Classic & Sports Car

Classic & Sports Car is the world's best-selling classic car magazine and the undisputed authority for all owners and enthusiasts. Whether your interest is Italian Exotica, British sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s or modern classics, every issue of Classic & Sports Car perfectly complements the sheer joy and nostalgia of owning a classic car.

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INDUSTRY FIGURES OUTLINE BREXIT IMPACT • Classics have not been exempt from the headaches and confusion departing the EU has caused

RAC CROWNS ITS WINNERS ONLINE

A very British day out

DVLA FIXES PLATE MIX

LOST CHASSIS CONFIRMED

C-TYPE WILL ROAR AGAIN

ROLLET ON HONOUR ROLL

BULLDOG TO CHASE 200MPH

BOB BERRY, 1929-2021

Perth celebrates a century in motion

Obit uaries

Federation update

EXPERIENCE PAYS IN ADVERSITY

Fiats dominate in the Italian snow

LOLA IS RIPE FOR RETURN

CLASSICS ADD DAKAR CLASS

Paddock profile

CSCC MOURNS LOSS

NEW FIXTURE FOR COMBE

PRINCE’S MANY HAPPY RETURNS

DEVON BARN CLEARANCE REVEALS MG F-TYPE MAGNA

Swallow to be reborn from Singer special

Grifo’s provenance is a riveting read

STORED STEAMER SALE

SUPER TWO MYSTERY

Scruffy Sprite is a lucky find

WOLSELEY RESTORATION HITS TEST STAGE

Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p9 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

MICHAEL TURNER

Book of the month

Model of the month

CLASSIC REFLECTIONS

Tested this month

Mick WALSH • ‘Performance was impressive – it laid black lines on Islington’s Upper Street – but Godsal couldn’t justify more cost’

Simon TAYLOR • “We had a big row and all the maps got thrown out of the window. Salvadori took over, and on the ice he was terrifying”

Martin BUCKLEY • ‘Young folk recognise the clear message of the E30: mature but not vintage, it is a rational car in today’s world of bloated blobs’

LETTERS

Best E-type? The voice of experience

Pedant of the month

Comments & clarif ications

GRACE & FERVOUR • Three of the best six-pot coupés from post-war Britain – AC, Aston Martin and Bristol – take the fight to Lancia

THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION • The legacy of Colin McRae lives long, more than 25 years since the UK’s first World Rally Champion won the title in his own back yard

STEALING THE SHOW

SIBLING RIVALRY

A CHANGE OF DISCIPLINE

BLUE STREAK • Raced to the Le Mans podium, crashed, rebodied then reborn once again, this sensational Jaguar D-type has ridden the rollercoaster of life

THE WORLD’S LEAST LIKELY RALLY CAR? • Mercedes-Benz does lightweight homologation specials a bit differently: meet the 15 1/2ft, 1500kg coupé that brought three-pointed star quality to the rally stage

MERCEDES-BENZ 450SLC 5.0

FORGOT TEN FORDS • A former Ford product designer delves into the Blue Oval archives for some of the oddest stillborn projects shelved during its creative peak

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE… • An automotive heart transplant saved the life of the MG Midget, but does the Triumph engine work better in its natural home, the Spitfire?

MG MIDGET 1500

TRIUMPH SPITFIRE 1500

BUMPER CARS • Proof positive that the MG Midget was far from the only European to be blighted by Federal impact regs

RIDDLE OF THE SANDS • This unique buggy looked destined for scrap, burying its history with it. But fate stepped...