Octane

Octane is the authoritative guide to the best classic cars in the world.

Growing up isn’t necessarily a bad thing

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PORSCHE 993 TURBO • Why the hottest air-cooled 911 delivers the best of old and new

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The roaring silence of Le Mans

COMING UP… • The diary is thinning out again, and not just because of the change of season, so check events are going ahead!

MUSÉE MAURICE DUFRESNE • This mammoth but lovingly curated French tribute to the machinery and tools of simpler times is a real treat

Generation next • If you worry about who will look after our cars when we are gone, here’s some superb and reassuring news

Getting apprentices hooked on classics

NEWS FEED • World record MGA price at charity auction; kids drive classics; specialist takes over engine builder; Allard ahoy; encouraging Bristol news; Daimler expo; London Concours expands

The Dremel multi-tool

Francesco Stanguellini b.1944 • Farewell to the third generation of Modena’s first family of motoring, whose legacy is a museum of its achievements

John Campion b.1963

Jon Dooley b.1946

Groovy, baby! • Gary Thomas wanted to make his Lotus race car more distinctive – so he turned it into the ‘Psychedelic Seven’

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft makes its first flight

ALAN STOTE • Having had success in the tyre business, this Alvis enthusiast revitalised the marque and now runs the Alvis Car Company

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

When Harri met ‘JJ’

BETTERING THE DEVIL • As the Diablo celebrates its 30th anniversary, Octane drives the first and last to examine how this remarkable car evolved to keep Lamborghini alive during a tumultuous decade

‘Your Aston, Mr Bond’ • A one-owner DB5, delivered new to a certain Mr Bond in 1963… Robert Coucher takes this rarity for a spin

You only live once • Fancy owning a James Bond Aston Martin DB5 loaded with a bunch of Goldfinger gadgets? Pay attention, 007, and find out how you can

TEACHER’S PET • One of the most flamboyant British cars of the 1930s, this Lagonda LG45 Rapide was well used by its first owner – who overcame serious adversity to drive it

Mass-produced for one • Ford’s Mustang was a smash hit in America, less so elsewhere – but one Italian wanted something a bit more personal

THE Z FACTOR • Andrea Zagato is at the helm of one of Italy’s longest-lived and most distinctive coachbuilders. Here he chooses the most significant designs from a century of his company’s history

COMBINING BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE • Harry Metcalfe is a petrolhead. He’s also a farmer. So this is one of his favourite machines…

Vic Elford • With success in the Monte, at Daytona and in the Targa Florio, plus stints in F1, it’s no wonder this ace is known as ‘Quick Vic’. Richard Heseltine meets him

LOADS FASTER • Racing Minis are a common site in Historics. But Mini estates? Richard Meaden heads out on track in a unique pairing that take advantage of old homologation rules

OCTANE GIFT GUIDE • Ten pages of dream gifts, plus six more of wonderful watches

Rehabilitating an old Moggie • 1982 MORGAN 4/4

OCTANE’S FLEET • These are the cars – and motorbikes – run by the magazine’s staff and contributors

Worth it in the end • 1970 LAMBORGHINI ESPADA

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Top-down touring • 1989 BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE

Doing it Continental style • 1953 BENTLEY R-TYPE CONTINENTAL

Bowling along to Bicester and back • 1927 FORD MODEL T

Part of the family • 1985 MERCEDES-BENZ 240TD

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