Four fast BMWs are the cover stars of the December 2025 Classic & Sports Car – and they’re just the tip of the iceberg.
The Aero 8 chassis was the world’s first to use Alcan pre-coated aluminium, laser-cut and bonded in Birmingham by Radshape. The panels weren’t hand-beaten, either – they were pressed at Superform in ...
Take Porsche’s 928. With a state-of-the-art, all-alloy, 240bhp V8 engine, a clever rear-mounted transaxle and captivating ...
As for the Mulliner-built car, Coombs of Guildford ran an advert for it in The Autocar in 1955, offering the ‘special foursome drophead’ for £1575, which was roughly the going rate for a new Rover 90 ...
The neat 500cc powerplant would become the renowned ‘Square Four’ – in effect, two vertical V-twins laid out one behind the ...
Like so many of the most memorable cars, the Studebaker Avanti was the vision of one man. That was Raymond Loewy, the ...
When he was at university in the early ’70s, he had an MG TC and remembers: “One of the girls on my course said to me one day ...
A significant risk highlighted by the report is the ageing population of keepers of ‘historic’ vehicles – defined by being ...
There is little doubt that in either Competizione or Spider form the 8C is a fabulous-looking car. It first appeared as a ...
At the end of the 1971 season this chassis, 917.020, was snapped up by millionaire US importer Vasek Polak for DM8000, a fraction of its original price, and, together with Le Mans winner 917.023, it ...
Carbodies, famous for its Austin taxi bodies, produced the stylish Hawk and Super Snipe estate shells from late ’57. These impressively finished load-carriers – good for hauling 850lb – were really ...
A simple, cycle-winged, aluminium body that Gammon seems to have built himself replaced the heavier, upright, ash-framed MG original. This was common practice for clubman racers of the early ’50s, who ...