Classic Car Mart is the UK’s best selling cars for sale magazine. Whether you’re looking for a project or something to enjoy at weekends, there’s a classic car for you in our busy classified section, boasting 1000s of classic cars and parts for sale. The publication is packed with entertaining and informative features. Aside from the latest news, products, auctions round-up, maintenance advice and show reports, Classic Car Mart also boasts buying guides, road tests, a sprinkling of archive material and nostalgia plus loads of essential advice to buying and running your next classic car. The magazine is well established, using experienced and knowledgeable motoring writers, and continues to be ‘the bible’ for classic car ownership. Covering a wide variety of popular British classics, Classic Car Mart regularly features iconic makes such as Jaguar, Daimler, Triumph, MG, Morris, Austin, TVR, Lotus and many more; ranging from £500 projects to £30,000 dream cars. And for the real aspirational classics, the Prestige sections features dream cars from luxury marques such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Mercedes.
LATERAL THINKING
Classic Car Mart
PLUGS&LEADS • VAT THREAT TO CLASSIC IMPORTS
BULLDOG SET FOR 200MPH RUN
Classic Crossword 182
BRISTOL TO RETURN?
BRITS COULD ESCAPE EU FINES
NEW TR7 PANEL PRESSED
CLASSIC RENAULTS TO BE REINVENTED?
AUCTION NEWS • PREVIEW: BRIGHTWELLS, TIMED ONLINE, FEBRUARY 13-18
OR MAYBE… • PREVIEW: ACA, FEBRUARY 27-28
BMW E36 • Tracking the values of the third generation 3-Series.
FINAL FLING • As the world awaits an all-new electric XJ, we revisit the final days of the original in the shape of the last-ever XJ6.
STOP MAKING SENSE • We try to decide between two very different ways of creating a 150mph modern classic roadster.
BUYING AND OWNING
IN FOR THE WIN • As grudge matches go this one’s got the perfect outcome. That’s because with rival Triumph and MG sports cars there are only ever winners.
FORWARD THINKING • Is one of Britain’s most technically advanced saloons of the 1960s still a good buy today? With interest and values rising, we show you what you need to know to buy the best.
DATABASE MERCEDES SL R107 1971-1989 • Half a century after it was first unveiled, the R107 generation of Mercedes SL still makes a case for itself as a usable and glamorous classic. We chart its life and times.
YOU DIDN’T KNOW…
BRITISH ICONS • Inside each issue we reflect on the golden age of motoring, BRITISH ICONS provides insight to some of the UK’s most iconic classic cars: from the likes of the Range Rover (itself celebrating 50 years in 2020), the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, the Jaguar E-type and MGA, BRITISH ICONS will profile the very best of classic motoring.
RETRO CARS • Celebrating the cars from the ’80s,’90s and 2000s
BLUE OVAL REVIVAL • Ford’s ST range has been with us since 1999. How have values fared over the last two decades?
BROKEN IMAGES • Vauxhalls from the ‘Cool Britannia’ era rarely had a good press, not least because of their boy racer image. Well, that’s the past – and here’s to the future
FLYING HIGH • The Saab 9-5 is gradually shifting from bargain used car to rare modern classic, so could now be the time to buy?
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GIANT KILLER • Ford surprised the world with its new-found verve when it launched the Puma. Two decades later, is it the equal of the contemporary GTI?
AFFORDABLE EXOTIC? • A generation more modern than the XJS and with echoes of the E-Type, the Jaguar XK8 can be a surprisingly practical proposition.
Price guide 1980-2000
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