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Simon Taylor Full Throttle

We drive classics not just to remind ourselves how cars used to be, but so we can ponder how everything used to be: bobbies on the beat, pea-soupers, driving in mackintosh, scarf and trilby because you hadn’t shelled out the extra £6 for the optional fug-stirrer, winding down the window to give hand signals.

End Of The Line

Malcolm Thorne falls for the charms of the Sunbeam Tiger, as he marks 50 years since its demise by sampling the last one built and meeting some of the Ford V8-powered model’s biggest fans.

Stop Expecting It To Be A GTO Or SWB And All Is Right With The World

Ferrari’s 250GT Lusso has for far too long been underappreciated by people who unfairly fault it only for not being what it was never intended to be. So says James Page after driving a beauty.

The Beast Of Anaheim

Mick Walsh braves Goodwood in a Cheetah: the fearsome Chevrolet-powered GT that was quicker than a Cobra but cooked its drivers.

Epic Nec Keeps It In The Family

More than 70,000 people swarmed into the NEC for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, from 10-12 November.

Locals Land Iberian Honours

Rui and Pedro Macedo Silva provided some homegrown success during the Algarve Classic Festival, at Portimão from 27-29 October.

Tom Blachford

Australian photographer inspired by a moonlit southern California city

Right Place, Wrong Time

Although the F40 became a revered road car, says James Page, circumstances conspired against it for competition success

Martin Buckley Backfire

Another costly itch has been scratched: I have bought myself an Oldsmobile Toronado.

Racing Stars Caught Off-guard

Desmond O’Neill’s wonderful collection of Goodwood photographs has lain unseen for more than 50 years, says Mick Walsh as he investigates this exciting.

One for the Boss

Richard Grimmond’s first job was at the legendary Coombs Garage, says Mick Walsh, who tells the story of how the former apprentice painstakingly rebuilt his late guv’nor’s souped-up Mk2 Jag.

If Art Were Made Metal…

Then this unique Ferrari 330GT Nembo Spyder would epitomise it. So says Malcolm Thorne after sampling a car due to be auctioned to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

Aussie Talent Takes Centre Stage

More than 20,000 visitors flocked to Melbourne’s spectacular Royal Exhibition Building from 13-15 October for the eighth annual Motorclassica, Australia’s most prestigious classic car event.

GT Grid Makes Epic Combe Debut

This year’s Castle Combe Autumn Classic, held at the Wiltshire venue on 7 October, welcomed the GT & Sports Car Cup for the first time – and the 39-strong field provided one of the day’s many highlights.

On Top Of The World

As we round the next bend, the spires and steeples of a great château rise from behind a thicket of trees high above the road, and for a moment I feel like Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes, stumbling through the forest and gazing upon the fairytale palace of his love Yvonne de Galais.

First Footers Welcome 2018

Enthusiasts welcomed the classic New Year at events right across the UK.

From Horsepower To Jets

Having been sold by BAE Systems, the old airfield at Filton is slowly disappearing beneath housing and other developments, but Aerospace Bristol serves as a powerful reminder of this site’s illustrious past.