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NEW CARS Ford Mustang Dark Horse Ford Mustang Dark Horse FIRST DRIVE We saddle up Ford’s heavily revised track-ready sports car for a ride Steve Sutcliffe (mailto:mail@autoexpress.co.uk) mail@autoexpress.co.uk Running costs [...]

As the summer finally arrives, the idea of cruising in a luxurious convertible is hard to ignore, and the stunning Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible offered by Yorkshire Classic & Sports Cars [...]

JOE MILLER DEPUTY EDITOR The range of classic convertible sports cars is vast, but one that sadly often gets forgotten is the Fiat 124 Spider. However, the 1970 ‘BS’ series [...]

MG MIDGET If you prefer your British sports cars with an Octagon, the Frogeye Sprite’s successor was the twin of the excellent MG Midget. Huge fun, still remarkably affordable and [...]

CHRIS RANDALL CONTRIBUTOR History has given us many great engines, from small ones packed with character to big-capacity lumps admired for their noise and power. The one we have here [...]

JACK GROVER CONTRIBUTOR Announced at the 1965 London Motor Show, the MGB GT was mechanically near identical to the roadster except for a front anti-roll bar, uprated rear springs for [...]

Expects next year's launch to be 'something [...]

8.55am Food Unwrapped (AD) 9.30 A Place in the Sun: from Alicante 10.25 A New Life in the Sun 11.25 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 12.30pm Come Dine with [...]

Car Magazine Citroën is now positioned as the Stellantis group’s value brand, to rival Dacia. The all new ë-C3 – the first C3 available with an electric powertrain – has [...]

Newsweek / MG HS news in brief Focus ST power for second-gen Nomad BRITISH sports car maker Ariel has unveiled a second generation of its off-road-focused Nomad (above). The new [...]

JON BURGESS CONTRIBUTOR Believe it or not, the Mk1 MX-5, or ‘NA’ within Mazda, turned 35 this year. It brought sports cars back into the mainstream and is of such [...]

As has become customary with Brightwells, the July 31 classic car sale is followed the day after by the Online Garage sale hosting the more modern classics, restoration projects and [...]

Fans of the Peel P50 are invited to the Isle of Man between Friday August 2 and Sunday August 4 – as the three-wheeler celebrates its sixth decade. Hosted by [...]

The National Corvette Museum is paying tribute to a force much more powerful than a sports car engine: Mother Nature. An exhibit that runs through Sept. 15 commemorates the 40-foot-wide [...]

Byline: Frankie Youd At this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Geely-owned Lotus showed two UK dynamic debuts – with the highly anticipated hyper-GT Emeya, and the one-of-a-kind Evija X. Visitors [...]

NEW CARS Mercedes-AMG C 63 Mercedes-AMG C 63 FIRST UK DRIVE Hi-tech sports saloon gets plug-in hybrid power Alex Ingram (mailto:Alex_Ingram@autovia.co.uk) Alex_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @AxleIngram Performance 0-62mph/top speed 3.4 seconds/174mph C02/tax 167g/km [...]

Newsweek / NEWS Festival of Speed GOODWOOD PREVIEW Our top stars at Festival One-off Pagani steals show Ellis Hyde (mailto:Ellis_Hyde@autovia.co.uk) Ellis_Hyde@autovia.co.uk @EllisDrives • Unique edition of Huayra on display at [...]

Newsweek / NEWS Honda Prelude Concept is Prelude to Honda coupé Jordan Katsianis (mailto:Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk) Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk • We get up close with show car that previews return of sports car • [...]

Newsweek / Honda Prelude NEWS Q&A TOMOYUKI YAMAGAMI Prelude chief engineer/project lead Q What sort of car is the new Prelude? Is it a grand tourer? Or is it a [...]

We encounter a lot of MGBs in this job, so for an example to stand out it has to be particularly special – and this black roadster offered by Milestone [...]

JEFF RUGGLES EDITOR As the revolutionary, technicolour haze of the ’60s drew to a close, anything and everything looked possible in the ’70s. Manufacturers got their house in order with [...]

PAUL WAGER GROUP EDITOR So you’ve been priced out of the E-Type market long ago, but you hanker after a ’60s British sports coupe with six-cylinder power and style to [...]

JOE MILLER DEPUTY EDITOR We sadly live in an age where Ford, like so many others, has abandoned its bigger saloons and hatches in favour of divisive SUVs, so it [...]

A prototype of a British sports car will be joined by a pre-production example of an iconic British grand tourer when Historics hosts its next auction at its own Windsorview [...]

Features / icon drives #27 The greatest cars we’ve tested – revisited Dodge Viper Stunning V10-powered roadster tapped into the spirit of the classic AC Cobra RIchard Dredge WE’RE on [...]

READY FOR THE 1970s We celebrate the cars that brought in the 1970s, introducing now-commonplace new technology and genres, from the Austin Maxi to the Ford Capri. CLASSIC CHOICE We [...]

Owned by the vendor since 2005 and said to have covered just 39,000 miles, this 1990 Aston Martin Virage may have been last MoT’d in 2018, but makes a tempting [...]

Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey 9.00pm With Paul Merton in Dorset 8.55am Food Unwrapped (AD) 9.30 A Place in the Sun: in Alicante, Spain 10.25 A New Life in [...]

IN THIS ISSUE FERRARI’S TWELVE GUN SALUTE! A decade of perfection for Ferrari’s signature powertrain Pawan Dhingara The first time I heard the name 12 Cilindri, I presumed it was [...]

By Patrick Harlow I KNOW A LITTLE GERMAN Before this, it was commonly held that any right-hand-drive North American sports car had been built in a lefthand-drive configuration and then [...]

By Jim Richardson photography by Jim Richardson Lovely sounding Mercury ‘flattie’ THE SOUND FROM LONG AGO At the recent Wings and Wheels event in Thames on 27 January, I heard [...]

By Quinton Taylor photography by Quinton Taylor, EJK Photography Ltd, and New Zealand Classic Car archives REVIVING A LEGEND It was a chance meeting, but there it was ‘in the [...]

STYLE / SIGNATURE / CARS NEED for SPEED Gear up for luxury, glamour and high-octane horsepower with these supercar tours that are revving it up in life’s fast lane. By [...]

BUY & SELL / TEMPTERS FOR SALE FOR SALE THE ONES THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY (YET!) FOR SALE FOR SALE 1959 PORSCHE 356A GIVEN THE depth of social and competition [...]

Regulars Mini Muscle with Bruce Moxon Porsche power Well, that model maker extraordinaire Geoff Wood has been at it again. This time he’s built a couple of early Sports Sedans, [...]

Regulars Slot car addiction with Brett Jurmann Got a Jaguar? Yeah baby! The recent arrival of a second John Goss Jaguar XJS had me pondering the selection of slot Jaguars [...]

In This Issue Historic Heroes A selection of Heritage Touring Car, Group N Touring Car and Group S Sports Car action from the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association’s King’s [...]

AS A YOUNG writer (many years ago) I was given a sage piece of advice: “As a journalist, you don’t need to know the answer to everything, you just need [...]

Regulars WHAT’S ON Granada Nutz Classic Car Show July 26-28 Photo Dan Sherwood JUNE Cosworth Drivers’ Club Day June 8 Hever Castle, Kent UK http://www.facebook.com Players Classic June 8-9 Goodwood [...]

MOTORSPORT CLASSIC FORDS FLAT-OUT ON THE STAGE, STRIP AND TRACK motorsport: british historic rally championship A BIGGER SPLASH Escort pilot, Adrian Hetherington takes the battle to the sports cars in [...]

FEATURES Public enemy no 1 The supercar-baiting Lotus Carlton rocked the establishment, and one infamous example still holds legendary status for all the wrong reasons WORDS RYAN STANDEN PHOTOGRAPHY MAX [...]

CLASSIC LIFE / OUR CLASSICS AREPLACEMENT WITH DISPLACEMENT turquoise paint was a ’92-only option TOYOTA MR2 Mk2 RUN BYCharlie Calderwood OWNED SINCE April 2024 PREVIOUS REPORT n/a I havenʼt sold [...]

FEATURES Devil in disguise Mercedes’ W124 500E flew under the radar as a supercar masquerading as an executive saloon. AMG’s E60 variant only added to the appeal WORDS MARTIN BUCKLEY [...]

IN THIS ISSUE ESCAPE WITH CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR THIS SUMMER GET SIX ISSUES FOR JUST £23.99 Looking for a great read this summer? Look no further! Get closer to [...]

FEATURES Next stop, Italy In 1956, a special DKW 3=6 coupé broke endurance records at Monza, inspiring its name. Few of these coachbuilt sports cars were made, but two restored [...]

FEATURES Smoking the competition Peter Gammon’s MG Special has been beating storied names at Goodwood, Silverstone and other famous circuits since 1951 WORDS CHARLIE CALDERWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN BRADSHAW You canʼt [...]

FEATURES 360 COMES FULL CIRCLE The 360 Modena set a supercar benchmark when new, and today it’s hot property again as the best-value used Ferrari you can buy WORDS SIMON [...]

COMMENT / IN THE AUGUST ISSUE* HEALEY’S CLUB RACER Silverstone returns to the track that gave the car its name, 75 years on PLUS So bad they’re good? Pinto, Pacer [...]

FEATURES YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER… Ian Cushway Modern Classics editor Nissan 350Z Roadster The chopped top Z has all the sporting prowess of the coupé, but with the added bonus [...]

FEATURES DATSUN 240Z & 260Z There's always been a strong following for these sports cars, but restoration costs are high. So if you fancy joining the party and getting a [...]