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NATIONAL VELVET
As smooth asvit is rapid and superbly built,this Vanden Plas tourer reveals how Derby Bentleys set new standards of aspirational motoring
Martin BUCKLEY
‘While the BMW drifts round every curve, the chasing Jaguar XJ6 is driven with overstated incompetence’
Simon TAYLOR
‘His team had to keep quiet about his habit of glugging a couple of glasses of red with his pasta before a race’
Mick WALSH
'The Allard family has a remarkable rallying history, from Sydney's 1949 Monte debut to Alan's '60s sorties'
ALFREDO DE LA MARIA
This Uruguayan artist captures dramatic moments from motorsport history with a vivid and arresting painting style
VAN WITH A VERY SPECIAL CARGO
Post-WW1, André Citroën was planning a new small model that was a 'proper' car, rather than a cyclecar.
Equipe Classic's Brands kick-off
There was a 15-race schedule for 2024's opening Equipe Classic Racing meeting, on 23-24 March around the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Kent.
DERBY FLIES TO VICTORY
There was late drama as the 19th Flying Scotsman vintage rally drew to a close.
UNITED STATES OF ENTERTAINMENT
Anew mixture of grids provided scintillating on-track action at the 81st Goodwood Members’ Meeting
2-4-6-8 ain't never too late
Morgan's sports-car legacy spans more than a century, with the V-twin three-wheeler, and four-pot, V6 and V8 roadsters
DOWN MEMORY LANE
As C&SC hits 500 not out, our most prolific and popular wordsmith turns Jackanory to tell the story of his lifelong link to the magazine
Locked & loaded
Land-Rover's SAS prototype and Minerva's Blindé vehicle were built to lend agility reconnaisance and versatility to Europe's special forces
SHOCK THERAPY
Testing an electric Fiat 500, and the idea of EV-converted classics, with a drive across the capital
Fire in the hole
The Huayra Pronello Ford combined advanced aerodynamic ideas with brutal V8 power for a long-lost Argentinian sports-prototype series
Brighton belles
This pair of pioneer machines found fame in the 1953 caper Genevieve, a film that helped give old-car ownership global appeal
FORTUNE 500
It was less famous than the Indy and Daytona 500s, shorter-lived than the Brooklands 500, but memories of the BOAC 500 live long
To be continued...
After the fabulous C2, the best of the rest convene from seven decades of America's original sports car dynasty
AMERICAN BEAUTY
For eight generations and 70 years, the Chevy Corvette has been the backbone of the US sports car industry. As it turns 60, the C2 remains the most desirable of all
THE LAST TEMPTATION
This, the final Ferrari 500 Superfast marks the end of a line of GTs conceived for the mega-rich, not just the merely wealthy
Martin BUCKLEY
'I was enthralled by the lavish feel, tarnished only by an anti-corrosion warranty sticker added as an afterthought'
Simon TAYLOR
'Thinking he might need a snifter after 12 hours at the wheel, his pit crew brought him in for a few glasses of Champagne'
INDIRA FLACK
Recording motorsport legends in portrait photographs has become the basis of an exhibition and book
Mick WALSH
'If you can bear the movie's laughable plot and some awful songs, the race action is spectacular
Martin BUCKLEY
'You can have cheap fun trialling an Austin Seven, while Sunbeams, ERAS and Bugattis fight it out on the hills and circuits'
Simon TAYLOR
'You can have cheap fun trialling an Austin Seven, while Sunbeams, ERAS and Bugattis fight it out on the hills and circuits'
PIONEER IN THE WORKS
Driving the first Alvis competition car and the most original survivor of the Coventry firm's debut model
The brawn identities
The story of the changing relationship between Rolls-Royce and Bentley is embodied by these three very closely linked models
Coach class
Built for comfort rather than speed, the discreet Lancia B53 Allemano was an Aurelia for customers with lofty expectations
David leapt out and ran to where the March had come to rest with Roger trapped inside, and waded into the fire'
Five decades ago, a shameful accident in Holland ended the life of Britain's most promising young racing driver
Banging the drum
The Leyland P76 was an advert for British engineering wrapped in Aussie-friendly style and it could perform an odd trick with its boot