Classic Cars

Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.

Welcome • Magazine convention favours features that group together cars from the same market segment for comparison. Logical, but it misses something vital

‘This is for someone who appreciates a bit of class’ • His first sight of a Lancia Flaminia at Brands Hatch in 1962 sparked a lifelong ambition for Sir Timothy Jenner – but could this Touring example live up to decades of expectation?

550 Maranello accelerates again • American sales of halo-model hypercars will drag other desirable Ferraris up too

The dance of the RS Turbos • What’s going on with the varied values of Ford’s Eighties Escort rocket?

Le Mans Talbot-Lago ‘Teardrop’ • Dazzling competition ‘French curves’ exotic to test the values of top pre-war cars

Old racers: originality vs identity • Ford GT40 and Lola T70 put collector priorities to the test

A Century down the Hatch • Brands Hatch celebrates 100 years of racing in style with the London Historic Trophy

Concours des Legendes joins greats • High-quality cars and A-list guests define Wilton event

July-August highlights • Motorsport mingles with static shows as summer continues

Wedding 356 a lifelong friend • One-owner Super 90 version of Sixties Porsche discovered after 45 years

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Next Month • The October issue of Classic Cars is looking boisterous

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JULIAN THOMSON • Owners put so much into preparing their cars for concours, I felt weighed down with a tremendous sense of responsibility when I was first asked to judge

ALEX RILEY • I’d hoped we’d learnt from the old days when ever-greater capacity and resulting excess size and weight was prioritised over efficiency, but here we go again…

SAME ROAD DIFFERENT LANES • The Sixties didn’t get swinging straight away, but when they did, how would the affordable Spitfire and awe-inspiring E-type fit into the very different lives of the people who bought them?

LIFE STORY OF A Panther Kallista • This Panther Kallista was the object of desire for its owner, and more than four decades, 100,000 miles, numerous road trips, one restoration and one wedding later, the car is still with him

SUBSTANCE BEHIND THE SPIN • Handbuilt by Virgil Exner and his team, this 1958 Chrysler New Yorker show car also pioneered new technologies. Nearly 70 years on, we drive the future

‘We had to replace every rivet’ • The most successful Lola T70 needed restoration, but as Simon Hadfield’s team discovered, the challenge of preserving its history made addressing its dilapidation even more tricky

Five steps to buying a Renault 16 • Pioneering technology and supreme comfort made the Renault 16 a family car hit 60 years ago. With softening prices, it’s an affordable classic today, if you can find one

BOOKS & MODELS

Starting to get thirsty

Oh dear, oh deer

The AI-powered BMW?

2000 BMW Z8 £184,995 • Apparently low miles and previously owned by a BTCC star – could this be just the BMW Z8 for you? Sam Dawson asks

1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S...