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Classic & Sports Car • NOVEMBER 2024 • VOLUME 43, NO8

GOODWOOD GETS WET AND WILD • Downpours, safety cars and pitlane chaos punctuated racing thrills and spills at this year’s Revival meeting

THE C&SC FESTIVAL FAVOURITES

BEACH BUGGIES ON PARADE

COACHBUILT ELEGANCE AT HAMPTON COURT

C&SC HONOURS FOR CAR CLUB STARS

Gallic greats and concept cars gleam in Chantilly

Yuppies’ motors in the limelight

Microcar Rally proves a big draw

Biggest-ever Caramulo festival

Alfa Romeos assemble

Ogles perform at Knebworth

Ferrari 335S wins extended Blenheim Palace bash

Young guns enjoy Seven runs

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LOST & FOUND

JIŘÍ RAMEŠ • From the Targa Florio to the Tour de France, this Czech artist has painted a remarkable range of subjects

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THE JOY OF ‘SIX’ • Straight-six heroes from AC, Healey, Jaguar, Bristol, Aston and Triumph

Unleashed! • The dawn of the hypercar was about more thanraw speed, and few convey its sense of shock andawe like the Pagani Zonda and Koenigsegg CCXR

WALKER’S GALLIC WARRIOR • Raced at the highest level well into its teens, this remarkable Delahaye 135CS was bought three times by a legendary Grand Prix privateer

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Dead ringrers • The Maserati Kyalami and De Tomaso Longchamp share much, having emerged from the same stable, but are poles apart at heart

Restyles with substance • Panther Westwinds blended a passion for pre-war designs with modern-era mechanical usability and remarkably fine coachbuilding

Out on a limb • Panther’s innovative Solo 2 was something completely different, both for its maker and the sports car market

THE FEMININE TOUCH • In 1955, General Motors styling guru Harley Earl brought 11 talented women into the male-dominated world of automotive design. What was their lasting impact?

ABSOLUTELY buzzing • Honda’s Si Civics brought agile, cheap fun to motorists long before the Type R name got anywhere near a hatchback

HONDAS DECK THE HALL • The Japanese firm’s Los Angeles collection is now on public display for the first time in two decades

“It’s a car for posing in really” • Broadcaster Michael Buerk reflects on more than three decades with his beloved Jaguar E-type S1 3.8 fixed-head coupé

FLOATING INTO THE FUTURE • Citroën’s DS-replacing CX was at a cutting edge so sharp it still looks fresh today, and it had the drive to match – as five superb survivors reveal

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VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN

MEET THE FLEET

THE PAIN AND THE PLEASURE

ZIA HAQUE • This data manager has turned his fastidious nature to collecting 1:43 model cars

ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QF • Rewriting the rulebook on what an SUV can do, and how it can make you feel