Octane

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

Destined to be different from the start

FEATURING

Octane

20 YEARS IN PICTURES • When Octane was launched in 2003, the cornerstones of its philosophy were superb design and photography plus game-changing cars and stories. Here are just a few highlights…

IGNITION

COMING UP… • Many will already be looking forward to a very special Le Mans Classic, but there’s lots more happening in the coming weeks

MG: the resurgence • Exclusive UK preview of new Cyberster reveals a vision for the near future that draws on MG’s illustrious past

NEWS FEED

Nominate now for top awards • Have your say in shortlisting the best of the classic car world

Finding the Glas ceiling • Paul Bussey bought his dream microcar at the second time of asking

Print magazines

Chris Bucknall • Former documentary maker, scriptwriter and producer who set up V Management seven years ago

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

Good clean dirty fun

BEYOND THE ULTIMATE • To many, the Ferrari 250 GT0 is the unsurpassed peak of all things automotive. But even Ferrari tried to improve on it, and chassis 5575GT is the last of all. Marc Sonnery delves into its incredible history

BRUSSELS POUTS • Sir William Lyons didn’t have the monopoly on making the most stylish Jaguar XK120, as these Belgian coachbuilt examples prove

LAUGH RIOT • Nothing funny about the Zagato-bodied Lancia Hyena, though few cars will make you grin more broadly. Glen Waddington takes the wheel

COOL RUNNINGS • A frozen lake in St Moritz and Mercedes-Benz’s own homage to the long lost Paul O’Shea 300 SLS racer? Sounds like the perfect job for Massimo Delbò

THE ITALIAN JOB • Henry Ford II himself commissioned Cisitalia to build the 808. Ford’s first sports car? Time to lay bare a real rarity

Matthew Humphries • He made his name at Morgan while still a student, and is now the design force behind his own watch firm

HIS LAST LANDY • This Series IIA was the last Land Rover owned by the company’s former chairman, Spencer Wilks, the man who steered Rover into a golden age. Mark Dixon drives it

INSPIRED BY ISLAY • Fancy a very fast, very exclusive yet understated Defender that’s built by Land Rover? Step this way

Happy to have it back

Getting to know an Elan fan

A flavour of Italy

The perfect car for London

OVERDRIVE • Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny etceterini

New life for a legend

Betty Haig • Few women have lived a life as fast as this life-long racer

Bowler hat • From Chaplin to Churchill, the reinforced titfer has moved well beyond The City

Dr Rebecca Struthers, a modern-day polymath • There’s no stopping this multi-talented watchmaker

Jaeger-LeCoultre Powermatic Cal.481 • Instant cognoscenti status, affordably

Gear

Glamour Road: Color, Fashion, Style, and the Mid-Century Automobile • JEFF STORK & TOM DOLLE, Schiffer, £59.99, ISBN 978 0 7643 6390 0

1962 FERRARI 250GT LUSSO • By KK Scale Price £87.50 Material Diecast

PRESSED-STEEL TRUCK

3 ISSUES FOR JUST £5

Rally heroes thrill at Goodwood • Monte Carlo Rally stars shine at Bonhams’ Members’ Meeting sale

TOP 10 PRICES APRIL 2023

1931 Chrysler CG Imperial • Gooding & Company, Lynchburg, Virginia

Number one with a Bullitt • RM Sotheby’s, Monterey, California, USA 18-19 August

AUCTION DIARY • Please confirm details with auction houses before travelling

1962 Jaguar...