embraces…
by Philip Porter. 175pp. 101/2" x 8". GT Foulis & Co Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. £14.95) Here is…
Custom Fords by Pierce Riemer and Stephen Mills. 120 pp. 101/4" x 8". (GT Foults & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset…
by William Morse. 64pp. 91/4 x 7 (Nelson & Saunders, Olney, Bucks. £5.95.) The rotary aero-engine (redolent of the days…
The roads of the 1920s As the summer of 1926 approached, Owen John was doing his best to silence critics…
It was in 1939 that a contest was arranged at Brooklands to decide which was the then-fastest road-equipped sports-car. It…
We learn with regret of the death of Eric Giles, who played such a prominent part in the early days…
We are grievously saddened to hear that Betty Haig, great-niece of Field Marshall The Earl Haig, died in an Inverness…
Simplicity itself The aircraft industry had a bad time immediately after the Armistice of 1918, orders for military aeroplanes having…
The snippers got at last months "Silverstone snippets" making Sweet's MG fourth in the VSCC Pat Lindsay race, whereas it was…
Overall winner the VSCC Scottish Trial was RG Winder (Austin 7), and other first-class award winners were P Stringer (A7),…
The Lea-Francis OC celebrated its 25th Anniversary at Stanford Hall, near Lutterworth, on June 7, when some 30 cars representing…
Joy-riding When Duncan Rabagliati phoned last December to ask if I would like to join Team Rabagliati on the RAC Classic Run,…
No, not mine, although I do have them! I am referring to car bodywork in the context of the now…
Halfway through NASCAR’s ten-race Chase for the Cup play-off with just five of a whopping 36 races to go and it looks like it’s going to be difficult for anyone…
Modern sport is a professional business but in fact the whole point of sport is to give people a break from their professional worlds: the workplace, the office, the factory.…
A permanent tribute to Murray Walker has been unveiled at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, remembering the legendary commentator who died in March. The commemorative plaque pays tribute…
Aston Martin was going to fight for overall Le Mans victory with its Valkyrie hypercar, then cancelled its plans. But Andrew Frankel is hearing (and seeing) that the project may well be back on for 2023