Classic Cars

Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.

Welcome • Our gut reactions evolved to help us make survival decisions in the moment, but they’re so error prone that it’s smart to reconsider our preconceptions

‘It just invites you to go faster’ • Chris Michael has a penchant for small, fast Italian cars and is a self-confessed Lancisti. Time then to see how this Alfa Romeo Giulia GTV stacks up against his Lancia Fulvia

Bargains in the buying season • A sharp Facel Vega HK500 went for the price of a needs-everything barn find

Best Astons resist the downturn • Newport Pagnell’s finest look resilient in a tough market

Rob Walker’s dazzling Delahaye • Famed race-team owner is just one name in the amazing history of this works 135S

More of the Rudi Klein sale revealed • RM Sotheby’s releases details of exotics and parts treasure trove

Fifties Elegance at the Palace • Concours of Elegance brings classic racing cars to Hampton Court

Blenheim beauties • Racers, show-cars and machines with notable past owners take a bow at Salon Privé

Big Birthdays in Birmingham • This year’s Classic Motor Show is set to be the largest and most innovative yet

Events Planner

Masten Gregory’s Ferrari 275GTB • Well-preserved car originally owned by Fifties F1 driver ‘The Kansas City Flash’

GET MORE OF WHAT YOU LOVE WITH A CLASSIC CARS SUBSCRIPTION • Enjoy the freshest and most insightful stories about the great cars of the past, the people who created them, and the passionate individuals who keep them alive today. Every month we bring to you top tips from our market guru Quentin Willson, epic restorations, bucket list dream drives, and we get behind the wheel of the most stunning cars ever created.

Next Month • The January issue of Classic Cars is looking stylish

LETTERS

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QUENTIN WILLSON • A generation of enthusiasts felt driven to save old cars, leaving a legacy of beautifully rejuvenated classics at a fraction of their restoration cost

ALEX RILEY • I get that car adverts need to grab our attention, but I miss the day when they managed to do that without forgetting to tell you about the actual car

THE LION and The Stallion • Marking 40 years of Ferrari’s misunderstood road car, we go for a drive in a Testarossa that was originally Nigel Mansell’s company wheels

MANSELL AT FERRARI

‘IN THE US THEY TREAT ME LIKE A MOVIE STAR’

The Icon Emerges • Some things may have been familiar, but the Testarossa was a new kind of Ferrari, which required equally new approaches to design, development, and marketing

Testarossa goes pop • From sports stars to Hollywood and video games, no car captured Eighties pop culture quite like Ferrari’s Testarossa

LIFE STORY OF A Triumph TR7 • The world’s onlyTR7 Tracer has been a tow-car and daily driver, travelled Europe, and has now been subject to a huge restoration

Riley’s verdict

DOWN UNDER THE WEATHER • It’s not all surf and sundowners in Australia, as E-type owner Ross Perry discovers on an atmospheric pilgrimage to the historic tarmac of Bathurst

THE HISTORY OF CHASSIS 1E21710

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