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.
Welcome
Classic & Sports Car
FOUR DECADES OF CLASSIC MOTORING • A former editor looks back at how the classic world has evolved during the lifetime of C&SC
NEWS & EVENTS
Federation update
SPORT
Paddock profile • DAWN & CLINT SMITH
LOST & FOUND
RONALD SEARLE • The famous cartoonist had an eye for vehicles as well as people, cats and birds
Book of the month
Model of the month
Pick of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH
Simon TAYLOR
Martin BUCKLEY
LETTERS
Remembering family fun with a characterful Alvis Special
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarifications
A CENTURY OF SPEED • What better way to celebrate our birthday than with our most valuable photoshoot ever, gathering together 100 years of Britain’s fastest cars?
1920s VAUXHALL 30-98 OE-TYPE 100.7mph
1920s LAND SPEED RECORD IN A CAR 231.44mph
VAUXHALL 30-98 OE-TYPE
1930s BENTLEY 8 LITRE 107.3mph
1930s MOTORCYCLE LAND SPEED RECORD 173.68mph
BENTLEY 8 LITRE
1940s JAGUAR XK120 132.6mph
1940s AIR SPEED RECORD 670.98mph
JAGUAR XK120
1950s MERCEDES-BENZ 300SL 163mph
1950s WATER SPEED RECORD 260.35mph
MERCEDES-BENZ 300SL
1960s LAMBORGHINI MIURA P400 174mph
1960s FASTEST PASSENGER AIRCRAFT 1757.04mph
LAMBORGHINI MIURA P400
1970s FERRARI 365GT4 BB 188mph
1970s LAND SPEED RECORD ON A BICYCLE 139mph
FERRARI 365GT4 BB
1980s FERRARI F40 201mph
1980s FASTEST FEMALE ATHLETE 21.32mph
FERRARI F40
1990s MCLAREN F 1 240.1mph
1990s LAND SPEED RECORD IN A CAR 763.035mph
MCLAREN F1
2000s BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 253mph
2000s FASTEST FORMULA ONE CAR 246.9mph
BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4
2010s BUGATTI CHIRON SUPER SPORT 300+ 304.8mph
2010s FASTEST SPEED DURING A SKYDIVE 843.6mph
BUGATTI CHIRON SUPER SPORT 300+
EL MAESTRO’S MASERATI • The Maserati 300S driven to sports car victories by Juan Manuel Fangio is a rush of racing history restored to its original, long-nose glory
EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL • Developed on opposite sides of the English Channel, the Alpine A310 and Lotus Europa offered supercar technology in miniature
FUTURE CLASSICS • As C&SC turns 40, motoring enthusiasts have been asked to vote for the modern cars they believe will be the classics of 40 years’ time
FLAT-OUT FLAT-12 • Porsche’s iconic 917 sports-racer laid the foundations for the marque’s enduring Le Mans success – and its fearsome reputation precedes it
A RECORD LE MANS VICTORY REMEMBERED
READY, WILLING & ABEL • A retired couple’s spur-of-the-moment decision to cross the USA has morphed into a global tour by Benz that is yet to finish
GREAT EXPECTATIONS • Lagonda’s V12 was an ostentatious pre-war masterpiece that delivered luxury and performance in spades. Its allure remains undimmed to this day
THUNDER & LIGHTNING • The understated magic of Toyota’s cult classic AE86 Corolla sparkles under the street lights on a spirited midnight drive through the deserted capital
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH... • A former event photographer looks back at the Camel Trophy, the ‘Legend of Adventure’ that took on the world’s toughest terrain for two decades
BLASTS FROM THE...