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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Welcome

Classic & Sports Car • DECEMBER 2024 • VOLUME 43, NO 9

DESIGNS ON THE ISLE • The legendary stylist of the McLaren F1, Lotus Elan M100 and more brings his unique perspective to the annual Malta Classic

PETER’S MALTA PICK

MOTORING FOR MOVEMBER

Ferrari beauty lands Varignana victory

Diverse displays at Bicester

Bugs pour over the Pyrenees

Eclectic parade for Chattanooga’s fifth motorfest

HCVA notes future threats

Supercars descend on southern Italy

Historic French speedbowl hits 100 not out

Allcomers welcomed at Gaydon

Rare Maserati wins Audrain

BRUNO SACCO 1933-2024

RUPERT KEEGAN 1955-2024

Federation update

BATTLES AT WET ESTORIL

LOST & FOUND

FRANCOIS MERCIER • Artificial intelligence adds a surreal angle to this photographer’s period-style imagery of fantasy classics

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month

FLYWEIGHT WARRIORS

Brits with six appeal • The straight-six engine is synonymous with a decades-long legacy of great British sports cars. Six variations on the sextet theme convene for comparison

THE VERDICT

A NEW BREED OF HERO • Launched at the turn of the millennium, the GT3 badge has already earned a place alongside RS, CS and turbo in Porsche lore

ROLAND KUSSMAUL’S GT3 HOMEWORK

One for the kids • General Motors was aiming squarely at the youth market with the launch of the Pontiac GTO 60 years ago, and its runaway success popularised the muscle-car movement

Still going strong • Herbert Engineering staked its reputation on the five-year warranty that came with its cars. A century on, this Two Litre hasn’t made a claim

“I had a habit of grabbing second place from the jaws of victory” • From dreams of yachting glory to the Le Mans podium, via a stint at the top of the motorsport tree, Howden Ganley had quite the career

A SENSIBLE SUPERCAR • The cleverly conceived four-seater Elite secured Lotus a place at the big players’ table, but has it been unfairly maligned since then?

PLASTIC BREAKS FROM THE NORM • Glassfibre revolutionised niche car-body production, but just occasionally strayed into the mainstream

People’s choice • The diminutive but multi-million-selling Fiat 850 packed a remarkable diversity of form and function into its compact footprint

SHORT BACK & GLIDES • Eccentric enthusiast Captain RG McLeod’s series of Manx-tailed Bentley Specials reached its zenith with this unique S2 Continental

Colt’s golden years • Five decades after the products of Mitsubishi first came to the UK, 50 of the company’s cars assembled to celebrate the niche Japanese marque’s offerings

Make your car connoisseur’s Christmas a classic

SWEET16JOINS THE AUTO BARN

A DEPENDABLE OLD FRIEND

RAY HILLIER • Double-chevron oddity proves a break from the norm for this Crewe specialist

THE LEGENDS SERIES

ASTONMARTIN DB12 • This latest supercoupé lives up to the legacy of the legendary DB moniker