Automotive
Octane
PLAYTIME IS OVER!
A road-legal 85%-scale electric 'Blower' Bentley has hit the streets...
6 min |
July 2025
Octane
EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
This official continuation actually improves on the greatest Ford Escort ever made. Both their stories are as unlikely as they are fascinating
9 min |
July 2025
Octane
Sébastien Loeb
The most successful rally driver of all time
5 min |
July 2025
Octane
PARTY 7
As Jaguar prepares for a bold step into the future,Octane celebrates the F-type Project 7, a thrilling sports car that draws on the marque's Le Mans heritage
6 min |
July 2025
Octane
Pete Brock
This engineer, designer and racer is best known for the Shelby Daytona Coupe but there is so much more to his life and career — from hot rods to hang gliders
8 min |
July 2025
Octane
Salon Privé's 20th anniversary is gearing up to be its best ever show
WITH preparations for the huge 20th anniversary edition of Salon Privé well underway, it seems certain that it will present the best event yet on 27-31 August.
1 min |
July 2025
Octane
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
As the Ferrari F50 hits a significant anniversary, James Elliott pits the Fanny Mendelssohn of motoring against its Felix
9 min |
July 2025
Octane
TO MONGOLIA THE HARD WAY
You have three months to travel nearly 20,000km and cross a little-known Asian wilderness. A pair of Soviet military amphibious vehicles should do the trick
7 min |
July 2025
Octane
'Yellowbird' leads $15.3m Air/Water sale
Broad Arrow's Porsche-themed auction headlined by $4.68m 1989 Ruf CTR
1 min |
July 2025
Octane
The Wiener Riesenrad
No longer the biggest of the big wheels, but certainly one of the most widely seen
3 min |
July 2025
Octane
THE OTHER HYDRO CITROËNS
Those luxury saloons didn't have the monopoly on ride comfort — or weirdness
2 min |
July 2025
Octane
F40 OR F50? AN OWNER DECIDES
Which is best? Karim Said has long-term experience with both
2 min |
July 2025
Octane
Now's the time to nominate your historic heroes!
Help the stars of the classic car world receive the honours they deserve in London this November
4 min |
July 2025
Octane
THE MASERATI FOR LEARNER DRIVERS
This remarkably well-preserved 1956 Maserati 200 S starred with Toulo de Graffenried on the track before a career at Scuderia Centro Sud's racing school. Massimo Delbò charts its extraordinary history
8 min |
July 2025
Octane
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF
It's 70 years since Citroën's long-awaited 'Voiture à Grande Diffusion' debuted an innovative suspension system - setting a standard for the three generations that followed
10 min |
July 2025
Octane
THE 'WHAT IF' VERSIONS
Though the F40 and F50 were resolutely developed as road cars, there were also racing plans
2 min |
July 2025
Octane
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
Having languished in a museum for 35 years, this Shelby 427 Competition Cobra has a special history that makes it one of one. Now it's come roaring back to life
9 min |
April 2025
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Virgil Exner
A design puritan at heart, yet no one did excess more excessively
3 min |
April 2025
Octane
Overdrive
Other interesting cars we've been driving
7 min |
April 2025
Octane
HOT HATCH HEROES
They're a dying breed, yet the best transcended humdrum heritage to be among the most entertaining drivers' cars ever. Octane takes a trip to the good old days
10+ min |
April 2025
Octane
WHAT'S IN NAME
The Fiat Dino Spider's humble marque name belies its exotic racebred Ferrari engine and curvaceous body. Richard Heseltine takes the wheel The Fiat Dino Spider's humble marque name belies its exotic racebred Ferrari engine and curvaceous body. Richard Heseltine takes the wheel
8 min |
April 2025
Octane
The Collector Jay Leno
Lamenting the horror of the recent LA fires
3 min |
April 2025
Octane
Lancia Gamma Berlina
An underdog luxury saloon, as much of an outlier now as it was half a century ago
2 min |
April 2025
Octane
STEALTH FIGHTER FOR THE ROAD
Following a stellar career creating legends for Audi, Roland Gumpert set out to build a radical track-day weapon. Marc Sonnery takes a brave pill
8 min |
April 2025
Octane
Neon signs
Colourful tubes of magic that were embraced wholeheartedly by the advertising industry
4 min |
April 2025
Octane
Per Gessle
The Roxette pop star now blends performing with life as a Swedish hotelier and maintaining his large collection
4 min |
April 2025
Octane
Bill Heinecke
Meet the collector and hospitality tycoon behind a new concours in the heart of the eternal city, Rome
6 min |
April 2025
Octane
DUNE BUDDIES
The Dakar Rally still has a fearsome reputation for genuine risk to life, so just imagine doing it in a Renault 30 TX or a Tatra lorry. Octane meets the intrepid crews on the Dakar Classic
8 min |
April 2025
Octane
LONG WAY BACK
Two intrepid ex-pat Brits took an E-type from Kuala Lumpur to Yorkshire in 77 days. This is their epic overland adventure
8 min |
April 2025
Octane
David Martin
The renowned Los Angeles architect and petrolhead built his first car aged just 14
2 min |