Classic Cars

Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.

Welcome • Lining up direct rivals is logical for rational choices, but considering opposites from each other’s perspectives can help us see things that otherwise would be missed

‘What an unbelievable car. It’s simply stunning’ • Chris Allen has always believed a Morgan could deliver the same thrills as a motorcycle but on four wheels, so we put him behind the wheel of one to find out…

Quentin Willson’s hot tips

Nigel Boothman’s market analysis

Boney M-division: M1 in flares • Disco act’s creator commissioned BMW Motorsport to build this Procar imitator

Trump’s car tariffs exempt classics • More traditional non-US-built classics exempt from new levies

Forecourt View

IN THE TRADE

Goodwood’s touring car fever • 82nd Members’ Meeting sees triple saloon car racing action

Scotland painted red • Big European entry for Flying Scotsman vintage rally

May-June highlights • Clubs head to castles as season gets underway

Ex-Lotus press car rescued • Important, once-V8-engined prototype Seventies Elite is set for eventual restoration

Classic Cars • Refuel your passion for classics TRY 3 ISSUES FOR £5 *

STARS OF 1975 • Challenging the view that it all went wrong in the Seventies

Fiery relationship

Classic Cars • JULY 2025 ON SALE 14 MAY-10 JUN

QUENTIN WILLSON • There’s a burgeoning wave of nostalgia-driven demand for the hottest cars from the Nineties; act quickly and there’s still time to get ahead of it

ALEX RILEYL • The resurgence of the microcar reminded me of a visit to a German car and bike museum last year. My reaction to this trend – das ist gut ja?

BONDING AGENTS • In the mid-Sixties, could the everyman MGB share even a glimmer of the Aston Martin DB5’s limelight?

SNAKE DANCE • More than three decades after the venomous Dodge Viper RT/10 slithered into view, does this brawny brute measure up to its design brief?

TOO SINGLE-MINDED? • The track-bred BAC Mono may hate speed limits, but is it too much for public roads, even those on the derestricted Isle of Man?

‘It’s been an absolute nightmare’ • For Dave Ward, restoring an Alfa Romeo Giulia SS was a practical way to own his dream car. But was this example just too far gone to save?

LIFE STORY OF A TRIUMPH DOLOMITE SPRINT • Left unfinished by the Canley works, this Triumph Dolomite Sprint was destined for obscurity until an exciting new life beckoned over the border

Five steps to buying a Honda Insight MkI • Honda’s efficient and stylish hybrid has come of age as an interesting modern classic, but you need to know what to look for

Alfa 75

Fresh fuel, fresh hope

Putting the spark back

Sitrep: Condition Green

1960 Lotus Seven S2 £24,995 • Genuine Lotus Sevens rarely come up for sale, so Sam Dawson sampled this tidy early S2 that’s all ready to enjoy

1964 Sunbeam Rapier IV £12,995 • Alan Anderson asks if this modified and sunroof-equipped Sunbeam coupé is the best ‘Audax’ combination

1998 Aston Martin V8 Coupé £89,950 • Sam...