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 • If you think jumping in to buy that next classic when all ofyour planets aren’t yet fully aligned is chancy, the risks of not doing it soon enough are surely greater

‘It’s a luxurious grand tourer, but it can roll back its gums and snarl!’ • Consultant radiologist Morgan Cleasby has lusted after an BMW E9 3.0CSL since the Seventies. Will driving one significantly elevate his adrenal output, or prove to be sedation in motoring form?

Cheap Astons; solid Land Rovers • Virage & V8 – is it time for Aston’s unloved Nineties muscle machine to find favour?

Sun comes out for RM Sotheby’s • Staggering prices at auctioneer’s new Woodcote Park sale give UK market a boost

The superstar of rare-breeds? • Prototype chassis of Gandini-styled Cizeta-Moroder V16T breaks cover in Monterey

Bonhams gives up Beaulieu sale • Pressure of tight sales window means no autojumble auction

Goodwood avows independence • US Semiquincentennial brings the stars and stripes to the lawns of Goodwood

Thruxton embraces the Eighties • Second Thruxton Retro event dons the Ray-Bans

August-September highlights • Show, concours and race seasons are in full swing

Unique Renault 30 uncovered • Super-rare coachbuilt estate version of Seventies executive car discovered in France

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THE HOT 30 CLASSICS TO BUY NOW • The November issue of Classic Cars is heating up; don’t miss it!

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JULIAN THOMSON • When the design sketch phase normally takes two months but none other than a prime minister wants to see yourwork in 20 minutes, it’s time to improvise

ALEX RILEYT • The trend for fitting ever-bigger wheels to cars new and old has really got out of hand. Even apart from the dynamic compromises, they end up looking daft

QUICK FIXES • While RS500s and MkII Escorts grab the headlines, there are fast Fords that remain relatively overlooked – for now at least. Act fast with these five and you can buy yourself a Blue Oval icon before the rest of the market wakes up

SECRET SOURCE • What is it about fast Fords that inspires such enthusiasm, both as new cars and auction record-setting classics? Three men tasked with selling our underrated cover stars when new tell all

BORN-AGAIN BLOWER • This Bentley 4½-litre ‘Blower’ is back to original specification after a rebuild of the grandest scope, including tracking down its original body and gearbox missing for decades. Let’s drive

‘The stainless steel roof was huge amounts of work’ • Finding a Maserati Bora in a barn was just the first surprise for Ian Turner; the second was just how good some of it turned out to be once he started work on it. But that doesn’t mean its restoration was straightforward…

RED ALERT • Created to take on the touring car best, the Alfa 75 Evoluzione’s motorsport career was far from glorious. Away from the confines of the track, does is this homologation special redeem itself as a credible Eighties performance classic?

LIFE STORY OF A MIDAS • From pattern moulds, brochure shoots and column inches to...