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Welcome
Those brilliant craftspeople who can turn back time on damaged, neglected and bodged classics are the superheroes of our world, and deserve celebration
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‘Ambience like a Bentley, at a fraction of the price’
Andrew Lobb has fond childhood memories of a Jaguar 420G. Today he rekindles them as we put him behind the wheel of one
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Condition trumps service history
BMW E30 3 Series hunters are chasing even the lowest-specification examples
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Generation Godzilla
Japanese and German classics dominate young ownership
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Stars of Stage and Screen at NEC
Practical Classics Restoration Show sees rare Brits unearthed after decades in hiding
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Striking gold at Gaydon
Rustival pioneers a new all-inclusive kind of show at the British Motor Museum
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Marcello Gandini, 1938-2024
Italian car designer best known for his radical work for Bertone has died at 85
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April-May event highlights
Start your engines and power into summer as race season gets going
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The South African superhoard
Hundreds of cars in startling Eastern Cape hoard make it one of the largest ever
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QUENTIN WILLSON
I’ve lost count of the cars that have passed through my hands, but a select few I wish I’d kept, and one in particular I wish I still had in my garage
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ALEX RILEY
Immersed in my collection of old car magazines, I found myself travelling back in time to the curious new-car market of Italy in 1965. Mamma mia!
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Eternal Extremist
The Lamborghini Countach has lost none of its power to amaze. Today, 50 years on from its release, a drive in the last of the line draws all the threads of this landmark supercar together
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VALENTINO BALBONI
Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni was there at the dawn of the Countach and helped develop each iteration thereafter. Here he reveals the evolutionary hurdles it overcame
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LIFE STORY OF A 1970 VW Beetle
Bought new as a decorator’s workhorse, this Beetle eventually fell off the road before being transformed into a treasured family heirloom. Today is its first drive in 24 years
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THE FULL MONTE
It takes guts to call Enzo Ferrari’s bluff. What better way than to build your own 7.2-litre super-GT, and call it the High Speed? Say hello to the Monteverdi 375L
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SWISS TIME’S UPV
What better way for my Monteverdi 375L and I to leave our homes in Switzerland to settle in the UK than by driving all the way, taking some of the most breathtaking roads Earth has to offer…
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‘I told him he had such anice name, he must call the car Monteverdi’
As Peter Monteverdi’s sales manager, right-hand man and life partner, Paul Berger played a crucial role in the Swiss outfit’s ascension from Ferrari concessionaire to rival manufacturer
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‘We ended up having to replace pretty-much everything’
Restoring a mass produced car like an Alfasud can be a bigger challenge than specialist cars served well by the aftermarket, so a rusty and rare Giardinetta estate version really put the pressure on
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Four steps to buying a Volkswagen Golf MkII
From dependable bargain everyman classic to hot hatches and homologation specials, there’s a MkII Golf for everyone – for now
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1989 BMW 635CSi £44,995
This 635CSi is an exemplar of a mint BMW E24, as Ian Shaw explains. Looking it over is like reading a buying guide in metal
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Renault Clio RS182 Trophy £24,995
This deft Renaultsport gem could be the finest hot hatch of its era. Richard Gunn finds out if this one’s condition measures up
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1984 Ferrari 400iA £49,999
Is Ferrari’s least-loved V12 finally coming in from the cold? A drive in this mint example has Sam Dawson convinced
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1952 Jaguar XK120 £109,995
Once an ad star and with titled past ownership, this XK is effectively freshly restored and ready to go, says Sam Dawson
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‘It may end up wearing a 2 Series badge’
In June 1994, CAR confidently revealed a new kind of BMW. Did it become the 1 Series, the Mini, or did the ‘E1’ never really happen at all?