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12 BIGGEST STORIES • Our festive bumper issue is packed with 2023’s best events, greatest classics and much, more more besides. However we’re kicking off with the dozen biggest stories to have hit our headlines over the past year

SO HERE IT IS, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

‘Wrong time’ to extend tax exemption

CLASSIC FANS SPLIT OVER MoT’s FUTURE

Petrol for classics ‘will survive’, say MPs • MPs recommended that petrol must remain available to classic owners after the UK switches to EVs and doing so will have negligible impact on carbon emissions

PINK FLOYD ROCKER BACKS DRIVE-IT DAY

Thousands missing out on free road tax

Govt: ‘Get an MoT for foreign trips’

FALLING PRICES ‘A WIN-WIN’ FOR ENTHUSIASTS

Skills shortage will increase resto prices

Porsche fights climate change

DVLA: ‘We ARE listening to classic owners’

MOTOR MUSEUM SAVES RARE MG PROTOTYPES

Tributes paid to Rosemary Smith

11 AUCTION GEMS • From barn-find ACs to a TV star Montego, we look back at the cars that got the classic world talking when they went under the auctioneer’s hammer – often for record-breaking prices

10 EPIC EVENTS OF 2023 • This year has played host to an incredible array of events celebrating all manner of cars and milestone anniversaries. But which were our favourite ten? Well, in no particular order…

9 GREAT BUYS WE’VE TESTED • There have been some incredible cars advertised on dealer forecourts over the past 12 months. We asked Nick Larkin to choose just nine of his personal favourites

8 ‘OUR CLASSICS’ AWARDS • We’re looking back on the past 12 months of ups and downs across our collective fleet of classics, and handing out some prizes to this year’s big winners (and losers)

7 YOUNG CLASSIC CHAMPIONS • Each week, CCW showcases the younger enthusiasts from the classic car world who are helping to provide a future for older cars. We asked our 20-something staff writer Jesse Billington to pick out the most inspiring stories from this year

6 GREAT ESTATES • As Volvo shockingly calls time on estate cars here in the UK, we celebrate the all-conquering 240 and five of its load-lugging rivals

5 CHRISTMAS CROSSWORDS • Fancy testing your motoring knowledge over the festive break? Our Christmas crosswords will keep you entertained for hours!

4 PERFECT PARTNERS • We’ve heard some fantastic stories all about the incredible bonds that owners share with their cherished classics this year. Chris Hope picks his favourites

3 MANN-MADE MARVELS • Harris Mann left an indelible mark on the UK’s classic car landscape. We visit the Great British Car Journey museum to celebrate three of the great cars that the late designer had a hand in

2 PRICE-DROP GTs • Softening prices at the top end of the market mean that your dream car might be more attainable than you might think, as demonstrated by this glamorous pair of aspirational Brits

…AND CCW’s CAR OF THE YEAR • Thousands of your classics have appeared in the pages of Classic Car Weekly over the past 12 months, but only one can be our car of the...