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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Classic & Sport Car

Robert Opron 1932-2021 • Most closely associated with three emblematic Citroëns of the 1970s, Robert Opron has left an enduring mark

BONHAMS BUYS LEADING ONLINE AUCTIONEER

BONHAMS’ MOVE IS A STATEMENT OF INTENT • JOHN MAYHEAD, AUTOMOTIVE INTELLIGENCE UK MANAGER, HAGERTY

Goodwood Revival scene revised

CLASSIC NOSTALGIA EXCLUSIVE

OWNERS IN DARK OVER LEDS

MINI GATECRASHES PARTY

E-TYPES TAKE OVER BMM

‘QUICK VIC’ FUNDRAISER

RARE SCIMITAR STOLEN

Alfa greats do a spot of shopping

SUPERCARS IN THE CITY

NET-HERO aims for zero

Federation update

Obituaries

HISTORICS RETURN TO THE CIRCUIT

Unbeatable Brescians rule rally

JACKSON’S FIVE WINS

PORSCHE’S PERFECT START

Paddock profile

ONE VISION AT THE PARK

FRENCH CLASSIC DELAYED

FRENCH FAMILY HEIRLOOM FREED

Farmyard Mustang is an undercover Boss

HOMECOMING IS A RESTORATION SUCCESS

Globetrotting Seven settles in Chicago

EXHUMED MGA UP FOR GRABS

One-off 100 with a thrilling tale to tell

DISCOVERY YIELDS TWO -FOR-ONE OUTCOME

Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p9 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

CHARLES GODDARD • Life imitates art for this designer turned Goodwood creative

Book of the month

Model of the month

Product of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH • ‘When the “Tulip” Hispano-Suiza was road-equipped by Carrosserie Nieuport, the brass rivets sparkled like stars at midnight’

Simon TAYLOR • ‘I would spread out all the relevant maps on the floor and, imagining I was Jenks on the Mille Miglia, make copious notes’

Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The C isn’t far off a poor-man’s Aston: the owner reckons it keeps up with a DB MkIII; as a recent keeper, he is well placed’

LETTERS

Look back at Lancia recalls happy times in Flaminia Coupé

Pedant of the month

Comments & clarif ications

HEAVY METAL THUNDER • Five of the Big Three’s wildest offerings from the golden era of muscle cars go head-to-head

BRITS WITH BRAWN • We didn’t mine a rich muscle-car seam here in Blighty, but there were still plenty that used big power to turn the ordinary into extraordinary

HAIL TO THE KING • Between 1964 and ’68, Carroll Shelby elevated Ford’s best-selling Mustang into the ‘King of the Road’. A lap of the old Spa circuit proves it’s still worthy of the crown

THE OTHER HOT MUSTANGS (and not just Shelbys)

SUMMER OF ’69 • Two icons of the muscle car genre, the Chevrolet Camaro SS and Shelby Mustang GT500 Cobra Jet, slug it out in the Californian desert sunshine

MILANESE WAR BABY • The story of the discreetly beautiful Alfa Romeo 6C-2500 built for racing driver, Scuderia Ferrari boss and Italian Resistance hero Count Trossi

SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER • Three decades on since a Japanese marque first won Le Mans, the key players at Mazda look back on an unlikely and popular victory

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • The 24 Hours of Le Mans Museum showcases stars and cars of the...