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COMING UP… • Edwardian-era contraptions, coachbuilt classics, supercars, dragsters, Le Mans prototypes – they’re all out and about!

Concours clash off the calendar • Leading UK event date tweak could be a boon for enthusiasts and collectors

Best of the Best finalists announced

NEWS FEED

All hail Heveningham! • Suffolk spectacular promises Le Mans legends

Giotto Bizzarrini b.1926

MAN & MACHINE Fire up the March • South Africa’s Charles Arton had to bring his March 79B back from the dead

European road trips

James Nicholls • A Brit living in Australia, James Nicholls is the founder of the Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

Memories of a wild ride

TWICE SMITTEN • To own an Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato is a privilege. To own two, well… Octane takes the opportunity to compare surprisingly different examples of this rarefied breed

HOW TO WIN LE MANS • The 956 was Porsche’s object lesson to the world on continued domination of the fabled 24 Hours with a brand new design. Matthew Hayward uncovers the secrets of chassis one

GOLDIE OPPORTUNITY • Purely by chance, one man became obsessed with record-breaker Goldie Gardner. Then his MG TC came up for sale…

GOLDIE’S GOLDEN YEARS • John Mayhead discovered a treasure trove of candid shots from Goldie Gardner’s lifetime of recordbreaking while researching his biography

WORKS FORCE • Abarth’s 124 Spider is often overlooked as a rally hero. Richard Heseltine reckons it’s time to set the record straight

ROUTE EV6 • Charging an electric car can be fraught in the UK – but how about in the deserts of the USA? Mark Dixon takes Kia’s new EV6 GT on a Route 66 road trip to find out

Patrick Watts • From the British Touring Car Championship to historic endurance rallying – in a 400bhp Sunbeam Tiger

IT MIGHT BE GIANT • The AMC Mighty Mite was developed for US Marines to transport by helicopter. Massimo Delbò drives a tiny unsung hero of tactical warfare

Rambling around the Lake District • 1965 AUSTIN-HEALEY MKIII

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

Trading up • 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK200

Problems that suck! • 2004 BMW Z4 3.0i SE

In good company • 2000 HONDA INTEGRA TYPE R

Rearranging the furniture • 1986 BIMOTA DB1

OTHER NEWS

’Nashing and noshing through France • 1925 FRAZER NASH ANZANI

Simple pleasures • 2022 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA

Luis Fontés • A skilled driver fuelled by a ruinous cocktail of wealth and extreme recklessness

Chanel No.5 • Plain presentation belies the sophistication of the world’s most famous perfume

No time to dive • For most the cost of an unreliable watch is being late; for a few it could be life or death

Damasko DC-66 • Tough, tough toys for tough, tough boys

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Ferrari 121LM tops Le Mans sale • Endurance racing Ferraris shine on and off the track at Le Mans

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