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.

Welcome

CHIC ON PARADE AT THE PALACE • The Concours of Elegance dazzled at Hampton Court Palace with a choice confection of historic marvels

SALON SUPERCARS GIVE DOUBLE DELIGHT • Blenheim Palace provides the backdrop for the Best of Show-winning McLaren F1 and Lamborghini Miura

WET AND DRY IN WILTS

ELAN IS A STREAK OF LUCK

LONG-SUFFERING UTILITY TO BE RESTORED

RENAULT RARITY IS A VILLAGE SECRET • Dusty Renault emerges after 50 years in storage. Below left: 'just married' scrawled into the dust

BRITISH-BUILT GRABER ALVIS FINDS A NEW HOME • Guaranteed to offer a 100mph top speed from its twin-carb, 3-litre straight-six engine, the high-performance Alvis TC21/100 – also known as the 'Grey Lady' – has always been desirable among members of the Alvis community. A fixed-head coupé version bodied by Hermann Graber of Switzerland was shown at the London Motor Show in 1955, and it received so much positive attention that Alvis decided not only to offer these Swiss-built cars in the UK, but also contracted coachbuilder Willowbrook of Loughborough to build them under a licence as the TC108/G – complete with Graber badging.

JOSHUA VIDES • This Los Angeles-based artist has applied his distinctive pop-art style to a range of classic designs

Book of the month • With dragsters and Group 4 sports-racers, Woolfe was always spectacular, but it was with a Chevron B8 that he turned international

Model of the month • Fans of the underrated front-wheel-drive Lotus Elan M100 have been rather short-changed for good models. SMTS, Maisto, Minichamps, Premium X and even the Shell Sportscar Collection have all released miniatures of the Peter Stevens-styled sports car, but scaled down it tends to look a little dumpy. Dutch model specialist Cult has a great record with its 1:18 range of British classics, and this new, resin-bodied Elan is superb. Three colours are available - Mustard Yellow, Calypso Red and Medina Green (pictured) - the shutlines are crisp and the cockpit detail is excellent. With just 3859 sold of the full-sized version, this limited edition should sell fast among enthusiasts.

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH • 'Where else will you find an Alcyon twin, complete with Jacques Tati sticker, lined up with a 1938 Jensen?'

Simon TAYLOR • 'To me, aged nine, the ladies in extravagant garb were of no interest. It was the cars that enthralled me'

Martin BUCKLEY • 'The 2400bhp beast could allegedly hit 170mph if both donkeys were behaving, but they rarely did'

Letter of the month

The grace, space & pace race • Jaguar is returning to the market with an all-new GT, but will its soul survive as straight-six, V12, V8 and V6 give way to electricity?

THE NEXT GENERATION: JAGUAR TYPE 01 • From top: Autocar's educated guess at the Type 01's looks; our man sampled disguised prototype; Minimalist cabin

Great Scott! • Fulfilling a long-held ambition to follow in the wheeltracks of Archie Scott Brown aboard the one-off Lister-Maserati

Britannia waives the rules • The Tour of Britain put racing aces against rally stars and celebrities to decide who was the fastest – and it is making a comeback

NOBLE, MEET THY MAKER • The twin-turbocharged M12 GTO-3R is reunited with its creator, Lee Noble, whose surprise supercar success story proved all too brief

Teenage dirtbags • Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z takes on Ford Mustang GT 5.0 in the...