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

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50 YEARS OF MERCEDES-BENZ R107 • It’s the longest-lived of all the SL roadsters. Octane gets the full story

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Zoute Grand Prix Week, 6-10 October

COMING UP… • Plenty to get outside for this winter. And plenty going on indoors, too. Let’s just hope nothing gets in the way of us enjoying that…

Milestones Living History Museum • This unlikely gem is well worth a detour off the M3

New classic car salon heads for Chelsea • Salon Privé set to expand with ‘Concours de Vente’ event at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

THE VENUE – ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA • Kicking off the 2022 season at this London landmark

NEWS FEED • Odin’s beard, Valkyries are go; Club honours handed out; lost Hunt photoshoot; supercar show; Goodwood and HERO-ERA news; Gordini celebration; farewell to a writer and a racer

Race-spec Cossie to live again • Three Andy Rouse RS500s are to be built in a new continuation run

‘People think it’s a Lotus’ • Art dealer, local councillor and Historic racer Alex Postan on his Lamborghini Jarama S

Hot Wheels

Dylan Miles • This classic car specialist was brought up surrounded by Brough Superiors – but it was an Aston that sparked his lifelong obsession

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

Of Caterhams and Carltons

STIRRED, BUT NOT SHAKEN • Bond has returned to the cinema, and the Aston Martin Vanquish is 20 years old. Join us for a birthday celebration

DREAM INTO ACTION • George Georgiou turned Project Vantage into a functional road car

WORKS IN PROGRESS • Meet the Vanquish test mule, surviving 20 years on – and still serving its original purpose

MR TARGA’S TARGA • This unique Porsche 911 S Targa prototype was once the company car of motorsport legend Jochen Neerpasch. Time to reunite the two

Even better than the real thing • This MG R-type replica is closer to the original than any of the ten built by MG in 1935. John Simister investigates

THE FAMILY JEWELS • A Belgian motor museum has given people a peek at one of the world’s greatest collections – but now there are more ambitious plans afoot and we can reveal it in its full glory

PEAK PRACTICE • Rover deserved a far better fate than politics permitted. In the P6B, it could have had a world-beater. Simon Charlesworth makes its case

Jim Farley • The CEO of Ford is a dyed-in-the-wool car guy. He took a break from racing his GT40 at the Goodwood Revival to explain why that’s so important

WHEN FERRARI JUST DOESN’T DO IT FOR YOU • In this world exclusive, Richard Meaden track-tests both the road and race versions of the new Glickenhaus SCG 004 hypercar – built for an appetite that Maranello couldn’t satisfy

Out with the Olds • Meet the 1941 Oldsmobile Series 98 Custom Cruiser, the most forward-thinking product of GM’s most technologically advanced brand

THE HISTORIC MOTORING Awards 2021 • The judges – and you – have spoken: here are the winners of the eleventh Historic Motoring Awards, the most prestigious event celebrating the entire classic car world

JUDGING PANEL • The awards are judged by experts from across the motoring world

LA times • 2001 AUDI TT QUATTRO

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

The joy of Wombling free • 1965 TRIUMPH 2.5PI

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End of days • 1989 BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE

Shamed by the Streamliner • 1952 PORSCHE 356 STREAMLINER

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