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 • In five decades, BMW has gone from alternative choice to near default object of aspiration and popular ownership. Time to celebrate one of its key players

‘What’s really blowing me away is just how capable it feels’ • Andy Hughes has dreamt of driving the Lotus Carlton since his father had a Vauxhall Carlton GL for work in the Nineties. So what does he make of the performance saloon more than three decades on from its original launch?

930 Turbo: surely it’s due a boost • Other Porsches gallop away while this all-time great lags behind… but for how long?

Ferraris fly at Paris auctions • Recent results beg the question: are Maranello products the only sure-fire winners?

Market indicators • A British commercial that loaded up on price, an unloved Alfa, and a high-flying, last-of-the line Aston

PRICE GUIDE MOVERS

Rare Pantera is Eighties cool • One of just 12 right-hand drive GT5 models looks superb value next to rivals

SOR sellers at risk as dealers liquidate • Porsche specialist collapses following non-transfer of funds

Forecourt View

IN THE TRADE

Five decades of classic style • Greatest-hits displays and big manufacturer stands for 50th anniversary Rétromobile

Sideways at Stoneleigh Park • Historic rally cars come to the fore at Race Retro

March-May highlights • Classic events that will put a real Spring in your step

Low-use hoards steal the show • Amazing mix of uncovered tiny-mileage classics stuns Anglia Car Auctions’ audience

Original, compelling stories of motoring’s greatest classics

Next Month • The June issue of Classic Cars is looking smart

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JULIAN THOMSON • I once bought a Ferrari for Sierra money, which shows how long ago that was. Surely it wouldn’t be much more difficult to look after than my Fiesta…

ALEX RILEY • The revival of the Tour of Britain had me lost in a Seventies world of Capris, Camaros, Dolomites, and Mazda RX-3s howling their way around the country

THE STATUS SEEKER • 50 years ago, the 6 Series was launched into a market that didn’t understand it. But then the Eighties happened. We drive an M635CSi in London’s financial district to celebrate the car that changed BMW forever

BAVARIAN BRAINS TRUST • The BMW E24 6 Series stayed the same on the surface for its 14‑year life, but things weren’t the same under the skin…

‘It cost you £86k to go to the Motor Show!’ • BMW never built a convertible 6 Series, but thanks to a coachbuilder, a newspaper and some space-age technology, it came close

CHAIN REACTIONS • We drive a remarkable Frazer Nash Colmore Tourer, reliving its celebrated early life on the racetrack and its legendary 1000‑mile endurance run, to discover why chain-driven Nashes remain among the most intoxicating pre-war machines

‘People don’t crash enough Stradales to make spares viable!’ • Rally restoration specialist BGMSport was tasked with returning this hacked-about, worn-out works-replica Lancia Delta S4 Stradale to original specification. It fought them every inch of the...