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.
THE BIG PICTURE
Welcome
Classic & Sports Car
CLUBS DECK THE HALLS • An enticing theme and a gaggle of anniversaries to celebrate made for a vintage year at the NEC
THE C&SC TEAM’S FAVOURITES
ALL THE WINNERS
STYLISH DEBUT FOR RAC AWARDS
SHORTLIST IN FULL
PARIS RUN TURNS 20
MODERN JAGS CROWNED
MUSEUM GO-AHEAD
FIVA CONFIRMS NEW HEAD
Tragedy strikes on Veteran Run
CALIFORNIA OFF-ROADIN’
Reborn Riley is revealed
BRITS IN BELGIUM
MIURA’S LONDON JOB
BIG APPLE BENTLEYS
Mk2 MAGIC DOWN UNDER
V&A looks back to the car’s future
Brussels salutes designers
FERRARI’S GREATEST
GROWING APPRECIATION
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
DEREK POLLOCK, 1926-2019
’60s ICON GOES ELECTRIC
Auto Moto show is biggest ever
Obituary
Federation update
CLASSIC DIARY • All the shows, festivals, tours, meets and races that matter
Pick of the month New Year’s Day special
RALLYING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS
Classic duels at Iberian festival
CUMBRIAN CLASSIC TRIALLING
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
Paddock profile
MSUK ON THE MOVE
NEW SERIES REVEALED
MASSIVE HAUL OF BRITS ABROAD
Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p10 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
Royce goes from film star to support car
French Ford is a playground no more
FORGOT TEN FAST FORD
Dusty Buckland is ready for salvation
MG garden ornament revived
PATRICK KELLY • There’s nothing like this impressive collection, which reveals concepts that never made it to the road
Book of the month
Model of the month
GARAGE GEAR
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • “I once dumped a Thruxton with him in boxes, thinking it would take months; he called three days later to say it was ready”
Simon TAYLOR • ‘The pre-war race posters, the boxes of old photos, the book dealers: I try to walk past, but my feet ignore their orders’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The plan was to send my designs to Crewe, but it got forgotten in my teens as attentions turned to the contents of my trousers’
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
Comments & clarif ications
SPECIAL XK • When one of Italy’s finest coachbuilders redefined the Jaguar with a style born out of aviation, it landed upon the XK120 Supersonic by Ghia
FATHER OF THE SUPERSONIC
HEART OF THE MATTING • Glassfibre made its first forays into the mainstream motoring world seven decades ago; here’s how it gained a foothold
THE GLASS MENAGERIE • From history lesson to practical exam: 10 C&SC staffers and contributors pick their favourite plastic sports cars
A BUG’S LIFE • The story of Bugatti’s great all-rounder, the Figoni-bodied Type 55: mighty racer, concours winner and beloved road car
FUN FOR THE CITY • Sired by congestion-friendly kei regulations, Mazda’s first road car became a best-seller on Japan’s busy streets. In the USA, however, it’s a head-turning rarity
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