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

A RETURN TO ELEGANCE • The Chantilly Arts et Elegance is at last back on the concours calendar, playing host to a spectacular display of exotica

BULLSRUN TO MOROCCO

THRILLERAT THECASTLE

CHEVYS IN THE FAMILY WAY

THE ART OF BUGATTI • A remarkable private collection showcases the history and artistry of Molsheim’s famed creations

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

FIAT’S TINY TEARAWAYS • Tuned Cinquecento twins from Abarth and Giannini head to head

OCEANS APART • Triumph and Datsun both released new six-cylinder sports cars with which to chase the Yankee dollar in 1969, but despite similar inspiration, their offerings were strikingly different

The magnificent Seven • First and last Austin babies meet, as Britain’s most important small car reaches its 100th birthday

CONTINUING A CENTURY ON THE TRACK

Powertothe people • Austin’s brilliant Seven put Britain on the road, and continues to inspire these enthusiasts a century on

That’70s Show • Maserati’s Khamsin appeared as a wedge-shaped heir to the Ghibli. This uniquely liveried example reveals an underappreciated classic’s talents

Dot Com Boom • The BMW M5, Jaguar S-type R, Maserati Quattroporte and Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG dared to blur the boundaries between sports car and executive express

Early bird • The GSM Flamingo is a rare sight in the UK, but in this form it could have been the car that saved its maker

“He was too tall to be comfortable in a single-seater, but that didn’t seem to slow him down” • Mike Parkes remains an enigmatic figure – a jack of many trades who was close to mastering them all. This is his remarkable story

Sleek & cheerful • In the early 1970s, a rash of affordable two-doors democratised the coupé concept for the masses. Opel’s Manta rode that wave

ECLECTIC AVENUE • This varied and disparate collection of vehicles and machinery pays homage to a seminal period in French engineering history

MY WEEK IN CARS

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SEVEN SET FOR LE MANS OR BUST

PICK-UP PUTTING ON THE GLITZ

JOHN-JOE VOLLANS • Modern classics and ancient fossils have more in common than you might think

FORD BRONCO • A famous Blue Oval name from the past returns to the off-road roster

TIME TO CONSIGN