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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Robert Opron 1932-2021 • Most closely associated with three emblematic Citroëns of the 1970s, Robert Opron has left an enduring mark
BONHAMS BUYS LEADING ONLINE AUCTIONEER
BONHAMS’ MOVE IS A STATEMENT OF INTENT • JOHN MAYHEAD, AUTOMOTIVE INTELLIGENCE UK MANAGER, HAGERTY
Goodwood Revival scene revised
CLASSIC NOSTALGIA EXCLUSIVE
OWNERS IN DARK OVER LEDS
MINI GATECRASHES PARTY
E-TYPES TAKE OVER BMM
‘QUICK VIC’ FUNDRAISER
RARE SCIMITAR STOLEN
Alfa greats do a spot of shopping
SUPERCARS IN THE CITY
NET-HERO aims for zero
Federation update
Obituaries
HISTORICS RETURN TO THE CIRCUIT
Unbeatable Brescians rule rally
JACKSON’S FIVE WINS
PORSCHE’S PERFECT START
Paddock profile
ONE VISION AT THE PARK
FRENCH CLASSIC DELAYED
FRENCH FAMILY HEIRLOOM FREED
Farmyard Mustang is an undercover Boss
HOMECOMING IS A RESTORATION SUCCESS
Globetrotting Seven settles in Chicago
EXHUMED MGA UP FOR GRABS
One-off 100 with a thrilling tale to tell
DISCOVERY YIELDS TWO -FOR-ONE OUTCOME
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
CHARLES GODDARD • Life imitates art for this designer turned Goodwood creative
Book of the month
Model of the month
Product of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘When the “Tulip” Hispano-Suiza was road-equipped by Carrosserie Nieuport, the brass rivets sparkled like stars at midnight’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘I would spread out all the relevant maps on the floor and, imagining I was Jenks on the Mille Miglia, make copious notes’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The C isn’t far off a poor-man’s Aston: the owner reckons it keeps up with a DB MkIII; as a recent keeper, he is well placed’
LETTERS
Look back at Lancia recalls happy times in Flaminia Coupé
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
HEAVY METAL THUNDER • Five of the Big Three’s wildest offerings from the golden era of muscle cars go head-to-head
BRITS WITH BRAWN • We didn’t mine a rich muscle-car seam here in Blighty, but there were still plenty that used big power to turn the ordinary into extraordinary
HAIL TO THE KING • Between 1964 and ’68, Carroll Shelby elevated Ford’s best-selling Mustang into the ‘King of the Road’. A lap of the old Spa circuit proves it’s still worthy of the crown
THE OTHER HOT MUSTANGS (and not just Shelbys)
SUMMER OF ’69 • Two icons of the muscle car genre, the Chevrolet Camaro SS and Shelby Mustang GT500 Cobra Jet, slug it out in the Californian desert sunshine
MILANESE WAR BABY • The story of the discreetly beautiful Alfa Romeo 6C-2500 built for racing driver, Scuderia Ferrari boss and Italian Resistance hero Count Trossi
SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER • Three decades on since a Japanese marque first won Le Mans, the key players at Mazda look back on an unlikely and popular victory
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • The 24 Hours of Le Mans Museum showcases stars and cars of the...