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.
THE BIG PICTURE
Welcome
WHERE TO PICK UP THE NEXT ISSUE OF C&SC
Classic & Sport Car
All the winners from our annual celebration of the brilliant work of the nation’s car clubs
HUGE INCREASE IN CLASSIC SECTOR
PADUA CAPITALISES ON A RARE CHANCE TO SHINE
Awards finalists and winners announced
NEC CLASSIC CHARITY WIN
RÉTRO AMONG THE MOVERS
LINGOTTO LIVES & RELIVES
PININFARINA LOOKS AHEAD
SHOW DRAWS SHOPPERS
GRIFFIN TRIO HEAD ON RUN
Obituary • OLIVER WINTERBOTTOM 1944-2020
LAST MINOR’S HOMECOMING
SUPERCARS STAR IN LA
Federation update
GRIFFITH TRIUMPHS AT THE DOUBLE
Silverstone serves up the classics
SCOOBY’S SNATCH
VESCO PAIR GO UNBEATEN
Paddock profile • CHARLES STUART-MENTETH
HSCC SETS OUT 2021 PLANS
NEW ROLE, SAME STATION
HOMECOMING FOR SHOW STAR
Young collector strikes gold with Aston find
MINOR MORRIS FARM HAUL UNEARTHED
Ticket to ride for a rare Wolseley Siddeley
SAD END FOR LOST-CAUSE LANDCRAB PAIRING
Look familiar?
BOND CARS: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY
Model of the month
A CLASSIC FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘Her dramatic motoring featured euphoric highs, winning the 1932 JCC 1000 Mile Race with Elsie Wisdom, and tragic lows’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘I remember catching a Porsche 928 loafing along at 135mph, giving it a flash and blasting past, changing into top at 150’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘Once Enzo had gone, Fiat not only milked the brand for every merchandising opportunity, but also built increasingly extreme cars’
LETTERS
Letter of the month
Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair. clements@haymarket.com
Comments & clarif ications
DIAMONDS ARE FOR EVER • Flat-floor first meets Commemorative edition last to celebrate the Jaguar E-type’s diamond jubilee, 60 years since its Geneva launch
JAGUAR E-TYPE S1 3.8
JAGUAR E-TYPE S3 V12
WHO’S THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL? • There are more than a dozen factory E-type variants alone, not to mention modern takes on the theme. We asked experts in design, restoration and racing to pick their favourites
E-TYPE ODDITIES • The Jaguar legend reinvented, from the biggest names in Italy’s motor valley to side projects honed at home
FOUR MIDABLE • The 612 Scaglietti was inspired by the past, but became the first in anew breed of four-seater Ferrari GTs
FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI
FOUR-SEATER V12 FERRARI EVOLUTION • It’s six decades since Maranello launched its first family-friendly production model; here’s our spotter’s guide to each generation…
GOING WITH THE GRAIN • Lavish and expensive, the woodies of 1930s and ’40s America were an extravagant expression of style in a world of conservatism and restraint
THE MAN WHO PUSHED THE WAGON • Meet Jonathan Ashman: rally regular, rule-maker, and pivotal in providing the UK with its favourite classic estate car
SWEET & LOW DOWN • Before building his cars, Donald Healey proved the mettle of the Invicta Low Chassis by winning the Rallye Monte-Carlo
“It was fate. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it” • A chance encounter...