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 & Sports Car

BLAND OF THE LOST • Never before has a £400 Vauxhall Astra Mk3 won a concours outright, but the Festival of the Unexceptional is no ordinary car show

ASTONS PACK BROOKLANDS

Time to nominate your club heroes!

PATINA SHOW CELEBRATES THE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT

Veterans warm up for summer

MASSIVE MINI CELEBRATIONS

Supercars roar into Beaulieu weekender

A SAINT ON THE ENGLISH RIVIERA

Federation update

MASTERS LIGHT UP THE 'RING

Mini is king of the Austrian mountains

TWINS PEAK IN SKIPTON

CHEAP EQUIPE'S NEW LIFE BECKONS

Aladdin's cave reveals rare Plus 4 Drophead

BARN-FIND PICKED UP

All-original Minx is back on the road

CITROËN READY AT LAST

Timewarp Zephyr is the last of the line

Look familiar?

KEITH BURNS • The self-taught comic-book illustrator and award-winning aviation artist

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 • BUILDING MEMORIES WITH A KIT

Pedant of the month

MILLION DOLLAR BABIES • Although not contemporaries, the Aston Martin DBS, Mercedes-Benz 300SL and Ferrari 275GTB represent the finalists in the search for the ultimate super-GT

STYLED FOR THE HILLS • With sharp lines that pair elegance with sporting purpose, this former factory demonstrator AC 16/80 was born for competition

DIAL M FOR MORE • Imbued with the magic of BMW Motorsport GmbH, the E24 M635CSi and E28 M5 stand tall as high points for the legendary performance brand

BRISTOL RENNAISSANCE • Emerging from history books and old photographs, Bristol's lost 450 Le Mans has been painstakingly recreated and returned to the Montlhéry banking

THE WORLD'S LONGEST TAXI RIDE • Remembering the epic 1988 London to Sydney Great Taxi Ride, a £31,000 fare for one humble black cab

BACK FOR GOOD • Thanks to a sensational reproduction of the shooting-brake show car, Pininfarina's full set of two-door Peugeot 504s is reunited at last

“I was at 180 on the speedo. After that I just went for it” • Meet the plucky Brit who took a Lotus Carlton far too fast for its own good on a wild road race across the Mojave Desert

THE MAKING OF Mr Le Mans • Nine wins in the greatest motor race of them all is a tally of success that's unlikely ever to be surpassed. Tom Kristensen reflects on his record-breaking career

COR TS OF APPEAL • Marking 60 years of the family favourite Ford that was 'more car between the wheels' with our top Cortina pick from each generation

SOFTLY, SOFTLY, CATCHEE BMW

MEET THE FLEET

SPITFIRE GETS PEAK PRACTICE

MARK REYNOLDS • This lifelong VW fan splits garage space between cars and air-cooled curios

HEATED CLASSIC CAR MARKET TAKES A BREATH

BUSY AUTUMN HIGHLIGHTS

Hagerty buys into Monterey

Big sums for Ford's finest

LOTS TO WATCH

AUCTION DIARY

Buckley's deals on wheels

APPLYING THE FINISHING TOUCH • This family-run firm of electroplaters can return time-worn chromed parts to their former glory

FORD ESCORT XR3/XR3i • The first hot front-drive Escorts are now soughtafter classic...