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 • Was the Seventies really the villain decade of car design and manufacture? There are reasons to think so, but let’s kick off the debate with five special cars from 1975…

‘It’s a magnificent car to arrive in’ • Bentley aficionado Bernard Walker owns several classic models but has always admired the more modern Continental R from afar. Will a close encounter entice?

Movers, from Ford to Ferrari • There are signs suggesting Ferrari Testarossas might be about to perk up

Summer sale shakedown • Mixed results as the classic car market feels its way towards positivity and optimism

Prancing horse or Polo pony? • Eye-catching ex-Ralph Lauren F50 could reset the mark for Ferrari’s original hypercar

Stolen classics – what you don’t know • Errors and failings in the recording of stolen cars highlighted

Donington shifts up a gear • Slick presentation and big touring-car presence defined Donington Historic Festival

Knockhill’s golden years • Winners return as Scotland’s premier circuit marks 50 years of four-wheeled racing

June-August events • Classic meets abound at museums and hillclimbs alike

Porsche jewel among the dust • Final-year, very original condition Eighties 911 with low miles not moved for 14 years

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Next Month • The September issue of Classic Cars will make you crave corners

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QUENTIN WILLSON • The current fad for both the ever-increasing size and proliferation of exhaust tailpipes is loaded with bogus promise, but, you know, it’s really nothing new

ALEX RILEY • ‘I fought the law and the law won’ – The Clash lyric forces its way into my head whenever I think about the impact of government meddling on car design

1975 THE GREATEST CAR YEAR? • From the depths of the malaise era came five cars that changed the fortunes of their makers. Now, 50 years after their debuts, they make the case for 1975 being an automotive peak

SELLING THE DREAM • Marketing 1975’s game-changers required as big a rethink as the cars themselves

What We Really Drove: Top Five Best-Sellers in 1975

Collins • An essential collection of 100 world-famous classic cars and the stories behind them

SHARP SHOOTERS • Comic, pithy, or just downright caustic, CAR magazine’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly revolutionised car reviews in the Seventies, inspiring some famous faces

ACING IT • This Chevrolet V8-engined AC Ace pre-dated the formidable Cobra by five years. Did it inspire Carroll Shelby himself?

‘We put 1000 hours into it, this makes no commercial sense’ • In a world of restomods, AutoRara decided to perfect a Peugeot 205GTi. What had it let itself in for?

RALLYING CRIES • Almost 40 years after the Group B rallying era came to a close, we bring together the best cars Group A spawned to find out which one hits hardest

LIFE STORY OF A DAIMLER 420 SOVEREIGN • Over...