In this issue:

STEPHEN BAYLEY ON AUDI’S TT : Golf in drag – or Bauhaus on wheels?

SILVER-SCREEN FERRARIS: The NART Spyder wasn’t the only film star…

CUNNINGHAM C4-RK: On track in an officially sanctioned re-creation  and much more...

CITROËN SM ESPACE
Heuliez’s head-turningly individual convertible.

TOYOTA CENTURY
World’s most subtle V12-powered limo..

ALFA’S SECRET V12
The incredible story of the rediscovery and restoration of one of the marque’s most important missing links.

LUXURY BRIT DROP-TOPS
Aston Volante and Rolls-Royce Corniche vie for top honours.

CITROËN SM RECORD-BREAKER
So cool, they made a towing rig to match.

ALVIS IS BACK IN THE BUILDING
The brand new Alvis Graber Super Coupé.

1927 SALMSON GS8
Driving lesson in a rare vintage sports car..

RUF BTR-1
Very first of Alois Ruf’s supercar-slaying 911s.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Meet the engineering guru Dick Crosthwaite..

FORD’S FINEST ROAD-RACERS
Ferrari-beating Ford GT40 and GTs: the heroic original and its successors.

PORSCHE 356 CUSTOM
What Dean Jeffries did to this quad-cam…

NEERPASCH’S 911
Reuniting a Porsche legend with the prototype Targa he ran as a company car.

HUGE CLASSIC HOARD
Incredible photos of the mammoth Mahy family collection of derelict classics..

FERRARI DINO RESCUE
Finding out the true cost of turning a wreck into a dream car.

FAGEOL SUPERSONIC
How a decades-old mystery was solved.

CHRISTMAS GEAR GUIDE
33 pages of desirables for every petrolhead.

‘A BARGAIN. DRIVES WELL TOO. OVER THE TWISTS OF THE PENNINES IT OFFERS GREAT FEEDBACK AND FEELS TIGHT, DELICATE AND NIMBLE’
25 YEARS OF PORSCHE BOXSTER

DATSUN 240Z SUPER SAMURI
Touring tuner Spike Anderson’s haunts.

JUDGING AT PEBBLE BEACH
Wielding power on those hallowed greens..

GENEVA REUNION
The very cars that put the E-type on the map 60 years ago – now they’re together again.

E-TYPE GUIDES AND HOW TO BUY
Which is which, and what to look out for.

LAMBORGHINI PREGUNTA
Behind the wheel of the unique Paris show car..

MERCEDES SLR McLAREN…
The original split opinion, so McLaren had a rethink – and let Octane loose in the result.

STOEWER MUSEUM
In Poland, to discover a once-German marque..

PORSCHE 911 RS vs BMW 3.0 CSL
Nearly 50 years since they battled on track, how do these legendary homologation specials compare on the road?

MAX MOSLEY’S LOTUS ELITE
Driving the late motorsport maven’s first love.

OCTANE CARS
Massimo Delbò’s Mercedes 500 SL up on the ramps; Austin-Healey takes a vineyard tour..

LE MANS ROAD RACERS
McLaren F1 vs Porsche 911 GT1 vs Mercedes- AMG CLK GTR: strap in for a thrilling ride!

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Goodwood mastermind, the Duke of Richmond.

BRISTOL 450
Amazing re-creation of a Le Mans dominator..

CADILLAC SIXTEEN
Unravelling the tale of a superb Art Deco limo.

INSURANCE LOWDOWN
How to claim for the post-crash value gap..

BERNINA GRAN TURISMO
On an exclusive hillclimb in the Swiss Alps.

EDFOR GRAND SPORT
The Portuguese roadster you’ve never heard of..

COLUMNS
Time to hear the lowdown from Jay Leno, Derek Bell, Stephen Bayley and Robert Coucher.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Daredevil test pilot Chuck Yeager.

BUGATTI’S SPEED KINGS
As Bugatti abandons petrol hypercars, we drive monster Veyron and Chiron from Modena to Molsheim

SENSATIONAL FIAT 8V VIGNALE
UNIQUE ROA DS TER BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE

FERRARI 250 GT SWB
It was the definitive gentleman’s racer – a reputation this example certainly lived up to PLUS Ferrari 250 spotter’s guide.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Gianni Bulgari recalls his racing career.

PORSCHE 993 TURBO
Why the hottest air-cooled 911 delivers the best of old and new.

DKW F9 PROTOTYPE
From East to West Germany – via Australia..

ZAGATO SPECIAL
UNIQUE MUSTANG, PLUS ANDREA’S FAVOURITE CARS.

FORD MUSTANG BY ZAGATO
Mass-produced 1960s sports car made unique.

COMBINE HARVESTER
The biggest machine in Harry’s Garage..

EAGLE E-TYPES
They’re the most revered of all the E-types modernised for the 21st Century – and Octane is the first to get them all together.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Mike Loasby of Aston, DeLorean and more..

‘THIS IS THE CAR THAT THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS SUPERCAR DESIGNER HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE DECADES THINKING ABOUT’ GORDON MURRAY AUTOMOTIVE T.50,

McLAREN F1 AT LE MANS
It’s 25 years since a road car beat all-comers in the fabled 24-hour race. This is the very car, and those who were there tell its tale.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Britain’s most versatile ’70s racer, Barry Lee..

‘IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN I INTERVIEWED A SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDER AND ASKED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TAKE OFF AND HURTLE INTO ORBIT’.

STING RAY OR MUSTANG?
America’s sexy ’60s sports cars go head to head as Mark Dixon explores their styling, cultural and engineering heritage.

MERCEDES C 111
Celebrating five decades of Mercedes’ record-breaking rotary-powered supercar..

‘I DREAMED ONE DAY OF SEEING THIS ITALA RUN. THAT SUCH A DAY COULD COME WITH ME IN THE DRIVING SEAT WAS INCONCEIVABLE’

FORD GT40s
This unique gathering proves that, when it came to turning the Le Mans legend into a road car, the world simply wasn’t ready.

MONSTER ASTON DBR9
The 600bhp GT that took the British icon back to the top in motorsport.

MG’S 200MPH REVELATION
How an 1100cc Brit smashed records and shocked the world..

‘THE AVANTI EVOKES THE SUNNY OPTIMISM THAT ANIMATED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS BEFORE VIETNAM’

ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE
Driving Newport Pagnell’s saviour to meet its designer John Heffernan. PLUS actor and Virage early-adopter Rowan Atkinson on his.

SPYKER LAVIOLETTE LM85
Testing the ultra-rare Audi-powered Dutch supercar – and unravelling its story..

TIMEWARP BENTLEY 3 LITRE
Original and best: driving a superb 1923 TT Replica.

THE FIRST SILVER ARROW
Recreating the Mercedes that started a legend

Audi Quattro
Celebrating 40 years of Quattro on the Alpine pass where the prototype proved its worth PLUS landmark 4x4s, from Jeep to Jensen.

Aston Martin vs Bugatti
1920s sports cars reunite to duel once again at the fabled Aston Clinton hillclimb.

‘The 909’s power-to-weight ratio was simply shattering – this ferocious beast could allegedly sprint to 100km/h in under 2.5 seconds. in 1968’.

Thomassima III
Incredible story of one American’s obsession with creating the perfect Italian GT..

The 200mph Ferraris
Spectacular celebratory 23-page special featuring 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari and the race-bred exotics in-between.

The Octane Interview
Once ‘Mr 200mph’, racer and record-breaker Andy Wallace has since gone well beyond..

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