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 • A fleeting glimpse of the right classic is enough to spark an irresistible wave of desire, that’s the power of brilliant design. With some cars, style is so crucial it defines them

‘Oh wow, I’m driving it’ • As a student, Will Presland had a poster of an Aston Martin Virage 6.3 on his bedroom wall. We tracked down that very car for him to drive today – will it live up to his expectations?

When history is essential, or isn’t • Tempted by cheapening Ferrari 308s? Assess rectification costs with a cool head

Exotica booms in Belgium • Bonhams offers plenty of robust reasons to be cheerful at October Zoute Sale

Honda’s home-market secret • Lightweight and rare-groove NSX could could sell for quadruple standard model

Jaguar XKSS could make £10m • Reportedly the first XKSS offered at auction in Europe set

Raining champions celebrate • Landmark racers and Surtees tribute help Goodwood Revival triumph

History made at Castle Combe • More than four decades on, the track played host to the Castle Combe Stage Rally

Rallying back to Shropshire • Historic Rally Festival visits gravel-spraying action on a new set of stages for 2024

Rupert Keegan, 1955-2024

Bruno Sacco, 1933-2024 • Bruno Sacco, the designer who shaped countless Mercedes cars, has died aged 90

EVENTS PLANNER • Festive car meets take us through the winter in classic style

DB6 in hiding from earthquake • Nicely specified Sixties Aston Martin surfaces after safety-enforced slumber

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 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.

DISRUPTORS • The cars that properly upended their market segments

Citroën back on form

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QUENTIN WILLSON • There’s a clear trend for classics appealing to older generations losing value while the best examples of moderns continue to power ahead

ALEX RILEY • When manufacturers dare reprise great car names of the past for new models, they really should be a little more choosy about how appropriate they are

“Oh, what fun it is to Drive …” • with a subscription for only £19.99

TOP 50 DESIGN CLASSICS • What makes a great car? There is no easy answer, but design plays a significant role. We celebrate our pick of the brightest and best of a very special breed.

TOURING DE FORCE • How did Bristol rocket from the old-school 400 to the Aerodyne age? The answer: Bristol Superleggera. We drive one of eight ever made, once the personal car ofTouring boss himself, Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni

[Epic Restoration] ‘It was a true scrapper when it turned up – everything required attention’ • Dismantled and abandoned in the Seventies, this Jaguar E-type presented a clean-slate restoration opportunity for Clayton Classics – but was...