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.

THE BIG PICTURE

Welcome

CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR

A CLASSIC FAMILY GATHERING • Club heroes provided the highlights as the Classic Motor Show returned, with the best winning at C&SC’s Club Awards

THE C&SC TEAM’S NEC FAVOURITES

VETERANS BRAVE THE ELEMENTS

LEADING AUTOMOTIVE AUTHORS REWARDED

Auto e Moto d’Epoca says ciao to Padua

Continental style and chrome hit Las Vegas

C&SC presents… a brand new series!

Taylor on RAC honours list

OBITUARIES

Federation update

TURNINGOVER ANEWLEAF

Paddock Profile

LOFTYAMBITIONS FOR RETRIEVED JOWETT

LONG-LOST HVB GT RESURFACES

ESSEX SHED REVEALS A RARE WATFORD CHEETAH

Look familiar?

MARTIN TOMLINSON • A childhood autograph collection of motorsport heroes has inspired a new book of original artworks

Book of the month • ‘The comments of owners and specialists all add to this extensive review, along with test quotes presented with magazine covers’

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH • ‘For the majority of his driving life John ran only classics, enjoying a Ford V8-Pilot, a Jaguar Mk2 and a Volvo Amazon’

Simon TAYLOR • ‘Notmanyrealised it wasanall-newdesign, but soon the Blackpool factory was turning out 10 M Series a week’

Martin BUCKLEY • ‘WecreptupThe Mall towards Admiralty Arch, watching enviously as the big, quiet 20-40hp tourers surged past’

Letter of the month

JUNIOR SUPERCARS • Ferrari 328 takes on elan of Esprit and thunder of Lamborghini Jalpa

C&SC WORLD CUP • Eight countries have won the FIFA World Cup so far, but does success on the pitch equate to motoring prowess?

CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR WORLD CUP ROAD TO THE FINAL

If it ain’t broke… • Few efforts to improve on the E-type met with any success, but John Coombs’ collaboration with Pietro Frua got closer than most

Fleet managers • The staff at McLaren’s futuristic HQ reveal their automotive passions, from everyday motors to exotica

One for the album • The Austin Atlantic is an increasingly rare beast these days, but this storied survivor is perhaps the finest example you’ll see

ENGLISHMEN ABROAD • Playing to demanding North American buyers wasn’t always an easy game for British manufacturers

Baby dragons • Lighting up the Fiat 500 with extra performance only increased the fun, as the Giannini 500TV and Abarth 695 SS demonstrate

Uncle Sam FIGHTS BACK • Having been inspired by its American rival, the Range Rover got a rude surprise 30 years ago when the Jeep Cherokee arrived on UK shores

THE PIONEERS • Exactly 100 years ago, Vincenzo Lancia’s Lambda series accelerated the motor car’s development in one revolutionary package

“I was addicted to producing magazines” • Peter Filby’s enthusiasm for Britain’s thriving kit-car scene became a mini publishing empire that caught the mood of a motoring nation

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BIRD STRIKE HALTS PROGRESS

MEET THE FLEET

IMPORT SAGA FOR RETIREMENT FUN

MY WEEK IN CARS

HENRY LABOUCHERE • Lifelong aviator celebrates the simple beauty of the Austin Seven and Tiger Moth

FIAT500 •...