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Classic & Sports Car • SEPTEMBER 2024 • VOLUME 43, NO6

DARING HISTORY LIGHTS UP FESTIVAL • Thrilling debuts and familiar faces united for a memorable weekend in the Duke of Richmond’s front garden

THE C&SC FESTIVAL FAVOURITES

CARTIER’S STYLE BENCHMARK

EARLYE-TYPE TRIUMPHS AT HEVENINGHAM

TVRs go back to Blackpool

MG’s centenary relay

Cream of the concours

Speed demons take to the Sands

Blue-chip gathering in the Alps

Veterans run for the hills

Glamour returns to the Palace

OBITUARY

Federation update

HEROIC TREK MARKS PEKING-PARIS RETURN

LOST & FOUND

JACQUELINE DAVIES • American Pop Art and the rockabilly scene both help to inform this British creator’s vibrant automotive work

Book of the month

AUTOCAR ARCHIVE

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

MARANELLO BEAUTIES • Ferrari’s sensational 275 Spider, and two- and four-cam Berlinettas

Golf par tee • As well as being a byword for efficiency and practicality since 1974, the Volkswagen Golf has democratised high performance through its hottest variants. Here, five of our favourites meet their period rivals

GOLF MkI GTI vs VAUXHALL ASTRA GTE

GOLF MkII G60 RALLYE vs LANCIA DELTA HF INTEGRALE 8V

GOLF MkIII VR6 vs SUBARU IMPREZA TURBO 2000

GOLF MkIV R32 vs ALFA ROMEO 147 GTA

GOLF MkV GTI vs FORD FOCUS ST

Keeping it in the family • This storied 250GT Lusso represents one family’s enduring love affair with Ferrari, and it holds a particular place in the marque’s history

GHOST IN THE MACHINE • The 4½ Litre Bentley has a racing provenance that alone marks it out as a very special machine, but this car’s remarkable originality is the real key to its appeal

A HISTORY OF SPEED • A stunning stretch of Welsh coastline is home to a new museum celebrating past speed-record glories

UNCUT DI AMOND • Porsche’s 356/2 sowed the seed of a lineage that would lead to the long-serving 911. This highly original example reveals those origins

Caddy Hack • A false start at a British neoclassic builder to rival Excalibur created this Cadillac-based local celebrity

REBORN in the USA • The Courier Cadillac was building on a great neoclassic pastiche tradition, but the home of the genre was to be found across the Atlantic

THREE-WAY SPLIT • The Porsche 911, Noble M12 and TVR Tuscan share common goals, but disagree on how they should be achieved. Which is right?

FILTON FINDS ITS X-FACTOR • The 406 was the last six-cylinder Bristol, and this factory-bodied one-off could be the greatest

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STICKING WITH WHAT YOU KNOW

JIM HARRISON • How one long-term Toyota MR2 enthusiast became a home guitar hero

MASERATI GRAN TURISMO • The grand touring tradition lives on behind this big coupé’s Trident badge