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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Classic & Sports Car • JANUARY 2025 • VOLUME 43, NO 10

STEAMING AHEAD TO THECOAST • Veterans motor from London to Brighton with special anniversaries marking this year’s commemorative run

THE C&SC LONDON TO BRIGHTON FAVOURITES

HEROES RETURN TO THE NEC

THE C&SC NEC FAVOURITES

Exotic rarities light up Bologna classic spectacular

Veterans taketothe streets of London

DVLA told to understand the historic-vehicle sector

The Royal Automobile Club picks its top books of 2024

OBITUARY

Alliance update

SMITHLANDS FF1600 GLORY

Volvo romps to third successive win in epic Rally of the Tests enduro

Around the clock at Daytona

Escort lands Greek victory

Paddock profile

JAGISASTORIED FORMER RACER

TRIUMPH SOLE SURVIVOR

WOLSELEY READY FOR RESTORATION

AN UNTOUCHED TALBOT

AZU IS SPECIAL FRENCH FIND

MINOR FRIENDSHIP REIGNITED

INCOMPLETE ARROW NEEDS ATTENTION

Look familiar?

DAN PALATNIK • This talented Brazilian illustrator creates 3D renderings that are transformed into models and full-scale body bucks

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month

MOLSHEIM SENSATION • Driving the Bugatti Type 57 that is taking the concours world by storm

TOB OR NOT TOB? • That is the question members of the C&SC team have tried to answer with six alternatives to the default classic choice

MGB

LANCIA FULVIA COUPÉ

AUSTIN SEVEN SPECIAL

PEUGEOT 205 GTI

FIAT BARCHETTA

VOLKSWAGEN KARMANN GHIA

PORSCHE 944

Avery good egg • This unique 1950s Ferrari was the brainchild of a brilliant amateur racing driver and has lost none of its impact over the years

The TECHNOCRAT and the STATESMAN • Borgward had the measure of BMW with its P100 rival to the 502, but not for long. Drive them both today and you might wonder why

PIONEER SPIRIT • Joining Portugal’s earliest road-rally revival in a Bugatti Type 40, as pre-war heroes drive 300km south to Lisbon in the Corrida dos Fundadores

Javier Martínez

Luís Guilherme da Costa and Alexandre Rainha

Raúl Aranda

GOOD THINGS COME… • The beautiful and thrilling Iso Grifo has no trouble getting attention, but few would have the tenacity to spend nearly 40 years putting one right

Diet poke • Stripped-out late-’90s roadsters didn’t come any more extreme than the Lotus 340R, but in concept, if not execution, the Renault Sport Spider ran it close

The flying brick • The Volvo 242 GT is and understated performance saloon that never quite got the recognition it deserved. This extremely tidy example aims to redress the balance

SPOT THE DIFFERENT • This outstanding collection of disparate motoring artefacts is nirvana for the open-minded enthusiast

Catching sight of the summit • For a brief time, the small French firm of Chappe et Gessalin built a rival to the better-known Alpine. Jean Gessalin looks back on his successful but shortlived CG venture

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