Classic & Sports Car

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Classic & Sports Car • FEBRUARY 2025 • VOLUME 43, NO 11

THE BIG PICTURE

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS • Members of the C&SC team pick their memorable moments, people and cars from a brilliant 2024

ALASTAIR CLEMENTS

MICK WALSH

SIMON HUCKNALL

DAMON COGMAN

RYAN STANDEN

LIZZIE POPE

MARTIN BUCKLEY

SIMON TAYLOR

CHARLIE CALDERWOOD

HISTORIC WINNERS SHOWCLUBCLASS

Maserati celebration dominates Brussels salon

BMW wins Down Under

C&SC lands gongs from the Guild

Ferraris mark 30 years in the UAE

MODERN CLASSICS REVISITED

Classic machines steal the limelight in Essen

Tin-top local heroes roar into Bavarian spectacular

OBITUARY

PORSCHE FOILSTHE STORMS

All-Ford podium at New Zealand’s Silver Fern

Conditions prove a trial in rainy Kent

Hard-fought win on Irish soil

Paddock profile

XJ-SWAGON ROLLS AGAIN

A STUDEBAKER’S STORY

RARE TRIUMPH IS RIPE FOR REPAIR

LIFE OF RILEY CARRIES ON

NEW PROJECT IS SPECIAL SINGER

MORE TROUBLE THAN IT’S WORTH?

GPO VAN IS A MINI GEM

MOKE DO AND MEND

Look familiar?

DAVID BEATTIE • This craftsman-cum-mechanic blends his two great loves to make stained-glass renderings of classic motors

SPY OCTANE: THE VEHICLES OF JAMES BOND

Morgan Three-Wheeler

BentleyMark VI & R-type

Classic Car Auction Yearbook

Speed Monarch

AlfaRomeo Sprint Speciale

Prodrive: 40 Years of Success

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

IN THE MARCH ISSUE*

Cream of the cats • Unfairly maligned when it was new, the Jaguar XJ-S set new standards for aspirational GT motoring and spawned a variety of derivatives across more than two decades in production

WEEKEND WARRIOR • The genteel image of the XJ-S and slow foreign sales were upended by unlikely – but hard-fought – racing success

Next stop, the Côte d’Azur • From a melted piston at Montlhéry to concours showstopper, this painstakingly restored Bugatti Type 57S by Corsica is on the road once again

Anything but ordinary • The late-’60s fashion for mid-engined everyday models never quite took off. Porsche and Matra both gave it their best shot, with the 914 and M530

A trick of the light • The aluminium-bodied Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a performance-chasing red herring, but the engineering that makes it special runs more than skin deep

NON-STOP ACROSS THE USA • Garage owner and automotive innovator Louie Mattar criss-crossed North America for more than 6000 miles in his much-modified 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood, without even pausing for fuel or to change a wheel. And then he did it all over again. This is his remarkable story

LATIN LESSONS • Italy’s brief flirtation with makeovers of mainstream Brits resulted in these two rare beauties, the Sunbeam Venezia and Triumph Italia

THE LEGENDS SERIES

Ace of diamonds • Riley had pinned its hopes on the technically advanced and beautifully engineered MPH, but the odds for success were stacked against it

‘Two weeks ago I could barely...