Automotive
Octane
A blast of fresh air
DRIVING IN the UK can be a mixed bag, but if there's one thing this little MX-5 reaffirms it's that you can still find joy even in mundane journeys.
2 min |
November 2025
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Derek Bell
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seismic victory
3 min |
November 2025
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UP & OVER
Join Octane as we celebrate 200 years of the Stelvio Pass, one of the most famous roads the world has ever known
4 min |
November 2025
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THE GENERATIONAL SHIFT
With the inclusion of a new GT3 category, so historic racing moves into the future – witness this storied Audi R8 LMS Ultra
8 min |
November 2025
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DVLA relents on Q plates
Concerted lobbying gets results for UK classic owners
3 min |
November 2025
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Chris Haynes
As the Haynes Motor Museum celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder's son Chris Haynes recalls life with his father – and growing up in petrolhead heaven
7 min |
November 2025
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Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT & GTV
These pretty 1970s coupés are often overlooked due to their V6-engined sibling
2 min |
November 2025
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Graeme Hunt
Initially a Jack Barclay salesman and then MD from the mid-90s, he founded his eponymous London classic car dealership in 2001
2 min |
November 2025
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THE OTHER GT3 RACERS
GT3 Legends is open to any car that was originally homologated for GT3 racing before 2012. Here are your choices
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November 2025
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Variety pack
THE MAYHEAD 'FLEET' of classic cars isn't what it once was. I'd just achieved the motoring nirvana of having all five cars - more a grouping of waifs and strays than a collection - roadworthy in May last year when an unexpected medical diagnosis made me reassess my life choices. Since then, two cars have left Scuderia Mayhead.
2 min |
November 2025
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Monterey Car Week sales hit a huge $432.8million
Ferraris shine in California, as RM Sotheby's leads with $26,000,000 charity lot
1 min |
November 2025
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Jay Leno
Living with the genius of Gordon Murray
4 min |
November 2025
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Robert Coucher
The alpha-male appeal of the Alfa Romeo
3 min |
November 2025
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FIRST BEFORE EQUALS
Porsche redefined the 911 in 1968, with a longer wheelbase and fuel injection. This ex-Jo Siffert 911 E is the very first of them
9 min |
November 2025
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Levison Wood
Author, explorer and former Army officer
4 min |
November 2025
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I LIKE BIG BOOTS AND I CANNOT LIE
Super-estates were once all the rage and are now under threat. Are we missing out? Octane takes six of the best to the Peak District to find out
10+ min |
November 2025
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Stephen Bayley
Why driving needs to become as fashionable as smoking
3 min |
November 2025
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CLASSIC HEART
John Mayhead visits Lamborghini's Polo Storico division, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary
5 min |
November 2025
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GOOD WOOD
This fabulous Tulipwood' 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C has just won the Pebble Beach Concours. David Burgess-Wise recounts its remarkable life story
10 min |
November 2025
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THE DEFINITION OF SPEED
First owned by racing driver Pierluigi Martini, his Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole proved Lamborghini's reputation for building the fastest car of the day
8 min |
November 2025
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Convenience shopping - 2005 BMW 330Ci Glen Waddington
THAT PORTAL TO everything that could be delivered to your door - eBay - commissioned a survey, asking motorists which technologies they couldn't live without.
2 min |
September 2025
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Overdrive
Other interesting cars we've been driving
2 min |
September 2025
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A watch fit for a hero
The price you paid for an IWC MKXI navigators' watch was to lay your life on the line
2 min |
September 2025
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Is modified the new original?
Traditionally, upgraded classics were less desirable – today the data suggests otherwise
3 min |
September 2025
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Trolleybuses
More versatile than what came before, cleaner than what came next
3 min |
September 2025
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DON'T LOOK BACK
Pondering 60 years of cars, music, design and ambition with the king of lightweight, Gordon Murray
10+ min |
September 2025
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THIS GIRL CAN
An altruistic dream and a display of incredible fortitude saw this eight-year- old and her pedal car set a new Goodwood lap record
4 min |
September 2025
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All his own work
From city-cars to supercars via Grand Prix racers and a mini-truck, Gordon Murray has applied the same depth of thought to every vehicle he's designed
5 min |
September 2025
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SUPER CHARGER
One man's passion project for the past 45 years, this Frazer Nash SS is now a highly competitive racer in historic events
9 min |
September 2025
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Mark Roberts
Originally a technical illustrator at Lotus, who moved to McLaren and ran the design studio for 30 years, and is now a creative consultant
2 min |