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 • Much of the time it makes perfect sense to compare direct rivals alongside each other, but sometimes it takes opposing perspectives to fully understand cars

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‘It’s just such a glamorous thing’ • We put designer Adrian Morris in the object of his curiosities, a Maserati Biturbo – but will it leave him feeling boosted or busted?

ADRIAN MORRIS’ TOP TEN

ADRIAN MORRIS’ CAR CV

CHASING CARS • Quentin Willson’s hot tips

CHASING CARS • Nigel Boothman’s market analysis

Reversal of fortune • Dino GTS soars from un-badged upstart to Daytona-beating auction darling

CHASING CARS • Nigel Boothman’s market analysis

Endurance legends dominate Donington • Long-unseen sports prototypes and touring cars of the 24-hour race era defined the Donington Historic Festival

Return of the Brickyard blasters • Indy 500 exhibition brings American oval-racing icons to the Silverstone Museum

June-August event highlights • From rallycross to concours d’elegance, there’s something for everyone as summer hots up

Another SoCal Ferrari find… • Dusty but solid 250GTE emerges from a half-century slumber in Los Angeles

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£10k PORSCHES • Affordable dreams or risky nightmares?

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QUENTIN WILLSON • Scouring recent auction prices reveals ever more tempting bargains for anyone prepared to flex their spending power. It’s like stepping back in time

ALEX RILEY • Why is it that while modern product design pursues compactness and lightness, cars become ever bulkier and heavier, each step eroding any driving joy

WORLDS APART • In 1969, Ferrari’s 365GTB/4 Daytona epitomised the Sixties GT dream, while the Ford Capri brought it to the masses. What might their drivers have made of each other on the rare occasion their worlds collided?

[Epic Restoration] ‘It wasn’t all bad… we didn’t need to take the roof off’ • What better way to give yourself one last restoration challenge than by buying a rare Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA sight-unseen from another continent, and returning it to its former factory-prepared glory?

THE LAST COL • With the model’s homologation running out, three intrepid privateer crews set out to give the Mini its last shot at international rallying glory. Today we drive two of the Écurie Frogstuffers cars from the 1986 Rallye d’Antibes, and meet the third

BLACK FLAGS AND RED MIST • This AC took the Cobra’s first class victory at Le Mans before winning of one of the most memorable showdowns in GT history. Today Ivan Ostroff reacquaints himself with 39 PH

Brands Hatch, 1964: ‘The Black Flag Race’

[Life Cycle] LIFE STORY OF A Morgan 4/4 • Ordered by a 21-year-old, this 4/4 began life as a hill climb hack and transported explosives before settling into a more sedate pace of life

Vogue gone Rogue • An unruly forefather of the modern sporting 4x4, the Overfinch 570i blended British coachbuilt luxury with American V8 throb. Where better to...