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Porsche Carrera GTS

Superb six-cylinder 904! The full story of Porsche’s great mid-engined marvel

PLUS

Jaguar XJR-15

Driving Jaguar Sport’s V12-powered Holy Grail: the race-bred XJR-15, based on the Le Mans winning XJR-9 and designed by Peter Stevens

Maserati Bora

Flat out in the sublime 1970s mid-engined GT that brought refinement to the brutal supercar market

Rolls-Royce on the Founders’ Run

With the Museu do Caramulo team on Portugal’s equivalent of the London-Brighton Run, driving a huge and impressive 1920 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

Kurtis Sorrell SR100

Sleek and unique 1950s prototype that debuted at the Petersen Motorama in 1953 and won its class at Pebble Beach this summer

What became of Bravingtons?

Our man's horological rabbithole heralds an improptu tour of London

3 mins

Eddie Rickenbacker

War hero, racer, motor manufacturer and more

3 mins

COALS TO NEWCASTLE

A Cadillac V-16 restored on a Mediterranean isle may seem an unlikely California concours star, but Jeremy Jackson-Sytner (aka Mr Concours) was there to witness it

7 mins

Mark Grinnall

From V8-engined Trumph TR7s via the three-wheeled Grinnall Scorpion to being an official dealer for Indian motorcycles-and there might be another surprise in store yet

8 mins

the LOCOMOTIVE

Tony Hunter had always wanted a Bond car-so he designed and built his own, based on the descriptions in lan Fleming's books

9 mins

WHO NEEDS TARMAC?

This off-road adventure features some very special V8-engined Defenders. Matthew Hayward endures the Land Rover Classic Trophy

9 mins

THE ACCIDENTAL HERO

This 1950 Aston Martin DB2 was built for Le Mans - but missed the race. Yet that fact sells short a storied car with celebrity connections and enormous driver appeal

7 mins

ROUGH DIAMOND

Homologation specials were nothing new in 1980, but few had turned a shopping car into such a beast, or transformed it so thoroughly in the process

10 mins

THE GREATEST

Join us as we celebrate six decades of Lamborghini with time behind the wheel of the sublimely sensational Miura SV

9 mins

Delage crowned Best of the Best

Pearl Collection beauty adds to its silverware with the ultimate honour

1 min

Alfa 33 tops summer launches

Concours season is always packed with debuts to interest classic fans, but this year a factory reveal outdid them all

3 mins

Mechanical democracy

It may be comfort food rather than haute cuisine, but Seiko's 5 is revolutionary

4 mins

Tupperware

The bowl that burped and shunned the shops

3 mins

Frank Wootton

Wartime RAF artist who illustrated many 1950s car brochures and magazines

3 mins

WINNING WAY

It all came together at Le Mans for Aston Martin in 1959, with the DBR1

2 mins

ROBERT COUCHER The Driver

'BUY AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION SUPERCAR WITH A FABULOUS ENGINE, BEFORE THEY ARE BANNED'

3 mins

STEPHEN BAYLEY The Aesthete

'HAS THERE EVER BEEN A BETTER INCUBATOR OF INDUSTRIAL BEAUTY THAN MILAN IN THE 1950S?'

3 mins

DEREK BELL The Legend

'I DROVE MCLARENS IN FORMULA 1 AND DECADES LATER AT LE MANS, AND I RECORDED A VICTORY ALONG THE WAY, TOO'

3 mins

JAY LENO The Collector

'WHEN YOU GET AN OLD CAR RUNNING, NO-ONE CAN DENY YOUR SUCCESS. THAT'S WHY WE BOND WITH THEM'

4 mins

TIME FURTHER OUT

Only 28 examples of the Brubaker Box kit van were ever made - but it influenced a whole generation. Mark Dixon gets his groove on

8 mins

Hugh Conway

As the chairman of the Bugatti Trust retires after 20 years' service, he shows us around its HQ - and reflects on his late father HG Conway, the noted Bugatti authority who co-founded it

8 mins

THE TROPHY HUNTER

One Dutchman ended up with a Jensen C-V8 purely by chance. Then he began winning international concours with it

7 mins

LAGONDA WAY UP

Three men in vintage cars, 13 countries, three months, 19,000km: there were bound to be a few mishaps along the way from Buenos Aires to New York...

9 mins

A SINGULAR VISION

One man was determined to create a groundbreaking British supercar but the Panther Solo II fell short of its ambitious target. Glen Waddington suggests it should be better remembered

9 mins

THE ONE AND ONLY

The unique Maserati 450S Costin Zagato reas raced at Le Mans by Stirling Moss in 1957-yet its maker then cast it aside. Marc Sonnery uncovers its infamy

10 mins

HARNESSING THE SPIRIT OF ENDURANCE

Aston Martin has long chased success at Le Mans. Time with LM10, DB3S and DBR9 teaches us how nine decades of experience has informed today's incredible Valkyrie hypercar

10 mins

ROBERT COUCHER

The Driver

3 mins

STEPHEN BAYLEY

The Aesthete

3 mins

DEREK BELL

The Legend

3 mins

JAY LENO

The Collector

3 mins

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