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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A WINDOW ON THE PAST • A selection of our favourite cars, people and events that made 2023 such a busy and memorable year for the C&SC team

LITTLE ITALY IN THE GULF

Federation update

FORD IS KING OF THE RAC

ROAMING GIPSY IS A RARE SURPRISE

REVIVAL AT LAST FOR 12/4

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JOHN DOHERTY • This Irish artist’s works capture the essence of everyday life in his native land with a prosaic realism

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month

UPWARDLY MOBILE • Daimler XJ vs Peugeot 604: saloons with ideas above their station

CAR OF THE YEAR • It’s 60 years since the first European Car of the Year was revealed. To celebrate, we’ve gathered the finest victors to pick the best of the best

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BENTLEY FINDS ITS ’NICHE • This outstanding recreation of Bentley’s lost MkV Corniche prototype rekindles the dawn of a new era of luxurious owner-driver motoring

Rapid response • The MGA and Daimler SP250 marked a new era of high-speed traffic policing from the late ’50s. This pair of superb survivors revels in the thrill of the chase

LITTLE BIG HITTER • The flat-eight 718 W-RS sports-racer broke new ground with pioneering aesthetics and engineering

Jumping on the bandwagon • The outsourced coachbuilding of the Consul, Zodiac and Zephyr estates paved the way for the mass production of Ford’s load-luggers

FARNHAM FORDS BY ED ABBOTT

Less élan, more elite • Despite its technical brilliance, and three throws of the dice, the radical Lotus Elan M100 failed to win commercial success

The forgotten Spider • This sleek but unusual Alfa Giulietta Spider, produced by Nuccio Bertone and Franco Scaglione, could have taken the place of Pinin Farina’s production model

STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE • Automotive collaborations with luxury brands have proved popular, but produced some mixed results

Back to their Rootes • These three works Sunbeam Tigers were ’60s rally stalwarts under Rootes Group stewardship. Last year they reconvened for action once again in Monte-Carlo

SUNBEAMS AT THE READY: TEAM TIGER ASSEMBLES

January SALE

SPECIAL SEVEN JOINS THE FLEET

MEET THE FLEET

STIRRED, BUT NEVER SHAKEN

TIM HARTNALL • This creator of handbuilt dolls’ houses also harbours a love for his early Landie

MY WEEK IN CARS

PORSCHE 911 DAKAR • An off-road 911 raises eyebrows, but its dual-purpose approach makes sense