Classic Car Buyer

Classic Car Buyer is Britain’s leading weekly newspaper for classic car enthusiasts. On-sale every Wednesday, it is packed with the biggest and most comprehensive news section plus auction reports and events - anything related to the classic car scene, you can read about here first. In addition, you’ll also find in-depth features covering all aspects of owning a classic car – buying, maintaining, driving and – crucially - enjoying. There are comprehensive buying guides, informative road tests, a nostalgic pull-out spread depicting a scene from the halcyon days of motoring, staff car sagas, guest columnists, market reviews, a detailed club directory and a regularly updated price guide. The publication is also packed with hundreds of cars and parts for sale in its Free Ads section, making it THE place to buy or sell your classic. There is a dedicated classifieds spread on classic commercial vehicles and machinery. Classic Car Buyer provides the best insight into bread and butter classics – every week! Edited by John-Joe Vollans, it is backed by a hugely knowledgeable team who have had years of experience running their own classics. That combined with an unending enthusiasm.

Welcome

THE BIG IMAGE

LCCS moves outside

Cold War revival

A decade of Classic Nostalgia

DVLA crisis leaves classics in limbo • Deepening paperwork delays frustrates collectors and leads to petitions

Online auction rarities

Sport Quattro reimagined

What can you do?

Austin’s office on the move

Buy our Honda

Yorkshire hillclimb speeds away

Tennis special editions

PREVIEW: HISTORICS, WINDSORVIEW LAKES, JULY 17

PREVIEW: CHARTERHOUSE, SPARKFORD, JULY 15

EXTRA RUSH • Ford has used a lot of names, initials and letters to denote various grades of sporting and performance models over the years, but ‘XR’ proved to be the most popular and amongst the most enduringly desirable. The initials first appeared in 1967 on high-spec version of the Mercury Cougar (the XR7) and officially stood for ‘eXperimental Racing’ and various XR models around the world would fill in the numbers up to XR8. But for the UK, the initials will always refer to the trio of hot Fords from the 1980s

JAGUAR XJ

Badge of honour • How many car badges stand the test of time? We pick some favourites which have endured through the decades

QUATTROPORTE

SIXTIES SPORTS SIX • The six-cylinder MG and Triumph sports cars are so similar yet so very different. We try to choose a winner

Classic Scenes

ALFA 916 GTV • The first of a new era for Alfa Romeo, road testers compared the GTV to BMWs when new. How easy is it to own 25 years on?

INSURANCE COSTS • Quotation supplied by Lancaster Insurance

OR MAYBE..?

Hillman Minx

OR MAYBE..?

Bentley Turbo R

Austin-Healey Sprite

BACK BOX • Discovering what makes your car tick will power up the passion for your classic – and also help if it does conk out says Ian Cushway

NEXT ISSUE OUT • WEDNESDAY, JULY 14

Classic Car Buyer