In this issue:

IGNITION The month’s best events; spectacular display for
London Classic Car Show; diary dates for 2019

LETTERS Remembering the great Ron Hickman

OVERDRIVE Great War Centenary trip; Aston electrifies a DB6; two very different Bullitt Mustangs and much more...

Schuppan-Porsche 962 CR
This is the most extensive ever road-test of the incredible, fire-breathing racebred Schuppan 962 CR. Join Richard Meaden behind the wheel of a road-legal, race-bred unicorn


PLUS - The inside line on Vern Schuppan, the Le Mans winner and his cars


Also

Racing Jaguar E-type
At Monsanto Park, Portugal, to drive the ex-Nogueira Pinto 1961 ‘flat floor’, the most successful competition E-type of its era

Los Angeles by hot rod
We tour Beverly Hills with collector Bruce Meyer in his favourite ’32 Deuce Coupe

1907 Fiat 130HP
Braving a 16-litre, 100mph veteran of the French Grand Prix

250 - CELEBRATION!

FERRARI 250GT ZAGATO - In California with a rare concours-winner

THE PACE RACE - From 200 to 250mph and more on the road

THE 250MPH PIONEERS - On land, on sea, in the air and on two wheels

MASERATI 250F - Racer of choice for all the great drivers

THE 250CC HERO - Honda RC166, ten-time World Champion

THE FINEST 250S - Iconic objects of desire explored

250BHP FOR THE PEOPLE - Mitsubishi Evo VI meets Impreza Type RA STi

PLUS
ALFA ROMEO 8C 2300
MATRA-BONNET DJET
THE OCTANE INTERVIEW with Micky Pople
JAGUAR SS100S
ALFA JUNIOR ZAGATO IN JAPAN

TVR Cerbera

Celebrating the last – and best – of the line: thrilling Cerbera 4.6 Red Rose Lightweight, greatest of the Peter Wheeler era

PLUS

Maserati A6GCS Frua Spider

Three built, two survive – and this one won Best in Show at the 2023 Concours of Elegance. James Elliott drives a super-rare 1950s deity

Jensen C-V8 at Bonneville

Caught speeding on the salt flats – this is the story of the world’s fastest Jensen

1930s racing Lancia V8s

Experiencing the renowned ‘Steady Special’ in its final form – and pitting it against the ex-Eritrea Grand Prix Dilambda

Coming up in Octane 248  

Lamborghini Diablo SE30
30 years on, an epic drive in the mountains of North Wales proves how Sant’Agata’s supercar finally came good  

PLUS 

1935 Aston Martin Mk2
This Aston was commissioned by a British Army spy and features a false chassis tube for smuggling documents – did it inspire Ian Fleming? 

1982 Lancia 037 Stradale
Taming the road going version of Lancia’s pioneering supercharged, rear-drive, mid-engined rally monster – the first car built to Group B regulations 

1904 Mercedes Simplex
Incredible story of a pioneering car, still with the same family that bought it new nearly 120 years ago

Coming up in Octane 247 

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

FERRARI 512BB
Poster car that advertised its 188mph top speed – and the owner who idolised it from childhood.

LOTUS ELEVEN
Restoration returns a road-racer to glory.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
US collector and keen driver, Phillip Sarofim..

LAMBORGHINI MIURA SV
Celebrating the greatest of supercars – PLUS 60 years of Sant’Agata’s incredible V12.

LE MANS ASTON MARTIN DB2
Rare survivor, so nearly a hero of La Sarthe.

THE ‘JAMES BOND’ BENTLEY
Stylish realisation of Fleming’s imagination..

Coming up in Octane 244

Aston Martin Le Mans cars

Aston Martin has long chased success at La Sarthe. Time with LM10, DB3S and DBR9 teaches us how nine decades of experience has informed today’s incredible Valkyrie hypercar

PLUS

Maserati 450S Costin Zagato coupé

On track in this incredible 1950s one-off racer, with radical aerodynamic bodywork designed by Frank Costin and built by Zagato

Brubaker Sports Van

Extraordinary surfer van, made legendary by its association with America’s West Coast – and where better to drive it?

Panther Solo II         

The ultra-modern carbon-bodied British mid-engined 4WD supercar so expensive to make that only a handful were built – but Octane tracked one down.

Coming up in Octane 243

 

 

Japan’s first supercar!

Driving the Toyota 2000 GT: the million-dollar collector car that revolutionised Japan’s motor industry

 

PLUS

 

Rolls-Royce Phantom II

Unique story of elegant 1930s indulgence: driving the Weymann-bodied coupé with a twist

 

Iso Rivolta GT

Driving Italy’s 1960s Chevy-powered, Giugiaro-style rarity – with a very special preserved history

 

Mercedes-Benz 600

Exclusive drive to the childhood home of Gottlieb Daimler to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the company’s greatest luxury limo

Coming up in Octane 242 

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagatos

Greatest Britons! How Italian bodywork turned Aston’s lightweight racer into a world-beater

PLUS

Fiat-Abarth 124 Spider Works rally car

Back in Portugal, where this factory-backed 124 competed first time out

1982 Porsche 956

How Porsche extended its incredible run of victories at Le Mans with a brand new, state-of-the-art endurance racer

AMC Mighty Mite

Built in the USA to be transported by helicopter, the US Marines’ own tactical off-roader is the greatest rival to the Jeep you’ve never heard of.

ULTIMATE FERRARI 250 GTO
Winning tale of the last of Ferrari’s greatest.

MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SLS
Ice-racing in Stuttgart’s own O’Shea homage.

THE MARKET
Sold and selling; how to buy a Matra Bagheera..

THE GREATEST
Why McLaren’s F1 was the best car ever in 1992… and still is.

FERRARI 400 SUPERAMERICA
The luxury supercar that was Enzo’s favourite.

MERCEDES SEL 6.3 ESTATE
Ultimate hot rod saloon, converted by Crayford

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
British custom car king Andy Saunders

MASERATI 450S
Driving the monster that scared Stirling Moss.

ALL FIVE TYPE 57 BUGATTIS
Galibier, Stelvio, Ventoux, Atalante and Aravis.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
BTCC legend Tim Harvey on refusing to retire..

ZAK BROWN JAGUAR XJR-10
What McLaren’s F1 boss drives on his day off.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Gavan Kershaw, essence of Lotus distilled.

PORSCHE CAYENNE
20 years of the SUV that saved Zuffenhausen..

SHELBY COBRA
Meet Dirtbag, Mr Cobra’s king of originality.

ASTON MARTIN DB5 V8
Period one-off by Aston’s Experimental team.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Peter Dumbreck on his infamous Le Mans flip.

PARIS-DAKAR SPECIAL
One privateer’s quest to win in the desert.

ASTON ON THE GP NUVOLARI
Italian road race in a 1936 2 Litre Speed.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Jenson Button on Brawn championship win..

WILLIAM TOWNS’ ASTONS
DBS, Lagonda and Bulldog – plus the inside story of the man with the radical plan.

PORTUGAL’S SURF WAGONS
Lifestyle wheels of the Atlantic coast.

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW
Robin Shute, who took Pikes Peak by storm.

LAMBORGHINI ESPADA AND FERRARI 365 GTC/4
Why collectors are now discovering the charms of these V12-powered former misfits.

SINGER’S DLS PROJECT
A Porsche 911, re-engineered to perfection..

ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW
After decades in the doldrums The Best Car In The World is on the ascent again.

A DAMBUSTER’S SINGER
Visiting the ghosts of the past – and their haunts – in an RAF hero’s wartime wheels.

PORSCHE 911 RS AT 50
Celebrating the most collectable 911 of all, with Porsche’s own fabled aerodynamicist.

NICOLIS MUSEUM
Noted Italian collection, behind the scenes.

JIM CLARK LOTUSES
Ex-Clark Elan and Cortina tested by IndyCar legend – and Clark fan – Dario Franchitti.

MOROCCO TAXIS
In Africa with the Mercs that refuse to die..

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.

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