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Marcus Breitschwerdt
Meet the Mercedes-Benz executive with a fondness for history and a unique take on how it can help shape the company's future
THE BOSSES' WHEELS
60 years ago Mercedes-Benz defined a new era of luxury cars with its behemoth 600. Glen Waddington drives the choice of celebs and despots
KING FOR A DAY
There's cool, and then there's driving Steve McQueen's dune buggy on a California beach cool. Mark Dixon does his best to live up to the legend
Patination state
A 'weathered' 1960s Italian hybrid GT might not be most people's choice as an everyday family classic, but engineer Peter Fareham is not most people
ONE LAST TIME
As Le Mans celebrates its centenary, Matthew Hayward heads to La Sarthe and joins the Corvette Racing team for its swansong race
A GHOSTLY PRESENCE
Rolls-Royce's Phantom II defined luxury car supremacy in the early 1930s. Richard Heseltine drives a special Weymann-bodied example that escaped a premature death
A yen for a sports car
Rare, stylish and exquisitely engineered, the Toyota 2000GT revolutionised Japan's motor industry and charmed
No time to dive
For most the cost of an unreliable watch is being late; for a few it could be life or death
Fire up the March
South Africa's Charles Arton had to bring his March 79B back from the dead
Concours clash off the calendar
Leading UK event date tweak could be a boon for enthusiasts and collectors
Sanjay Seetanah
One of the four founders of Octane back in 2003, and still running the advertising department 20 years on
Chanel No.5
Plain presentation belies the sophistication of the world's most famous perfume
Luis Fontés
A skilled driver fuelled by a ruinous cocktail of wealth and extreme recklessness
IT MIGHT BE GIANT
The AMC Mighty Mite was developed for US Marines to transport by helicopter. Massimo Delbò drives a tiny unsung hero of tactical warfare
Patrick Watts
From the British Touring Car Championship to historic endurance rallying in a 400bhp Sunbeam Tiger
ROUTE EV6
Charging an electric car can be fraught in the UK - but how about in the deserts of the USA? Mark Dixon takes Kia's new EV6 GT on a Route 66 road trip to find out
WORKS FORCE
Abarth's 124 Spider is often overlooked as a rally hero. Richard Heseltine reckons it's time to set the record straight
GOLDIE'S GOLDEN YEARS
John Mayhead discovered a treasure trove of candid shots from Goldie Gardner’s lifetime of recordbreaking while researching his biography
GOLDIE OPPORTUNITY
Purely by chance, one man became obsessed with record-breaker Goldie Gardner. Then his MG TC came up for sale...
HOW TO WIN LE MANS
The 956 was Porsche's object lesson to the world on continued domination of the fabled 24 Hours with a brand new design. Matthew Hayward uncovers the secrets of chassis one
TWICE SMITTEN
To own an Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato is a privilege. To own two, well... Octane takes the opportunity to compare surprisingly different examples of this rarefied breed
Dr Rebecca Struthers, a modern-day polymath
There's no stopping this multi-talented watchmaker
Bowler hat
From Chaplin to Churchill, the reinforced titfer has moved well beyond The City
Betty Haig
Few women have lived a life as fast as this life-long racer
INSPIRED BY ISLAY
Fancy a very fast, very exclusive yet understated Defender that's built by Land Rover? Step this way
HIS LAST LANDY
This Series IIA was the last Land Rover owned by the company's former chairman, Spencer Wilks, the man who steered Rover into a golden age. Mark Dixon drives it
Matthew Humphries
He made his name at Morgan while still a student, and is now the design force behind his own watch firm
THE ITALIAN JOB
Henry Ford II himself commissioned Cisitalia to build the 808. Ford's first sports car? Time to lay bare a real rarity
COOL RUNNINGS
A frozen lake in St Moritz and Mercedes Benz's own homage to the long lost Paul O'Shea 300 SLS racer? Sounds like the perfect job for Massimo Delbo
LAUGH RIOT
Nothing funny about the Zagato-bodied Lancia Hyena, though few cars will make you grin more broadly, Glen Waddington takes the wheel