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Publish Date
03 January 1962
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Vol / No 120/3111
Editorial - Fairs and Flyovers / Speed School - BMC Teaches its Drivers to Handle 100mph Cars at the Advanced Driving School at Abingdon / The Racing Car Show / "The Motor" Market Survey Number One - Cars Under £625 / What's My Lane ? - To Succeed in the Traffic Game you must Know Were You are Going, and Who to Follow / Swedish Giant~Killer - Driving Erik Carlsson's Saab which Won the Rac Rally / Under your Bonnet No:1 - The Ignition Coil
Special Feature Choosing Cars under £625
Racing Car Show Report
Road Tests Citroen Ami 6
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 1/62
Publish Date
17 January 1962
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Vol / No 120/3113
Editorial - Oiliness Before Cleanliness / Exports are Geared to Domestic Sales in a Review of World and Production Exports / Camping Trailers for the Open~air Holiday / The 31st Monte Carlo Rally Preview / Under your Bonnet No:3 - The Condenser / Mingle with the Mighty - Going Rallying ? ie A Beginner's Guide to the Top / "The Motor" Investigates - Snow clearance ie Is it as Efficient as it Could Be ? / Ice Tyres for the Monte - An Account of a Recent Visit to Fort Dunlop / Moss (Lotus~Climax) Wins The New Zealand Grand Prix
Special Feature Monte Carlo Preview
Road Tests BMW 700 Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 3/62
Publish Date
24 January 1962
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Vol / No 120/3114
Editorial - How to Ruin an Industry / Preview of the New VX Four~Ninety / The Performance of Tyres at Speed / Reports on the First Half of the Monte Carlo Rally / Home Touring - Exploring Merioneth (Wales) / Home Touring - Eire (Ireland) / Home Touring - Scotland / Home Touring - Holiday Accessories / Home Touring - Planning ie The Shortest Distance between Two Points is a Straight Line / Under your Bonnet No:4 - The Sparking Plugs / Home Touring - Travelling / Home Touring - Animals / The Formula 1 Lola with Cutaway and Spec
Special Feature More Holiday Planning
Monte Carlo Rally
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Publish Date
31 January 1962
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Vol / No 120/3115
Editorial - Planning Out of Perspective / Turbines for the Road - The State of the Art / Why a 1.5 Litre Family Saloon Does 93mph / The Assynt District - A Remarkable part of North West Scotland / The Monte Carlo Rally Report - Erik Carlsson (Saab) Wins / H1 for Short - H1 is one of the Shortest Car Registration Numbers and it has been Worn / Under your Bonnet No:5 - The Battery / The Camryde Rear Suspension
Special Feature Monte Carlo Report
Road Tests Fiat 1500 Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 4/62
Publish Date
07 February 1962
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Vol / No 121/3116
Editorial - Disaster in 1972 ? / "The Motor" Market Survey No:2 - Cars From £1300 to £1600 / Account Rendered Part:1 - A Car About the House / Promenade in Piedmont - Worm~Hunting in the Italian Alps / Going to the Circus ? No:5 - Le Mans / Under your Bonnet No:6 - The Dynamo
Special Feature Choosing Cars for the Larger Family
Road Tests Panhard PL17 Tigre
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 5/62
Publish Date
14 February 1962
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Vol / No 121/3117
Editorial - More Light~Less Danger / Two (or even Three) for the Price of One - Motor Caravans are not just Holiday Vehicles ie They can also be used as Normal Everyday Transport / Under your Bonnet No:7 - The Voltage Regulator / Account Rendered Part:2 - Comments on Models from AC, Humber, Renault, Morris, Simca, Sunbeam and Volkswagen / Denmark to Kuwait by Road
Special Feature Choosing Motor Caravans
Road Tests Vauxhall Velox (With Disc Brakes and Overdrive)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 6/62
Publish Date
21 February 1962
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Vol / No 121/3118
Editorial - The Wages of Recklessness / Cars and the Common Market Part:1 / Through Holborn Darkly - London's "New" Road Tunnel / A Gateway to Life / Under your Bonnet No:8 - The Starter Switch / Danger Ahead - "The Motor" Proposes Greater Use of Automatic Warning Signs for Temporary Hazards Ahead / The Doctor and the Driver - Don't be a Big Stiff / An All~British Special Bodied Mini - The Ogle Mini / Grand Winter Touring Expedition by E~Type to the Swiss Lakes
Special Feature Wanted - Early Warning Signals
Road Tests Reliant Sabre (With Hardtop)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 7/62
Publish Date
28 February 1962
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Vol / No 121/3119
Editorial - With a Car to the Seaside / The Computer at the Wheel Part:1 / Under your Bonnet No:9 - The Starter / The Wankel Now - Report on the Present Position of a Revolutionary Engine / This Road Vanishes - Motorists Visiting the Holy Isle / Tools and Equipment for the Home Garage / Ten Years of Development 1952 to 1962...and in 1972 ? with Cutaways / Hard Thinking on Automatics - Automatic Transmissions May Eventually become Universal, but Not for Many Years
Special Feature Tools and Garage Equipment
Road Tests Riley 4/72 (With Automatic Transmission)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 8/62
Publish Date
07 March 1962
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Vol / No 121/3120
Editorial - A Special Sort of Accident / "The Motor" Market Survey No:3 - Cars from £620 to £720 / Try Your Own Road Test and Check Deterioration / Catching Spring Fever with a Trip to Sussex and the Severn Estuary in a Riley Elf / Your Kind of Holiday - The Border Forest Park (Kielder) / Accessories for your Holiday / The Doctor and the Driver - Complexion ie Care in Open Cars / Under your Bonnet No:10 - The Wiper Motor / The Computer at the Wheel Part:2 - Automation / Ferraris for 1962 / Ferraris Plans for 1962
Special Feature Spring Number
Road Tests Austin A40 Mk2 De Luxe Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 9/62
Publish Date
14 March 1962
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Vol / No 121/3121
Editorial - Off~side and Hazardous / New Renault Floride / Road Impressions of the Zagato Mini / Going to the Circus ? No:6 - Nurburgring and The Grand Prix of Germany / Cars with a Difference / Jeeves - Vintage Motoring / Accessories for the New Car / The Computer at the Wheel Part:3 - The Early Warning System / Under your Bonnet No:11 - The Electric Horn / Economy and Longevity on the M1 - Trials of Six British Cars / Man in the News - Private Enterprise (R.R.C (Rob) Walker)
Special Feature Super Minx Road Test
Accessories for the New Car
Road Tests Hillman Super Minx
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 10/62
Publish Date
21 March 1962
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Vol / No 121/3122
Editorial - Accidents on the Motorway / The Geneva Show / Under your Bonnet No:12 - The Fuses / New from Italy - The Maserati Tipo 64 and The Alfa Romeo 2600 with Cutaway / The Advanced School of Automobile Engineering / "The Motor" Investigates - 1962 Holiday Traffic Prospects / Airborne to Alaska Part:3 / The Computer at the Wheel No:4 - Reading, Design and Layout of Instruments / Right on the Map / Testing the Tornado Talisman
Special Feature Holiday Routes 1962
Road Tests Ford Taunus 17M TS 4~Door Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 11/62
Publish Date
28 March 1962
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Vol / No 121/3123
Editorial - Fun to Drive / 1962 Competition Cars - The Gemini Mk4 with Cutaway and Spec / Exhaust~driven Supercharger for Chevrolet Corvair Monza / Going to the Circus No:7 - The British Circuits ie Goodwood, Silverstone, Aintree, Oulton Park, Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace, Snetterton and Mallory Park / The Seven Ages of Sports Motoring / Sports Car Accessories / The Top Ten - Hill Climbs / Apart from Rallies...What ? - Some Suggestions for the Sporting Beginner
Special Feature Racing and Sports Car Number
Road Tests MG Midget
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 12/62
Publish Date
04 April 1962
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Vol / No 121/3124
Editorial - Wardens without Meters / "The Motor" Market Survey - Cars from £1600 to £2200 / 3rd Brussels Grand Prix - Mairesse (Ferrari) Wins / Drive Faster, Live Longer - Advice on Doing Both at Once from the BSM High Performance Car Course / Catching 'em Young - Learning to Drive / A "One Ton" Sunbeam Rapier / The Doctor and the Driver - More Pep Talk / Caravan Topics - The Campavan / Sebring Report / Under your Bonnet No:13 - The Thermostat
Special Feature Road Test of the VW 1500
Sebring Report
Road Tests VW 1500 Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 13/62
Publish Date
11 April 1962
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Vol / No 121/3125
Editorial - Second Chance / French Novelties at Le Mans / More Luxury for the Citroen DS / The Mazda Carol with Cutaway and Spec / Picnic Accessories / Tulipland / The Doctor and the Driver - Motoring through the Night / Beyond the Roman Wall / Tea with Tennyson - Round the Isle of Wight / Holidays by Motor Caravan - How to Set About It / Under your Bonnet No:14 - The Air Cleaner / Continental Camping...for Women
Special Feature Easter Number
Road Tests Vanden Plas 4~Litre Princess (Automatic Transmission)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 14/62
Publish Date
18 April 1962
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Vol / No 121/3126
Editorial - The Taller~than~average 45 Per Cent / Unstoppage - London on the Move again and How it's Done / Lombank Trophy (Snetterton) - J. Clark (Lotus~Climax) Wins / Tunnel Vision - Studies at the St. Gotthard Tunnel show that Cars can be Loaded and Off~loaded at the Rate of 800 an Hour / Week~Ends Far Afield - Cheap Flights to Self~drive Hire Cars / Mosport - Canada's Major Motor Racing Project / An Entirely New Mk3 Ford Zodiac with Cutaway and Spec
Special Feature New Ford Zodiac Road Tested
Road Tests Ford Zodiac Mk3
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 15/62
Publish Date
25 April 1962
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Vol / No 121/3127
Editorial - Signs without Words / The 10th East African Safari Report / New Dunlop Disc Brakes / Cut~Price Racing - The 750 and 1172 Formulae / Belting to Bavaria - 1000 Miles in a Daffodil / Woman's Fancy...a 330mph Twosome
Special Feature Cut Price Racing
Road Tests Morgan 4/4 Series 4
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 16/62
Publish Date
02 May 1962
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Vol / No 121/3128
Editorial - Stirling Moss / "The Motor" Market Survey No:5 - Cars from £680 to £800 / The Great Moss Mystery - Some Speculations on How the Accident Occurred / A Pictorial Review of The East African Safari / Two New Ford Zephyrs with Cutaway and Spec / An Overhead Camshaft Engine from America - Willys Tornado Engine / J. Clark Wins the Aintree 200 / Circuit of Ireland Rally - 3rd Win for Paddy Hopkirk / Radio Road Test - The Motorola 808T
Special Feature New Ford Zephyrs
Road Tests Ford Zephyr 4 (With Automatic Transmission)
Fiat 2300 Saloon
Type of Test Car
Car
Test No / Year 17/62
18/62
Publish Date
09 May 1962
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Vol / No 121/3129
Editorial - Flashing for Flexibility / A Resurgence of Output / Built in Britain / Reaching the Markets / The Pipes of Piecework / The Market for Accessories / A New Super Minx Estate Car / Back to the Solid Tyre - Report from Germany on the Unusual Schmid Sprung Wheel and its Application for a Land Speed Record Contender / Bespoke Oasis / The Latest Dunlops in Action / Topical Technics - Pumps Instead of Gears / Studebaker Avanti - A Fast Coupe that was Developed Fast
Special Feature British Cars, Components and Accessories
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Publish Date
16 May 1962
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Vol / No 121/3130
Editorial - Listen to the User ! / 14th "Daily Express" International Trophy - G. Hill (BRM) Wins / 8th Caravan Club Road Rally Report / Caravan Topics / 1962 Cars - New Singer Vogue Estate Car / Mam in the News - The New President (Lovedin George Thomas Farmer) / ID...19000 - Life with a Hydro~Pneumatic Citroen / Under your Bonnet No:15 - The Vacuum Windscreen Wiper / Molybdenum Disulphide - Seven~day Wonder or Something Worthwhile ? / The Doctor and the Driver - Noise can Hurt / Pat Moss and Ann Riley Outright Winners of The Tulip Rally in Morris Mini~Cooper
Special Feature Vauxhall VX 4/90 Road Tested
Road Tests Vauxhall VX 4/90
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 19/62
Publish Date
23 May 1962
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Vol / No 121/3131
Editorial - Courtesy for the Law~breaker / Grand Prix of Europe (Zandvoort) - G. Hill (BRM) Wins / The Debutantes - Some Details of the Three New F1 Cars seen at Zandvoort ie Lotus 25, Cooper and Porsche Eight / Tyre Research Moves Ahead / An Accident Analysed - Emerging Irresponsibly from a Side Road / Going to the Circus ? No:8 - Monza and The Italian Grand Prix / Coughton Court - On the Edge of the Forest of Arden / All Australian Austin (Freeway) Six / The Gitane - a New 130mph British GT Car / A New 2ohc Lotus Engine
Special Feature Porsche Super 75 Road Tested
Road Tests Porsche Super 75 Coupe
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 20/62
Publish Date
30 May 1962
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Vol / No 121/3132
Editorial - Widening the Choice / Totally Foreign Cars / Ferrari Dominate Nurburgring 1000Km - P. Hill and O. Gendebien Win / Indianapolis 500 Speedway Build~up / 1962 Cars - New Triumph Vitesse Six with Cutaway and Spec / 1962 Cars - Re~Hoisting the Standard Ensign / The First Motor Museum - by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu / New Panhards for Le Mans with Cutaway
Special Feature Continental Cars
Road Tests Simca 1000
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 21/62
Publish Date
06 June 1962
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Vol / No 121/3133
Editorial - Achtung ! / 20th Monaco Grand Prix - B. McLaren (Cooper~Climax) Wins / Acropolis Rally for Mercedes / "The Motor" Market Survey No:6 - Cars from £2100 to £3000 / How the Autostrada Del Sole Grows / Isle of Anglesey - has Many Attractions for the Car Owner on Holiday
Special Feature Monaco Grand Prix - Full Report
Road Tests Hillman Minx Series 3c De Luxe Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 22/62
Publish Date
13 June 1962
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Vol / No 121/3134
Editorial - Sound Sense / Interim Report on the Alpine Rally / Bavarian Revival - Impressions of the New BMW 1500, now approaching Production / A Day Out - Little Moreton Hall (Cheshire) / Indianapolis Pictorial / A Pictorial Survey off All British Car Safety Belts / Monocoque Lotus 25 with Cutaway / Across Australia to the Commonwealth Games / Super Duper Minx - Alexander Conversion on the Hillman Minx / Car Sleepers to Switzerland
Special Feature Safety Belt Survey
Road Tests DKW Junior 800S
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 23/62
Publish Date
20 June 1962
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Vol / No 121/3135
Editorial - Competition for the Meter / Clark's First Championship Win - J. Clark (Lotus~Climax) Wins Belgian Grand Prix (Spa) / The Alpine Rally Report / All Through the Night - Le Mans Preview / Aston Martin Return to Le Mans / Under your Bonnet No:16 - The Mechanical Fuel Pump / The Scottish Rally - Andrew Cowan (Sunbeam Rapier) Wins
Special Feature Le Mans Preview
Road Tests Renault R4L
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 24/62
Publish Date
27 June 1962
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Vol / No 121/3136
Editorial - What about the Workers ? / A Traffic Engineer Asks - Why Punish the Motorist / The Renault R8 with Cutaway and Spec / Le Mans Report - P. Hill and O. Gendebien (Ferrari) Win
Special Feature Le Mans Report
Road Tests Austin A110 Westminster (With Automatic Transmission)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 25/62
Publish Date
04 July 1962
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Vol / No 121/3137
Editorial - Disappearing of the Green / The Driving Schools - Who Tests the Instructors ? / The Rheims Grand Prix - B. McLaren (Cooper~Climax) Wins / Forty~nine North two West - Jersey / "The Motor" Market Survey - Cars from £800 to £950 / 1962 Cars - The New Hillman Super Minx Convertible / Under your Bonnet No:17 - The Electric Fuel Pump
Special Feature Choosing Cars Between £800 and £950
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Publish Date
11 July 1962
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Vol / No 121/3138
Editorial - Strung Up / 48th French Grand Prix - D. Gurney (Porsche) Wins / Under your Bonnet No:18 - The Carburetter / The Iso Rivolta / The New Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 TI / Cool for Cars - Some Useful Thoughts on Keeping the Car and its Crew Cool in Hot Weather / A New Trailered Tent - The Travilla / First Steps - An Australian Tours Southern Europe / Off with their Lids ! / A Private Grand Prix / The Nomad Trailer~Dinghy Unit - for Carrying, Living and Boating
Special Feature Summer Number
Road Tests Triumph TR4
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 26/62
Publish Date
18 July 1962
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Vol / No 121/3139
Editorial - Rough Racing, Tough Cars / On Running a Royce / Built Like an Egg - A Brief Look at the Evolution of the Motorcar Structure with Cutaway / Under your Bonnet No:19 - The Oil Filter / The Solitude Grand Prix - D. Gurney (Porsche) Wins
Special Feature Russian Car Road Test
Road Tests Volga M-21K
The VW Dormobile by Martin Walter Ltd
Type of Test Car
Motor Caravan
Test No / Year 27/62
None
Publish Date
25 July 1962
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Vol / No 121/3140
Editorial - Pea Souper / 15th British Grand Prix - J. Clark (Lotus~Climax) Wins / The Most Per Litre - A Close Look at the Mighty Midget Engines and their Application to Car Racing with Cutaway / The Trans Canada Highway - 5000 Miles from British Columbia to Newfoundland / Caravan Topics - A Date with a Fairview Fairy
Special Feature British Grand Prix Review
Road Tests Pontiac Parisienne
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 28/62
Publish Date
01 August 1962
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Vol / No 122/3141
Editorial - Curiously British / Under your Bonnet No:20 - The Radiator Filler Cap / The Ogle Mini GT / The Mercedes Benz Type 300 - A Dozen Years of Engine Development with Cutaway and Spec / "The Motor" Market Survey No:8 - Cars from £950 to £1250 / Body Blow - Styling and its Appreciation / One Woman's Way of Passing the Driving Test
Special Feature £950 to £1250 Cars Reviewed
Road Tests Volvo P1800 Coupe (With Overdrive)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 29/62
Publish Date
08 August 1962
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Vol / No 122/3142
Editorial - Shop Window On Wheels / 24th German Grand Prix - G. Hill (BRM) Wins / The Springing of Road Vehicles / The TVR Grantura Mk3 with Cutaway and Spec / Laboratory Go~Kart
Special Feature German Grand Prix
DAF Road Tested
Road Tests DAF Daffodil
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 30/62
Publish Date
15 August 1962
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Vol / No 122/3143
Editorial - The Courage to be Different / 1963 Cars - The Morris 1100 with Cutaways and Spec / How Coupled Suspension Works / Alex Issigonis and Charles Griffin Answer Questions about ADO 16 ? ie The Morris 1100 / Three into One will go - The Martin Walter Dormobile based on a Land~Rover / Foot to Hand Conversion for Handicapped Drivers
Special Feature Issigonis on The New Morris
Road Tests Standard Ensign De Luxe (With Overdrive)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 31/62
Publish Date
22 August 1962
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Vol / No 122/3144
Editorial - Five~Year Plan / General Motors' New Baby - New 1~Litre Opel Kadett / Swiss Roll - Switzerland / Adjustable for Shock - Impressions of the Armstrong "Selectaride" System / The Fiat 1600S - Bigger Engine for the Latest from Turin
Special Feature Morris 1100 Road Test
Car Radio Guide
Road Tests Morris 1100 De Luxe 4~Door Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 32/62
Publish Date
29 August 1962
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Vol / No 122/3145
Editorial - A Road for Mr. Marples / Our Livelihood Depends on Quality - A Constructive Answer to the British Motor Industry's Biggest Headache / 175mph from AC Cobra - Carroll Shelby is the Man behind the Project / Portable Garages - Fabricating the Pre~fabricated / 1963 Cars - The Austin Healey 3000 Sports Convertible / A New Ford Falcon Convertible / In the Picture No:1 - Liege~Sofia~Liege Rally / 1963 Fords - New 1.5 Litre Engine for Classic and Capri with Cutaway and Spec / Selling Lines - Why Cars Look the Way They Do / One for the Road - Fresh Thoughts on Drink and Driving
Special Feature 1500 Ford Classic Described and Road Tested
Road Tests Ford Consul Classic 315 (116E)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 33/62
Publish Date
05 September 1962
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Vol / No 122/3146
Editorial - 1 ~ Blockage in the Feed Pipe and 2 ~ Brinkmanship / The Liege~Sofia~Liege Rally Report / A Ford Anglia Super (113E) / 1963 Cars - The New Aero~Willys 2600 from Brazil / 1963 Cars - Improved French Citroens / 1963 Cars - Facel Vega / "The Motor" Market Survey No:9 - Cars Over £3000 / A Car for Five Score ie £100 / J. Clark Supreme in Oulton Park Gold Cup
Special Feature Rolls~Royce Road Tested
The £100 Car
Road Tests Rolls~Royce Phantom 5 Limousine (Park Ward 7~Passenger)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 34/62
Publish Date
12 September 1962
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Vol / No 122/3147
Editorial - Dangerous Desk~warming / The Least Shall be First - Tico Martini's Sprint Car with 4ft 6in Wheelbase that has Twice Beaten the Champions / More New Americans / Ten Years of Production Touring Car Racing / 1963 Models - Twenty~five New Austin Gipsies / A Self~Servo Disc Brake / Paris in the Fall / A 90mph Morris 1100 - Alexander Converted Morris / A Re~vamped Touriste Motor Caravan / A Brief Acquaintance with the Renault Caravelle
Special Feature Two Road Tests
New 4~WD Austins
Road Tests Wolseley Hornet
Facel Vega Facel 2
Type of Test Car
Car
Test No / Year 35/62
36/62
Publish Date
19 September 1962
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Vol / No 122/3148
Editorial - The Customer is Right Again / The Italian Grand Prix - G. Hill (BRM) Wins / 1963 Cars - A Front~drive V4 Ford (Taunus 12M) from Germany with Cutaway and Spec / 1963 Cars - Humber Super Snipe and Humber Hawk Improved / Lockheed's New Safety Device Prevents Rear~wheel Lock on Slippery Surfaces / Ford Capri Furnished and Finished by Hooper's Craftsmen
Special Feature 1963 Humbers
Europe's New Small Ford Tested
Road Tests Ford Taunus 12M De Luxe Tudor Saloon
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 37/62
Publish Date
26 September 1962
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Vol / No 122/3149
Editorial - 1 ~ Practice Makes More Perfect and 2 ~ Smoke...But What Kind of Fire / Cortina and Taunus or a Theme with Variations / The New Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Gets All~independent Suspension / 1963 Pontiacs / The New Fairthorpe Rockette / 1963 Cars - The Ford Cortina with Cutaway and Spec / 1963 Cars - The MGB with Cutaway and Spec / In the Picture No:2 - Racing a Shopping Car / A Three~inch Overdrive
Special Feature New Ford Full Test
All New MG
Road Tests Ford Consul Cortina 2~Door De Luxe
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 38/62
Publish Date
03 October 1962
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Vol / No 122/3150
Editorial - Lip Service / 1963 Cars - The Mg 1100 with Cutaway and Spec / Maintenance Free Sparking Plugs / A Couple of New Americans - 1~The Olsmobile F85, 2~The Rambler Classic, Ambassador and American / More Thrust for The Sabre / 1963 Cars - New Rovers (3~Litre Saloon and Coupe) with Cutaway and Spec / 1963 Cars - The New Vauxhall Velox and Cresta with Cutaway and Spec / J to PB - The Evolution of the New Six~Cylinder Vauxhalls / Moortowns Modified - Revised Layouts for Motor Caravan Conversions of VW Microbus and Kombi / 1963 Cars - Additional Peugeot 404 Models
Special Feature New Vauxhalls
1963 Rover 3~Litre Tested
Road Tests Rover 3~Litre Mk2
Renault R8
Type of Test Car
Car
Test No / Year 39/62
40/62
Publish Date
10 October 1962
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Vol / No 122/3151
Editorial - 1 ~ New Faces and 2 ~ Miscalculation / The 49th Paris Show / 1963 Cars - Gas Turbines for Next Year / How to Get to the Earls Court Show / Motor Caravans at The Earls Court Show / What's at the Earls Court Show / New Jensen V8 / The Lotus Elan 1500 with Cutaway and Spec / 1963 Cars - A 2.5 Litre V8 Daimler Saloon with Cutaway and Spec / Tester's Twelvemonth - The Past Year's Fifty Road Tests / Some New Accessories in the Galleries at Earls Court / Check Point - Scrutiny for "The Motor" Six~hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch
Special Feature Show Guide
Three New Cars
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Publish Date
17 October 1962
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Vol / No 122/3152
Editorial - 1 ~ Why Not Show ? and 2 ~ One Seat for Three / A Stand~by~Stand Review of the Cars at Earls Court / Hooper's Zodiac / Rolls Royce and Bentley / Triumph Spitfire with Cutaway and Spec / 1963 Cars - Improved Hillmans and Singers / A Selection of Car Cutaways / An Extended Motor Show Review of Interesting Accessories / "The Motor" Six Hours Race Report / "The Motor" Six Hours Race - Testing the Winners / The American Grand Prix (Watkins Glen) - J. Clark (Lotus~Climax) Wins / Specifications of Cars at Earls Court
Special Feature The Motor Show
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Publish Date
24 October 1962
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Vol / No 122/3153
Editorial - 1 ~ A Car for All Seasons and 2 ~ Error or Idleness ? / Earls Court Clockwise - A Personal Tour of a Hotly Competitive Motor Show / Show Engineering - A Review of Technical Trends Seen at Earls Court / Architectural Trends in Motorcar Design / Seeing the Show - From Above / Seeing the Show - From Underneath / Seeing the Show - From Outside / Seeing the Show - From Inside / Seeing the Show - Bits and Pieces / Seeing the Show - Through Sporting Eyes / Painless Purchase - including a Plain Man's Guide to Pig~in~a~Poke Avoidance ie Who is the Distributor, Dealer, Agent and What Can He Do for the Customer ? / The Driver's Championship - Contenders for the Crown
Special Feature MGB Tested
How to Buy a Car
Show Report
Road Tests MG MGB
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 42/62
Publish Date
31 October 1962
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Vol / No 122/3154
Editorial - 1 ~ The Hen or the Egg ? and 2 ~ Act of Parliament / What is a 1963 Sports Car ? - A Look at Some American Answers with Cutaway / British Cars Through Continental Eyes / Brighton Run Preview / Take your Pick No:1 - Anti~Theft Devices / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing - Monaco / International Calendar 1963
Special Feature Triumph Vitesse Tested
Thief~Proofing your Car
Road Tests Triumph Vitesse 6
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 42/62
Publish Date
07 November 1962
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Vol / No 122/3155
Editorial - See and Be Seen / The Turin Show / A Tribute to Ricardo Rodriguez / The Brighton Run Report / New Japanese Sports Cars / Safe Braking - New Approaches to Stopping Without Skidding / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing No:2 - The Grand Prix of Endurance / Accessories for Winter Motoring / 11th RAC Rally Preview
Special Feature Triumph Spitfire Tested
Accessories for Winter
Road Tests Triumph Spitfire 4
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 43/62
Publish Date
14 November 1962
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Vol / No 122/3156
Editorial - 1 ~ One up to the Government and 2 ~ "Full Motorisation" / Whither Europe ? - A Summing Up after the Autumn Motor Shows with Cutaways / Me First - An American in Paris Interprets the City's 'Code de la route en ville' for Those Brave Enough to Try / In the Picture - The RAC Rally / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing No:3 - Road Racing in England / Fiat Developments / The Mexican Grand Prix - J. Clark (Lotus~Cooper) Wins
Special Feature Whither Europe ?
Humber Road Test
Road Tests Humber Super Snipe Series 4 (With Automatic Transmission)
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 44/62
Publish Date
21 November 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3157
Editorial - 1 ~ Fitness for Purpose and 2 ~ Noise Annoys / The RAC Rally Report - E. Carlsson (Saab) Wins / Foreign "Compacts" in America / Spitfire Sortie (and Rover Rentree) - A Drive to the City where the New Sports Triumph was Styled, with the Men who Engineered it / Christmas Gifts / Second Strings - A Balancing Act by Two Motorists at the Cycle and Motorcycle Show / International Calendar 1963
Special Feature The RAC Rally
Road Tests NSU Prinz 4
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 45/62
Publish Date
28 November 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3158
Editorial - Sign Language / Take your Pick ! No:2 - Windscreen Washers / Caravan Show Preview / Down in the Hollow - Kentish Border Trial / The Story Behind the Coventry Climax Engines with Cutaways / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing No:4 - Racing on the Ards Circuit, Ulster
Special Feature Coventry Climax Story
Screen Washers Tested
Road Tests Riley One~Point~Five
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 46/62
Publish Date
05 December 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3159
Editorial - Lesson from America / The Human Dimension - More in Car Comfort than Meets the Eye / Enzo Talks...but Doesn't Show - Plans but No Prototypes at Ferrari Press Conference / Brighthelmstone Revisited - The Brighton Run in a Panhard / 40 Years of Vauxhall Engineering / New to You ? - Mainly for Minis
Special Feature Austin Healey Sprite Tested
Road Tests Austin~Healey Sprite 1100
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 47/62
Publish Date
12 December 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3160
Editorial - Comeback for Trams ? / 'It's For You' - Communications on the Go / Radio Road Test - The Pye P1000T / Bursting Through - Hard Facts about Hard Selling Overseas / Porsche - Some Heckmotor History Related by a Well~known American Journalist who has Owned Three Himself / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing No:5 - At Britains Most Famous Track ie Brooklands / Wet in the West - Two Novices Try Motor Caravanning in a Thames Dormobile
Special Feature Ford Anglia 1200 Tested
Road Tests Ford Anglia Super
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 48/62
Publish Date
19 December 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3161
Editorial - Seasoning / Why Not Steam Cars ? - A Look at the Smoothest, Quietest kind of Car Engine in the Light of Modern Technology / Winter Survival / Winter Survival - Rally Style / Plug~in Supercharger / Early Vapourings - If you Want to get Ahead get a Steamer / A Woman and the Motorcar as she was Sixty Years Ago
Special Feature 12~Litre Racing Car Tested
Road Tests Itala 1908 Grand Prix
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 49/62
Publish Date
26 December 1962
Main Articles ( / Denotes separation of Articles )
Vol / No 122/3162
Editorial - 1 ~ The Noise and the People and 2 ~ Liverpool Plans for Mobility / Mighty Moments in Motor Racing No:6 - The French Grand Prix / Electronic Ignition - A Progress Report on the Systems which may turn Contact Breakers into Museum Pieces / Take your Pick No:3 - Fifteen Fog Lamps and their Beam Patterns / 1962 - The Year in Pictures / Preview of The South African Grand Prix
Special Feature Fifteen Foglamps in Focus
Road Tests Volvo 122
Type of Test Car
Test No / Year 50/62
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