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
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VICTORIA’S BEST KEPT SECRET • Although relatively unknown outside Australia, Motorclassica is now one of the country’s premier classic festivals
ASTON LANDS BEST IN SHOW
CLUB SANDWICH SHARED
BENZ BEATS BUGATTI IN PORTUGAL
FIVA pulls plug on conversions
ITALIAN JOB BOOK SCOOPS TOP CLUB AWARD
CHATEAU COFFEE MORNING
BICESTER BREAKS GROUND
CLASSICS BACK AT OLYMPIA
ASTON RETURNS ‘HOME’
Invicta triumphs at The Warren
A BRISTOL PASSION
Tridents head for the north
CHINA’S FIVA RECOGNITION
ALL MOTORING LIFE IS HERE
JAGS ROUND UP £245k
RAILTON RECREATION
Star-studded start for Audrain’s
Sunday fun in Oxfordshire
CALENDAR ADDITION
BEAULIEU SEEKS SKILLS
CLASSIC COFFEE BREAK
HISTORIC MOTOR RUNS
ROVER HATCH HITS 30
Ferrari 166MM wins in Belgium
Obituary
NEW YORK HIGH LIFE
Federation update
CLASSIC DIARY • All the shows, festivals, tours, meets and races that matter
Pick of the month November
MIXED FIELDS MAKE COMBE CLASSIC
Dazzling East Anglian adventure
Tight at 2019 HSCC finale
Paddock profile SEREN WHYTE
LANCIA ENDS SEASON ON TOP
GT40s star at 27th Spa Six Hours
CHAMPIONS CROWNED
Island delivers epic battles
CLASSIC CROFT OFF
CSCC HEADS TO LE MANS
SWISS MOUNTAINEERS
NUVOLARI HAT-TRICK
A COLLECTOR’S YORKSHIRE HOARD
Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p12 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
Jaguar pioneer emerges from hibernation
Rover fan rescues an Isis
FORGOTTEN AUSTIN FOUND
Forgotten police car returns to action
Méhari beached in woods
Full steam ahead for Auburn
Book of the month
Model of the month
TIMBER MERC STREAMLINER
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘As last out of the pits, we had a clear run. The E-type stepped sideways with little provocation through Madgwick and St Mary’s’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘Mundane vehicles leave the factory looking as though they have already been involved in a minor traffic accident’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The Phaeton was mistaken by many for a giant Passat minicab – in the same way most people thought the Fiat 130 was a big Lada’
Letter of the month
Pedant of the month
PASS MASTER • That car, on that road: The Italian Job relived with the very Lamborghini Miura that starred in the opening sequence of the famous film
RESTORING THE LEGEND
ON A DAY LIKE THIS…
GET A BLOOMIN’ MOVE ON! • The world’s leading The Italian Job authority on the legendary movie’s lasting automotive legacy
LONDON CALLING • The Mini was born for the congested streets of the capital, so where better to celebrate its 60th birthday?
LIFE STORY: FROM BIRTH TO BMW
MINI MEMORIES • To mark the icon’s 60th birthday, we asked members of the C&SC community to share their recollections of owning and enjoying Issigonis’ marvel
MADDEST RACING MINIS • Minis weren’t just for the masses, but also for engineering mavericks who dared to be different...