Classic Cars

Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.

Welcome • Before it all came crashing down, the Eighties vibe gave us many colourful reasons to be optimistic, particularly the cars. Little wonder their appeal is growing now

‘For me it’s just the epitome of elegance and style’ • Classic Cars reader David Driscoll has always dreamt of driving a W113 Mercedes-Benz SL. Today we put him beneath the Pagoda hardtop of a reference example

Regal flair for a modest outlay • Queen Mother’s Daimler proves there are still bargains to be found if you’re vigilant

Have Mercedes SL55 AMG R230s bottomed out?

Bargain Bentley Continental – but only for the brave

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Rare breeds • Silverstone’s Supercar Fest winners

You still can’t go wrong with an MGB

PRICE GUIDE MOVERS

Bad news for the Bentley Boys

Little charmer

A Sellers’ dream this time? • Film star returns to auction stage five years after a no-sale with better guide price

One-off TVR Speed 12 sparks bidding war

VW campers attract youngsters • Classic VW campers have some of the youngest owners

IN THE TRADE

Duesenberg reigns in the rain • Grim weather conditions in Italy fail to dampen the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

Formula Three crowns Cadwell • Coronation day brings out hidden single-seater greats for the Wolds Trophy

June-September highlights • Peak event season arrives – where will you go?

The Range Rover that went rogue • Wood & Pickett special put out to pasture after being used in £2m aristocrat theft

Rock star’s Countach retired from fast life

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QUENTIN WILLSON • Take heart, fellow enthusiasts – at the moment, some of the smaller auction houses are regularly throwing up desirable classics at pre-2015 prices

THE INSIDERS • Exciting! My first column for Classic Cars and a chance to share my thoughts on that most curious of interior fabric choices in a sporting car – tartan. Tartan…?

1980s CULTURE CLUB • Five Eighties legends – but which one defines the era where greed was great? Time to indulge in some excess and find out

‘WE’D TOSS A COIN AND ONE OF US WOULD PUT ON THE DAISY DUKES’ • If you’ve marvelled at a non-CGI Hollywood car stunt in the last 50 years, chances are Jack Gill masterminded it. Here he reveals the couldn’t-write-it realities of daring action in the golden era of Eighties stuntwork…

STREET WISE • The Ford GT40 earned its place in motoring history via Le Mans success, but not all were destined for competition. Today we see how this rare road car copes with the realities of street life in 2023

‘A massive crash had wiped out a whole side of the car’ • Paul Yorkshire always wanted a Days Of Thunder-style Chevrolet Lumina with competition history. A Carolina barn yielded a project, but was it too far gone for American Speed &Thunder to save?

THE LIFE STORY OF A Ginetta G33 • Rescued from a bankrupt Ginetta, this wild V8 roadster has tested the mettle of two passionate owners

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