Classic & Sports Car

Classic & Sports Car is the world's best-selling classic car magazine and the undisputed authority for all owners and enthusiasts. Whether your interest is Italian Exotica, British sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s or modern classics, every issue of Classic & Sports Car perfectly complements the sheer joy and nostalgia of owning a classic car.

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Classic & Sports Car

RACE RETRO IS BACK IN ACTION • The event’s welcome return to Warwickshire was a riot of restored racers – plus a record-breaking auction sale

ITALY AND FRANCE SHARE AMELIA SPOILS

OBITUARY

EPIC BATTLE FOR THE POM

LOST & FOUND

ALISTAIR BROOKMAN • This engineer and master model-maker creates exquisite small-scale reproductions of Grand Prix greats

Book of the month

Model of the month

GARAGE GEAR

Mick WALSH • ‘The aerodynamic Czech saloon must have caused quite a stir burbling around Long Island’s Sag Harbor’

Simon TAYLOR • ‘For Villeneuve, who regarded Pironi as a friend, it was a betrayal. He swore never to speak to him again’

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

Kremer of the crop • How a Le Mans privateer created its ultimate roadgoing Porsche

The game changers • 75 years ago, the motoring world changed for ever as a clutch of iconic vehicles made their debuts on a wave of post-war optimism

FERRARI 166 MM

CITROËN 2 CV

JAGUAR XK 120

LAND-ROVER

MORRIS MINOR

PORSCHE 356

THE DB5 DAILY • Pulled out of a barn after 40 years, this Aston Martin has been kept as a rough diamond so it can be driven without fear

MONARCHS OF THE GLEN • An enthusiast looks back at his album from a memorable summer of 1971, when the world’s most exciting racers hit New York state

Honneur et Rallye • The Peugeot 106, 205 and306 Rallyes reduced weight and cost to massively increase driving fun for a growing niche of hot-hatch enthusiasts

Wood you believe it? • More often used in early estate cars, timber made an appearance across the board with Chrysler’s Town and Country range

FAILED BRITISH CONCEPT CARS • High-tech concepts can spawn iconic models, but others don’t make the cut. Here are just a few…

LIVING SEPARATE LIVES • Long held as quintessential examples of their marques, the Lancia Gamma and Citroën CX were nearly joined at the hip

“6000rpm along the Mulsanne was 200mph. I thought I was going jolly fast, then a Jag came past like I was standing still” • Sports car ace Andy Wallace has a record to be proud of, even if he never fulfilled the F1 dream

Present & correct • This one-off Wolseley was created as a gift for the company’s saviour by his own employees, and it heralded a run of rare production models

NEW SEASON, NEWDEALS

UNDER PRESSURE AT SILVERSTONE

TALKING ABOUT MY GENERATION

RAYMONDNIESEN • From V12 Ferraris down to 49cc mopeds, this enthusiast’s passion has no bounds

VOLKSWAGEN ID. BUZZ • The past and the future combine perfectly in Wolfsburg’s cheerful ‘Kombi’ revival