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FERRARI DINO, BACK FROM THE DEAD • What it really costs to achieve your restoration dream

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COMING UP… • A last chance for Brits to enjoy some sun-drenched motoring in 2021 – but you’ll probably have to travel abroad to do so…

Eden Camp Modern History Museum • How Italian PoWs found paradise in North Yorkshire

Racing legend revived • C-type is the latest in Jaguar’s line of million-pound-plus continuations

Vote for the Car of the Year 2021

NEWS FEED • Vauxhall heritage fleet settles in Gaydon; Morgan revs up a new model; ’22 concours date; online sales expand; Bentley pilgrimage; hall of fame game; shop window; nanny cars get lost

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Porsches at the Petersen • Iconic 956 and 962 racers are celebrated in the USA

A way of life, not just a car • Juha Rista fell for his VW’s looks and found much more

Gearlever overdrives

Silvia Nicolis • President and CEO of Museo Nicolis, founded by her late father near Verona, Italy: home to collections of cars, bikes, planes and more

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

First victory for a V12 E-type

PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT • Sharing parts between the 911 and the Boxster ensured Porsche’s survival – and created a junior sports car of uncommon capability. Ben Barry drives a hard bargain, 25 years on

NOT QUITE A911… • Sharing structures saved Porsche – but how does the Boxster compare?

THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOXSTER • Looking for an affordable, semi-sensible drivers’ car, but don’t fancy a Porsche? Here are a few equally iconic alternatives

ALSO WORTH CONSIDERING…

A GAME OF NUMBERS • Two cars have been ‘HWM 1’. The second was the last racer the company built… and it’s still competing. Sam Hancock tries it

ON TRACK IN HWM 1, with Sam Hancock

AHEAD BY A NOSE • Legendary Datsun tuner Spike Anderson built only one ‘G-nose’ Super Samuri 240Z. Mark Dixon takes it on a tour of Anderson’s old haunts

ASTON’S FORGOTTEN HOME • David Brown took over Aston Martin and Lagonda and moved operations to Hanworth Park. Russell Hayes looks past the decay to take us back to its car-making heyday

SAVING HANWORTH PARK HOUSE

Judgement calls • Octane’s Massimo Delbò (in hat, above) had the huge honour of joining Pebble Beach’s world-class judges. He gives us a peek behind the curtain

This year’s winner • Octane captures the winning Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn-Kurier at Pebble Beach; David Burgess-Wise uncovers the story behind it

Hartmut Warkuss • He might not be as showbiz as some, but it was Warkuss’s creations that pointed Audi along the ‘premium’ road. His place as a design great is assured

Cool as the Cold War • Yuri Gagarin drove a black GAZ M-21 Volga – and so did the KGB. Where better to experience one than Cambridge, hotbed of a notorious Soviet spy-ring?

Lancia now more lightweight • 1972 LANCIA FULVIA SPORT

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

Singer back for an encore • 1936 SINGER NINE SPORTS

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A good Deal of interest • 1965 AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000

Tyred and exhausted • 1971 HONDA Z600

A fluid situation • 1989 MERCEDES 300SL CONVERTIBLE

A dizzying prospect • 1989 BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE

OTHER NEWS

The farmer’s friend • ISUZU D-MAX UTILITY

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