Every year, all major events celebrate a wide variety of anniversaries. This year was no exception as the 80th birthday of Sir Stirling Moss was celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. At the Goodwood Revival Meeting, he was honoured with a parade of 80 cars he piloted during his highly successful career. Sir Stirling is still racing himself and at the Revival he campaigned his recently acquired OSCA FS 372 Morelli Spider. This is very fitting as Moss recorded one of his greatest victories, the 1954 Sebring 12 Hours, in an OSCA against competition propelled by engines many times the size of the diminutive OSCA 'four'. The FS 372 is of a slightly later vintage and represents the ultimate development of the four-cylinder OSCA sports racers. Only five were built and at least one was fitted with 'desmodromic' valve actuation. Moss' car is currently also fitted an engine of this type. Beautifully prepared by Hall & Hall, the small OSCA was raced in Sir Stirling's laid-back style at several events this year, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans support event and during the Goodwood Revival. The FS 372 is pictured at both these occasions.
In recent years Australian racing saw the arrival of the unusually styled Skelta sports cars. It is now Europe's turn to welcome the Skelta G-Force and Spyder. The track-oriented machines are built from lightweight materials around a sturdy chrome-molybdenum spaceframe. The styling is dictated by aerodynamics and creates 200kg of downforce at 90mph. There is a choice of engines between a supercharged Honda S2000 'four' and an exceptionally light Hartley V8 that produces well in excess of 400 bhp.
BMW today revealed the first details of the ActiveHybrid X6. Its twin-turbo V8 engine and two electric motors produce a combined 485 bhp and 780 Nm of torque. When only a fraction of that power is required the 'Sports Activity Coupé' can also run on the two electric motors alone. The ActiveHybrid can accelerate to 60 mph in just 5.6 seconds but still gets a decent mileage and relatively low CO2 emissions.

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2009 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - Images, Specifications and Information

1957 - 1958 OSCA FS 372 Morelli Spider - Images, Specifications and Information

2009 Skelta Spyder - Images, Specifications and Information

2009 Skelta G-Force - Images, Specifications and Information