From little acorn s...

The feisty Visa Trophée was an unlikely Group B rallying candidate, and a stepping stone towards Citroën's WRC supremacy

FORD RANGER RAPTOR

OTT workhorse is a kid-pleasing head-turner that mixes business with pleasure

MERCEDES-BENZ SL (R230)

The tech-heavy SL is becoming a sought-after classic with increasing specialist support

By Royal appointment

The overhauled Middlebridge Scimitar continuation was championed by Princess Anne with this, her eighth and final GTE

African Queen

A 1500-mile road trip has retraced this Morris Minor's history, from its first owner to its rediscovered remains, 54 years ago

NOT SO HACKNEYED CARRIAGE

Never mind today’s bloated Chelsea tractors, for millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian the perfect transport for the streets of 60s London was a bespoke black cab

Leading fromthe front

In the 1990s coupé boom, Toyota, Rover and Mazda scrabbled for power with race-inspired tuning, turbocharging and a sophisticated V6

EAST COAST HOME  BREW

When ambitious racer Walt Hansgen was unable to buy a new Jaguar C-type, he set out to build his own. How does it measure up?

NATIONAL VELVET

As smooth asvit is rapid and superbly built,this Vanden Plas tourer reveals how Derby Bentleys set new standards of aspirational motoring

Martin BUCKLEY

‘While the BMW drifts round every curve, the chasing Jaguar XJ6 is driven with overstated incompetence’

Simon TAYLOR

‘His team had to keep quiet about his habit of glugging a couple of glasses of red with his pasta before a race’

Mick WALSH

'The Allard family has a remarkable rallying history, from Sydney's 1949 Monte debut to Alan's '60s sorties'

ALFREDO DE LA MARIA

This Uruguayan artist captures dramatic moments from motorsport history with a vivid and arresting painting style

VAN WITH A VERY SPECIAL CARGO

Post-WW1, André Citroën was planning a new small model that was a 'proper' car, rather than a cyclecar.

Equipe Classic's Brands kick-off

There was a 15-race schedule for 2024's opening Equipe Classic Racing meeting, on 23-24 March around the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Kent.

DERBY FLIES TO VICTORY

There was late drama as the 19th Flying Scotsman vintage rally drew to a close.

UNITED STATES OF ENTERTAINMENT

Anew mixture of grids provided scintillating on-track action at the 81st Goodwood Members’ Meeting

2-4-6-8 ain't never too late

Morgan's sports-car legacy spans more than a century, with the V-twin three-wheeler, and four-pot, V6 and V8 roadsters

DOWN MEMORY LANE

As C&SC hits 500 not out, our most prolific and popular wordsmith turns Jackanory to tell the story of his lifelong link to the magazine

Locked & loaded

Land-Rover's SAS prototype and Minerva's Blindé vehicle were built to lend agility reconnaisance and versatility to Europe's special forces

SHOCK THERAPY

Testing an electric Fiat 500, and the idea of EV-converted classics, with a drive across the capital

Fire in the hole

The Huayra Pronello Ford combined advanced aerodynamic ideas with brutal V8 power for a long-lost Argentinian sports-prototype series

Brighton belles

This pair of pioneer machines found fame in the 1953 caper Genevieve, a film that helped give old-car ownership global appeal

FORTUNE 500

It was less famous than the Indy and Daytona 500s, shorter-lived than the Brooklands 500, but memories of the BOAC 500 live long

To be continued...

After the fabulous C2, the best of the rest convene from seven decades of America's original sports car dynasty

AMERICAN BEAUTY

For eight generations and 70 years, the Chevy Corvette has been the backbone of the US sports car industry. As it turns 60, the C2 remains the most desirable of all

THE LAST TEMPTATION

This, the final Ferrari 500 Superfast marks the end of a line of GTs conceived for the mega-rich, not just the merely wealthy

Martin BUCKLEY

'I was enthralled by the lavish feel, tarnished only by an anti-corrosion warranty sticker added as an afterthought'

Simon TAYLOR

'Thinking he might need a snifter after 12 hours at the wheel, his pit crew brought him in for a few glasses of Champagne'

INDIRA FLACK

Recording motorsport legends in portrait photographs has become the basis of an exhibition and book