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.

THE BIG PICTURE

Welcome

CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR

CLASSIC IDENTITY CRISIS • The legal story around the registration of classic cars remains ambiguous, as an enthusiast and lawyer explains, but there may yet be a glimmer of hope

BENZ TRIUMPHS AGAIN

Superfast races to Quail victory

Beatlemania hits Seaside

Corvettes flood Laguna

Exceptional Daihatsu wins Applause

German caffeine in the Warks

A longer veteran summer run

GRASSROOTS CELEBRATION

Motorsport anniversaries fire up Classic Nostalgia

OBITUARY

Federation update

PACKED-OUT AT OULTON

Variety spices up anniversary celebration

Minis get competitive in Kent

Porsche dominates damp Summer Trial

Alta crowned king of the hill at Prescott

Fourth time lucky for XK150

Titles decided at Pembrey

Paddock profile

RESCUED AUSTIN’S MISSING HISTORY

MORGANS MUST MOVE ON

PEUGEOT CYCLECAR IS A SLOW-BURN PROJECT

HRG BACK IN THE FOLD

MG TF PAIR’S TALE LIVES ON

SCRUFFY BERKELEY SPIED

DERBY HOARD UNCOVERED

AN ORIENT TO OWN, AT LAST

Look familiar?

MICHEL CONSTANT • Classic machinery adds colour to the dynamic artistry of this leading comic-book illustrator

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH • ‘Even with an invitation from the Duke, the chances of tempting this rarely seen beauty to Sussex were slim’

Simon TAYLOR • ‘Always approachable, with no self-importance, he treated me as he did everybody else: as an equal, and with courtesy’

Martin BUCKLEY • ‘With a near-$100m budget, the producers rented 2000 classics to get Tarantino’s desired street-scene realism’

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month

THE FULL WORKS • Bursting with prototype performance, the Porsche team Carrera RSR 3.0 ‘R7’ was a 1973 Le Mans phenomenon

PARTY of FIVE • Aston Martin’s revered DB5 has become classic royalty, not just as a T coupé, but also as a convertible and even a rare shooting brake

THE DB5’S JOURNEY FROM RAGS TO RICHES

THE INITIAL M • Needing to homologate a more powerful 5 Series to go racing, BMW South Africa built a short run of cars that became the first to gain the ‘M’ moniker

BMW SOUTH AFRICA’S BLOCK-PARTY SPECIALS

Little stars • The Renault 5 and Honda Civic played a part in establishing the supermini class that endures to this day. These mint examples reveal why

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT • An ex-MI6 agent’s Mercedes-Benz 170S reflects how a post-war Germany and its premier car maker emerged from the ashes and into a miraculous new era

Flash & carry • Taking five with a pair of turbocharged wagons from Volvo and Audi that both boast surprising motorsport pedigree

Crowning glory • The underappreciated but quietly imposing Crown proved to be a low-key but persistent attempt by Toyota to establish itself as a big-car player

REBUILT CROWN WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD

HERE’S ONEWE MADE EARLIER • The creative minds of motoring journalists have contributed to a number of quirky machines

Chariots of fibre • Jensen’s 541 family made use of a new wonder material to deliver bold style and high performance to a discerning breed of well-heeled...