Classic & Sports Car

Classic & Sports Car is the world's best-selling classic car magazine and the undisputed authority for all owners and enthusiasts. Whether your interest is Italian Exotica, British sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s or modern classics, every issue of Classic & Sports Car perfectly complements the sheer joy and nostalgia of owning a classic car.

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Classic & Sports Car • DECEMBER 2023 • VOLUME 42, NO 9

BELGIUM’S COASTAL SPECTACULAR • Knokke-Heist’s classic car blowout was bigger than ever, but in a new format

C&SC’S ZOUTE FAVOURITES

A TOUR OF ZOUTE, BY JOLLY

LAMBORGHINI’S ANNIVERSARY WALTZ

Sensational Alfa 6C wins first Concorso Varignana

DERBY DAYS FOR BENTLEY

Delage and Buick share the stage at Audrain Concours

Seven’s centenary marked

New museum for Somerset

Scramblers bow out for the year

HCVA looks to the classic future

BURKARD BOVENSIEPEN 1936-2023

Federation update

A CLASSIC AT THE CASTLE

Variety spices up packed grids in Portugal

Fords dominate endurance epic

Scottish aces splash to victory

Paddock profile

PHOENIX-LIKE LOTUS LIVES ON

GALLOWAY FINDS NEW LIFE IN GUERNSEY

STORED MORGAN’S BID FOR FREEDOM

AN INTRIGUING ISETTA

RARE CROSSLEY IS RIPE FOR RESTORATION

RAILTON SEEKS NEW OWNER

FANTASTIC FLORIDE FINDS ITS WAY HOME

Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p9 address or email requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

ERICH STRENGER • This legendary German graphic designer and artist helped create the images that define Porsche

GOLDIE

TWR-Porsche WSC95

America’s greatest road trip!

Austin Seven

The Early Days of the V8

Figoni on Delahaye

Faces of Formula 1

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

drama QUEENS • The Countach set the blueprint for the modern supercar, and spawned a dynasty of wild V12 flagships

WALLFLOWERS NEED NOT APPLY • Lamborghini’s aesthetic extravagance only served to inspire those who sought to capitalise on the image

Ploughing ITS OWN FURROW • Six decades ago, an upstart newcomer set the cat among the pigeons in the exotic-car firmament. The Lamborghini 350GT still has the power to thrill

FESTIVAL OF THE EXCEPTIONAL • Disciples of Ettore Bugatti made their 40th annual pilgrimage to Molsheim from 14-17 September, and C&SC went along for the ride

ARTISTIC STREAK RUNS IN THE FAMILY

Eric van Lammeren • 1933/2023 TYPE 41 ROYALE

Bernard and Elise Gagniere • 1926 TYPE 40 CABRIOLET

Andy Wallace • 1926 TYPE 35T

Michel and Monique Bugatti • 1926 TYPE 40 ROADSTER

Karol Pavlu • 1938 TYPE 57C ATLANTIC

Magdalena and Victoria Dold • 1935 TYPE 57 TORPÉDO

Pierre-Henri Raphanel • 2021 CHIRON SUPER SPORT

Manuela Mateos Bugatti • 1926 TYPE 38 GRAND SPORT

Transatlantic oil tankers • An age-old battle of Mercedes vs Cadillac, but with a difference: both the sturdy W123 and luxury Seville are diesel-powered

Silence is golden • Rolls-Royce’s first Bentley was fast, refined and expensive 90 years ago. But with more than 2400 built, most are fine value today

CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE? • Alfa Romeo’s exotic GTV cost twice as...