MARCH 1962, VOLUME 13, NO. 7

ROAD TESTS

Karmann Ghia Volkswagen—or clothes make the car, man! 32

Buick Skylark—grand touring in the American manner 36

AC Aceca-Buick—an almost ideal hybrid 40

FEATURES

The GSM Flamingo—another sports car from South Africa 11

Mercedes Engineering for 1962—-significant developments in fuel

injection, automatic transmissions, air suspension and

diesel engines 18

Our Manney in Paris—visits to factories, circuits and people 24

Road Racing Classes for 1962—up-to-date U.S. and International

competition regulations 42

Lotus 23—with a cutaway of this sports version of the F-Jr car 45

Canada’s Mosport—the season in review 50

Incompleat Guide—is the packaged tour for you? 63

London Racing Car Show—look, but don't touch 64

BMW-507—one of the prettiest 68

BMW-Chevy—triple the power, triple the fun ‘70

Walter Edwin Hansgen—Jaguar exponent extraordinaire 16

Bench Racing in Sudsville—at Milwaukee’s most popular pit stop 82

Racing Down Under, Part II—the end of the beginning 87

SALON

Mercedes-Benz Special Sports Roadsters—the 500-K and 540-K 51

COMPETITION

Nassau Speed Weeks—Gurney and Penske in close duel 27

Over the Fence is Out!—-European Hillclimb Championship 58

DEPARTMENTS

People & Places 2 Letters to the Editor 4

Books & Records 12 Time & Place 13

Miscellaneous Ramblings 15 Tune-Up Clinic 74

Showcase 86 Market Place 92

Technical Correspondence 95 PS 96

ADVERTISERS FOR MARCH

ACCESSORIES

Bakers Carry Products, Inc. 65

Californi .

Califia tntermountain Maing 9

Colgan Upholstery 90

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ill Corey Sports Car Speciali

eMPD 60 & ee

illmark Co

Fisher Products ne. 83

Geon 6

Vilem B. Haan, Inc 83

James Auto Specialties 83

Masser Engineering g

MG Mitten 70 & 71

Products d’Elegance 66

R. E. Engineering 9]

Tee aa s

nite tate i

UTOMOBIFE : International Commerce 72

CORVETTE

General Motors Corp. 23

Malcolm Konner Chevrolet 12

FIAT Fiat Motor Company 3rd Cover

FORD Ford Motor Company 5

JAGUAR Jaguar Cars, Inc. 4th Cover

LOTUS Grand Prix Imported Cars 12

MG Hambro Automotive Corp. 2nd Cover

OLDSMOBILE General Motors Corp. 44

PEUGEOT Peugeot, Inc. 57

PONTIAC General Motors Corp. 61

SUNBEAM Rootes Motors, Inc. 3

TRIUMPH Standard Triumph Motor Co. 14

BOOKS & MANUALS

Autobooks 75

Robert Bentley, Inc. 67

Vivian Gray 83

Marken Ltd. 84

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

Lucas Electrical Services, Inc. 7

EXHAUST SYSTEMS

Fisher Products 73

Stebro Motors Ltd. St

HOTELS ;

Sheraton Corporation of America 13

INSTRUMENT REPAIR

Foreign Car Speedometer Service 83

PARTS

All Auto Parts 89

British Auto Parts 72

Grant Piston Ring Co. 65

Kensington Products Corp. 13

PLASTIC BODIES, TOPS, ETC.

Fiberglass Products Inc. 90

La Dawri Coachcraft 6

PUBLICATIONS

Competition Press 85

Auto Leads 64

RACE & RALLY EQUIPMENT

Sports Car Manuals 91

Stevens Engineering Co. 89

OOLS

SCH Center School 10

PL .

SPARE Spark Plug Division 9

Autolite—Motorran Div. 31

EQU

SPEED Fr Research & Mfg. Co. 10

Moon Equipment Co. 65

Ecurrie Pierre 89

TIRES sinental Rubber Products Corp. 4

TRAVE International Airways 2

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