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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Let’s start at the very beginning… • The first journalist to drive the oldest-surviving Aston Martin since its restoration takes A3 on a pilgrimage to the marque’s roots

ASTON MARTIN: THE EARLY YEARS From foundation to Feltham

BORN TO ASTONISH • Whether it’s the Bond link, the looks or the power, Aston Martins continue to hold a special mystique

‘Suddenly it’s 1935 again, the team storming through France to Le Mans’ • Driving Nick Mason’s prized Aston Martin team-car trio, including one of the seven that raced in the 24 Hours, plus the Ulster that finished third, evokes past racing glories

Inherited beauty • It’s one of just 15, the genesis of the modern Aston Martin and a treasured family heirloom, yet this DB1 has lived a wonderfully understated life

Grace & fervour • Three of the best six-pot coupés from post-war Britain – AC, Aston Martin and Bristol – take the fight to Lancia

FITTED OUT FOR A KING • Ordered new by a Belgian monarch, this sole-surviving Vignale-bodied Aston Martin DB2/4 is back on form after decades in the doldrums

From THE PAST with PRESENCE • Rarities today both in form and on the road, the drophead versions of the Bristol 405 and Lagonda 3 Litre have much in common

ENJOYING ASTON MARTIN LEGENDS?

Foundation for success

Life imitates art • The AC Aceca and Aston Martin DB MkIII are bound not only by their hatchbacks, but also by the creator of 007 himself

ENGINEER’S EDIT • The DB4 that Aston Martin Lagonda chief engineer Tadek Marek called his own is a special blend of bespoke touches

Rapide response • For Lagonda fan Jonathan Radgick, the perfect practical classic was obvious… All he had to do was build one

Cut & thrust • There’s only one way to discover if the legendary DB4GT lives up to its ‘ultimate Aston’ billing, and that’s to blast one over Salisbury Plain

No Mr Bond, I expect you to drive! • James Bond and Aston Martin are celluloid’s most enduring partners in espionage and crime-fighting. This is their story

Five top Bond baddies’ cars

Driving the DB built for Bond

WHEN CORGI STRUCK GOLD • Behind the scenes of the making of the most famous toy car, Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger

THE CIVIL ENGLISH WAR • In the ’60s there was no bigger battle in the prestige sports GT market than E-type vs DB6, but then – as today – money mattered

Baby you can drive my car • A magical mystery tour in four cars purchased by members of The Beatles in their prime

PAUL MCCARTNEY 1966 Aston Martin DB6

RINGO STARR 1964 Facel Vega Facel II

GEORGE HARRISON 1973 Ferrari Dino 246

JOHN LENNON 1968 Iso Fidia

Injecting new life into Aston • It’s not only six versus eight with these two DBSs – it’s time these overlooked Astons stepped out from the shadows

THE LEGENDS SERIES

Fuel injection: a brief history

The injection specialist

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Going to Towns • One man’s relentless pursuit of perfection drove the exhaustive rebuild of this Aston Martin DBS V8

BEEF STAKES • Which is the best bespoke ’60s GT: pedigree Brit or an Anglo-American hybrid? Aston Martin,...