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 • JUNE 2023 • VOLUME 42, NO 3

GOODWOOD HITS CIRCUIT MILESTONE • The 80th Members’ Meeting was a spring spectacular of demonstrations, celebrations and outstanding racing

THE C&SC GOODWOOD FAVOURITES

FROM BRABHAM TO BENTLEY

CROWDS FLOCK TO TECHNO-CLASSICA

PEGASO IS BEST IN TECHNO SHOW

Star-studded sales at Salon Privé

Young RAC members drive in to Woodcote

EUROPE CELEBRATES MUSTANG DAY

Heritage hub for Derby

OBITUARIES

Federation update

GENERATION GAME IS BACK

VSCC Scottish Trial’s tricky spring challenge is no laughing matter

Wilson wins in Cookstown

Chilman/Walsh stay on form

Paddock profile

LANDMARK MG AWAITS REVIVAL

DEVON’S LOST JENSEN

US BARN-FIND BONANZA

FADED FACEL HITS THE MARKET

HUMBERS FIND NEW HOMES

A HOTCHKISS WITH HISTORY

TALBOT HOARD SWELLS SPARES SCHEME SUPPLY

Look familiar?

VELASOR • This Spanish model-maker has created a remarkable series of vintage slot-cars

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

TOUR OF ENDURANCE • One man’s incredible 4000km trip around France by Hispano-Suiza J12

STAR attractions • 60 years young in 2023, the gorgeous Mercedes-Benz ‘Pagoda’ retains a unique appeal among Stuttgart’s flagship SL line

FIVE DOOMED ATTEMPTS TO REINVENT THE PAGODA • The Pagoda’s elegant styling was a quantum leap in Mercedes design language after the outgoing model’s bulbous, baroque wing-line and heavy use of chrome. Its bold horizontal lines, slimmer profile and light, airy, highly glazed cockpit moved the sports model into a more user-friendly and safer era. Such brilliance is hard to improve on, but a selection of unusual attempts were made, and a couple of them were even built.

TWO TRICK PONIES • In the late 1960s, the Ford Mustang appeared in both race-homologation Boss and roadgoing special Mach 1 forms, free from impending regulatory restriction

Taking the Mickie • A music producer with a penchant for Porsches convinced Le Mans winner Kremer to build this unique street-legal racer

BEATING PORSCHE AT ITS OWN GAME

The shape of things to come • The Fiat 1500L and Peugeot 404 heralded a new wave of European imports that would test the UK’s loyalty to homebuilt family saloons

Luton’s legacy • A century after the introduction of Britain’s first true 100mph production car, five key OE-type Vauxhall 30-98s return home

COMPETITION TIME AT LUTON HOO

VOLUME SELLER • The diminutive NSU 1000TTS is a forgotten sporting gem that is entertaining to drive and still turns heads – but it’s not exactly stealthy

THE FORBIDDEN • A rarity in the UK, the JDM-only Nissan 200ZR faces the Japanese 2-litre turbo coupé that did come to Europe, the Mitsubishi Starion EX

SALES PITCH LODDON BREWERY • Stalwarts of the mid-’70s rep scene, the Morris Marina, Hillman Hunter and Vauxhall Cavalier are becoming endearingly nostalgic

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