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
Classic & Sports Car
RÉTRO RARITIES LIGHT UP PARIS • After repeated pandemic-enforced delays, the brilliant Rétromobile opened its doors again at last in March
THE C&SC TEAM’S FAVOURITE CARS
SCREEN LEGENDS TAKE TO THE ICE
BUG JAM AT THE RACES
BIRMINGHAM BARN-FINDS
Clubs band together for Techno-Classica
New name, same high standards
Obituary
Federation update
SKYLINE FLIES HIGH AT THE POM
Rally icons get a grip
VOLVO’S VICTORY
A GAME OF SCRABBLE
Paddock profile
ROADSTER DUO IS IRRESISTIBLE
Allard’s reinvention as a coupé defies the vandals
GRIFFIN IN THE UNDERGROWTH
WOLSELEY WITH AN UNUSUAL FLAVOUR
Rare Gloria is a Triumph
EARLY TIN SNAIL SET FOR REVIVAL
Look familiar?
JEREMY DICKINSON • The restrictions of lockdown have led to a dramatic new series of paintings
Book of the month
Model of the month
Pick of the month
Tested this month
2 TOURS – 1 PARTY • There is nowhere quite like Provence and the French Riviera for style, glamour and timeless scenery, and we have created two tours that come together in Saint-Tropez for a spectacular end of summer weekend. You can take part in one of the tours or you can simply join the fun in Saint-Tropez.
Mick WALSH
Simon TAYLOR
Martin BUCKLEY
Letter of the month
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
You’ve never had it so good • The optimistic class of ’62 kicked off a golden era for British sporting greats with the Triumph Spitfire, MGB and Lotus Elan
TRIUMPH SPITFIRE 4
LOTUS ELAN 1600
MGB
EXTRA TIME • Our three sports car greats sped past their original lifespans, becoming classics in their own lifetimes and eventually inspiring a new generation
THE GREAT IMPRESSION • This Chrysler Imperial’s fine engineering and Bohman & Schwartz Deco style proved to be the perfect extravagance for Hollywood’s first black superstar
FITTED OUT FOR A KING • Ordered new by a Belgian monarch, this sole surviving Vignale-bodied Aston Martin DB2/4 is back on form after decades in the doldrums
CEWWF CUT If you were going to build a single-seater, you probably wouldn’t start with a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. But this unlikely warhorse recently won its first race
WOLFSBURG’S MIRACLE BUG • Faced with the dismantling of its vast plants and apartments, this German industrial city was transformed by two men and one very special car
IVAN HIRST • SENIOR RESIDENT OFFICER
WOLFSBURG WUNDERKINDER
HEINRICH NORDHOFF • GENERAL DIRECTOR
MY FARE LANDAULET • This fastidiously restored 1926 Citroën could be the last-surviving link to the working streets of Paris
ON A SOFTER NOTE • The 2200 Spider represented the ambitions of Abarth and patron Fiat to strike at the higher order of Italian motoring, but it was destined to remain a rarity
PROLES’ ROYCES • Emerging from the confused depths of BMC’s product-planning studios, the Wolseley Six and Austin 3 Litre offered more charm than success
THE HEAT IS ON FOR PORSCHE
MEET THE FLEET
THE ALFA ROMEO REVELATION
JASON LEN • A tireless restorer of British sports cars who also has a passion for motorcycles
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