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 • JUNE 2026 • VOLUME 45, NO3

PILLARSOF STRENGTH • The inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma filled the capital with Italian classics of the highest order

C&SC’S ROMAN FAVOURITES

SWISH SWISSWINS IN THE CAPITAL

Ford vs Ferrari battle resumes in North Carolina

New beginnings for an old favourite

Classic variety rules as Rustival returns to Gaydon

Racing stars bound for Shelsley

Abingdon enthusiast takes the helm

HCVA members look to the future of the industry

Circle of classic life celebrated at the NEC

Icons of speed set to star in heart of the City

A MEMBERS’ TO REMEMBER

SUPER TOURING STARS SHINE

83MM RACE WINNERS

Johnsons win the Generations game

Silverstone hosts Equipe action

Brits land hard-won victory in the desert

Spanish wins for Guenat

Mini Se7ens kick off at Donington

Fantastic Fiats on Franciacorta

Paddock profile

AUTOMOTIVE TREASURE OF THE DEEP

BESSIE TO RIDE AGAIN

PANHARD SEEKS A HOME

RELICS OF AFGHAN ROYALTY LIE IN STATE

THE SAGA OF A ROVER REBUILD

PHOENIX TO RISE AGAIN

LEYLAND TIMEWARP

Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p7 address or email requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

TERENCE CUNEO • This artist of heavy industry also found a passion for motoring that celebrated racing epics and atmospheric roadways

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

ENGAGING TOP GHIA • Italian style, American soul: why the Dual-Ghia was the car of the stars

THE INFLUE NCERS • Never mind YouTubers wielding selfie sticks, in the automotive world these are the true celebrities well worthy of the moniker…

MEET THE JUDGES

FORD MODEL T

VAUXHALL 30-98

AUSTIN SEVEN

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

WILLYS JEEP

BMC MINI

PORSCHE 911

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

AUDI QUATTRO

MCLAREN F1

THE PODIUM

’BACH of BEYOND • The Maybach Exelero was a rolling test-bed for a high-performance tyre, and stands as a V12-engined monument to mid-2000s excess

Give or take? • By adding rear seats to their coupés, did Jaguar and Lotus dilute the essence of the E-type and the Elan? A drive in each suggests not

ULTIMATE BUYER’S GUIDE

FRIEND OF THE FAMILY • Tracked down after a long search by the son of a previous owner, this Frazer Nash-BMW 319 reveals the origins of the seminal 328

“I’m the Wikipedia of the Tyrrell P34” • Since retiring from racing, ex-Formula One driver Pierluigi Martini has indulged his passion for Tyrrell’s very un-Italian – and innovative – P34 six-wheeler

PLEASURE WITHOUT THE PAIN • You might not have seen the Meccanica Maniero before, but the story behind this unique GT’s conception is a familiar one

The Lion’s pride • Peugeot built arguably the best hot hatch of all time in the 1980s, but both the 205 GTI and the rarer 205 Rallye lay claim to the title

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