Classic Cars

Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.

Welcome • Let us take you back to a time when there might only be one BMW, Jaguar or Mercedes-Benz in the company car park, and barely a Porsche for miles

‘I feel like I’m in a different era’ • Angharad Griffiths-Payne grew up in rural Wales surrounded by hard-working BMC Farinas, but never got to drive one herself. Will a drive in a genuine Wolseley 6/99 Police car rekindle fond memories, or disappoint?

Two-door cool, four-door funds • Tracking down these early four-door oddities gives you Range Rover Classic value

Moderns rule in US Ferrari boom • Younger supercars outshine 250GTO, setting records galore at Mecum’s Florida sale

Testing the value of originality • Can this dusty 300SL justify its huge estimate to beat the best restored examples?

UNESCO approval for FBHVC request • Process for historic vehicle movement recognition green-lit

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IN THE TRADE

Racing and rallying to Bicester • The season-opening Bicester Scramble had a very distinctive motorsport emphasis

Water sporting • Heavy downpours make for challenging conditions and the wettest LE JOG on record

February-April highlights • Spring into 2026 as season begins across Europe

Rare Allard emerges in Scotland • Fifties sportster is just one of many classic treasures discovered in a Stirling trove

ORIGINAL AND COMPELLING STORIES OF MOTORING’S GREATEST CLASSICS

BMW 6 SERIES AT 50 • The May issue of Classic Cars is powering up

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JULIAN THOMSON • A recent track day triggered memories of a cheap and cheerful track experience idea that me and my friends cooked up in the village pub 40 years ago

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ALEX RILEY • I’m getting excited by a proposed change in EU regulations. Yes, really. Well, they promise to foster a new era of tiny cars that should be big fun to drive

High FLIERS • Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?

ACCEPTABLE IN THE EIGHTIES • Some cars are inextricably associated with their television fame. Here are some prime examples from a time of four channels – or three before 1982 – and when grey loafers denoted style

’Royce Roller • Amid impossible financial odds in 1974, Aston Martin opportunistically sought to usurp an equally sickly Rolls-Royce with this Lagonda prototype. It arguably saved the company

‘We’ll have it acid dipped, and see what comes back…’ • A thorough 100-point restoration on a valuable flat-floor Jaguar E-type is commonplace, but on a rusty 1969 2+2 automatic? That takes serious dedication

LIFE STORY OF A MINI COOPER RSP • Owned by the same owner since he bought it new, this Mini Cooper RSP has enjoyed three rejuvenations and numerous overseas trips in between lots of daily use

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS • When Rover’s SD1 speared its way into the executive class of 1976, it flaunted bold new...