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

Falling under the E-type’s spell

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BOXSTER HITS 25 • Why Porsche’s bargain baby is an all-time great

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IGNITION • EVENTS + NEWS + OPINION

COMING UP… • A wealth of hills, thrills and spills on the cards via a welter of concours, tours, rallies and all-out competition. Finally…

The Helicopter Museum • Weston-super-Mare’s old airport has become a haven for rotating blades

Classics revived • Lotus 62 homage revealed, and Morgan goes off-road

Meanwhile, at Aston Martin…

NEWS FEED • Head for the South of France, or England; AX 201 on show; Aurelia’s concours victory; tread carefully; home win for Daimler; Walker tribute; authority’s stamps; accuracy cast adrift

Any other business…

Salon Privé’s hotting up • Rodders but no Del-Boys at glorious Blenheim concours

Esprit hasn’t missed a beat • Drummer Peter Boita bought his dream Lotus 36 years ago

Trip computers

John Pearson • Historic racer and partner in Equipe Classic Racing; former media big hitter with Virgin Radio, Ginger Media and Shazam

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

A less-lairy Lister XJ-S

A FEW OF THE FIRST • The E-type is 60. What better way to celebrate than by driving some of the most important early survivors?

SWISS ROLES REVIVED • These were the first E-types shown to the world – and recently reunited for the first time since Geneva 1961

OCTANE’S 20 GREATEST E-TYPES • Jaguar built over 70,000 E-types – but historically these are the 20 that mattered most

SERIES 1 • The original E-type, and arguably the most desirable of all

SERIES 1½ AND 2 • Running changes made the E-type safer and easier to live with

SERIES 3 • The E-type gains a V12 and becomes the thinking man’s GT

The purist’s choice • What to look out for when you’re shopping for a six-cylinder E-type

Twice as nice • Once the poor relation of the E-type family, the V12 is winning new fans. Here’s how to buy a good one

LIGIER THAN LIFE • With racing genes but developed for the road, the Ligier JS2 deserved much more success than market conditions allowed it. Here’s why…

SO THIS IS THE OTHER ROTHMANS PORSCHE… • While the Group C cars lived up to their smoking reputation on track, this 911 took Henri Toivonen to the podium on gravel, sealing its reputation as a great among rear-drive rally cars

DIABLO TOO DEMURE? • Meet the Lamborghini Pregunta Speedster, the last of Lamborghini’s provocative show cars from an era when only too much was enough

Rob Wilson • This New Zealand-born racer-turned-instructor teaches the likes of Lance Stroll how to drive – when he isn’t playing in his band

Bentleys by another name • The Lagonda Rapide was developed by WO Bentley. Its rival Bentley 4¼ Litre, meanwhile, was really a Rolls-Royce. Time to work out what’s in a name

A good day at the beach • 1929 FORD MODEL A HOT ROD

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

Landscape with machines • 1966 FORD MUSTANG 289

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Old’s cool • 1989 BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE

Problem twigged • 1955 JAGUAR XK140

Rusty but running • 1937 STUDEBAKER DICTATOR COUPE

One goose, and a Jay • 2001 AUDI TT QUATTRO

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Treading silently • RANGE ROVER VELAR P400e

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