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
MONTE CARLO RINGS TO GRAND PRIX GREATS • Packed grids and new races added to the spectacle as historic F1 machines took to the streets of Monaco
A CHAPMAN CELEBRATION
MONACO RACE WINNERS
BROOKLANDS CENTURIONS
SUNBEAM RESTORED
75 YEARS OF BO’NESS HILLCLIMBING
Elegance expands classes for anniversary concours
ELECTRIC SHOCKER
GAWSWORTH’S 120TH YEAR OF MOTORING
GOODWOOD SCULPTURE FOR 50 YEARS OF BMW M
BEAULIEU PARTY GOES BACK TO THE 1970S
MCC’S BIRTHDAY BASH
Bicester Heritage invites Scramblers subscriptions
GETTING OUT DOWN UNDER
Thousands take part in Drive-It Day
6 SURTEES R 4 TO STAR & AT SHELSLEY
Obituary
DUTCH CONCOURS LAUNCH
MINIS’ DELAYED DELIVERY
RAC’S NEW SUMMER RUN
HARRINGTONS REORGANISE
Obituary
Federation update
CROWDS REVEL IN DONINGTON THRILLS
Mini tops the race of attrition to Portugal
ALTA WINS IN DEVON
Cadwell hosts MG club class
Paddock profile
OIL-BURNER WITH A MYSTERY PAST
Tracing the origins of a unique Ford special
SOLE SURVIVOR SEEKS SALVATION
Future looks bright for military BMW
AUSTIN IN THE SHED
WOLSELEY JOINS THE COUPÉ SET
Too good to turn into a Special?
SORRY MORGAN FINDS A SAVIOUR
Look familiar?
ANDREW RITTER • A cheeky style and attention to detail combine for these fun illustrations
Audi RS
TRANS AFRICA LAND ROVER
Ghia
North Eastern Motorsport
BRM: Racing for Britain
Lamborghini Countach
Shelby Cobras: CSX 2001-CSX 2125
Model of the month
Pick of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘Bolton opened up the 4450bhp, turboprop-powered sensation to hit 100mph down the 1.5-mile runway’
Simon TAYLOR • “By the time I’d lifted my foot it had gone from 50 to 125, tail-wagging like Allards should and leaving lots of smoke”
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘In the midst of the oil crisis, with US motorists feeling the pain, Liz saw her chance and bought the rights to the Dale’
LETTERS
LEARNING TO DRIVE WITH A SERIES OF LANDCRABS
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
Honda Type Rs • Accord, Integra and Civic: origins of a Japanese performance legend
FRUGAL BUT FUN • Inspired by the panic at the pumps, members of the C&SC team count down the finest sub-1-litre classics and pick their favourite fuel-saving sports cars
SUZUKI CAPPUCCINO
BRITISH COMPACTS
FIAT 850 SPIDER
AUSTIN SEVEN
CONTINENTAL COMPACTS
JAPANESE COMPACTS
AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE Mk1
SPORTS CARS
OFFROADERS
SMART ROADSTER-COUPÉ BRABUS
“It’s like a hooligan version of a vintage Bentley” • With more power, less weight and a shorter chassis, the rare Super Sports proved to be the ultimate expression of Cricklewood’s first production car
THEY’RE COMING HOME • In a golden era of rallying, the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally punished machines like nothing else. C&SC met their current holders at a belated anniversary celebration
A FINAL FLOURISH • Holding on as the last bastion of French automotive aristocracy, Talbot-Lago’s T26...