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The ICE, 26 February

COMING UP… • Dig out your buffing kit and your tin of elbow grease: concours season will be here before you know it

Goodwood Festival of Speed • How to get the best out of a potentially overwhelming event

Last Elise for Elisa • Matthew Hayward sees the final Lotus Elise go to a very worthy home

Morgan’s all-new three-wheeler revealed • Malvern maker unveils its new Ford-powered funster

NEWS FEED • Bell and Kidd on tour; buy art, help Ukraine; classics in video game; Henri the great; Chantilly on in September; latest Callaway; Dubai date; Historic Awards are go; European outlaws

London towers • There’s just a month to go until Salon Privé’s innovative Concours de Vente

Homecoming on the hill

The ideal city car • Simon Khachadourian of Pullman Gallery in Mayfair avoids London’s emissions charges by driving a Mercedes 450 SLC

Timpson heelbars

Merlin McCormack • Having founded Brentford motorhub Duke of London aged 19, he was co-winner of the 2021 Historic Motoring Awards’ Rising Star trophy

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

Getting rad, man, at Radbourne

THE ULTIMATE SCHOOL-RUN RACER • It’s possibly the most famous example of one of the world’s most revered cars – and owner Nick Mason has driven his Ferrari 250 GTO absolutely everywhere. Here’s why it’s now firmly part of his family

THE FASTEST CITROËN IN THE WORLD • Not content with creating a 200mph record-breaking SM, one Californian built a matching rig to tow it, too. This is its remarkable story

QUATTRO E CINQUE • Four-wheel drive and five-cylinder engines once made Audi a unique proposition. Cue a trip to the Col de Turini to see what they hold for the future

Mike Wilds • From the Chiswick High Road via Formula 1 to Historics, this man’s racing career has spanned nearly six decades – and shows no signs of stopping

MEET THE NEW ALVIS • Not a restoration but a brand new car: this is the Alvis Graber Super Coupé, and Mark Dixon drives it exclusively for Octane

WHEN IN ROME (AND TUSCANY) • Nicola Bulgari is known for his US-based American car collection. But these are the cars he chooses to keep rather closer to home

LITTLE DEVIL • This ultra-rare 1927 Salmson GS8 Brooklands racer might be compact but, as Zack Stiling finds, it’s no angel to drive

MEMORY ELAN • As he heads into retirement, former F1 driver and team owner Jackie Oliver recalls the Lotus 26R that kick-started his stellar career

Bargain Boxster bagged • 1999 PORSCHE BOXSTER

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

OCTANE’S FLEET

Dirty hands time • 1965 TRIUMPH 2.5 PI

Head massage • 1936 SINGER NINE SPORTS

Pump action • 2001 AUDI TT QUATTRO

Porsche project • 1973 PORSCHE CARRERA 2.7 RS

OTHER NEWS

Dollar takes on the euro • 1985 CADILLAC SEVILLE ROADSTER

Mario Revelli di Beaumont • With coachbuilders rather than individuals getting the pre-war glory, great artists are often overlooked

Diving helmet • Familiar from generations of Hollywood movies, the diving bonnet was actually created in central London

For those about to clock • AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson shares his passion for watches

JLC Reverso Classique • Parental advisory...