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Classic & Sports Car • MAY 2026 • VOLUME 45, NO 2
FIT FOR A MAHARAJA • The Oberoi Concours d’Elegance is a spectacle of India’s finest cars blending majestic history with new enthusiasm
HONOURS SHARED IN FLORIDA
The cars are the stars
Segrave’s LSR centenerary celebrated in Southport
ModaMiami glamour defies the epic downpours
Delage finishes on top Down Under
Racing icons take to the ice
OBITUARIES
From the archives
CLUBMANS KICKSOFF
Davies on top of East Riding asphalt
VSCC horde flocks to John Harris Trial
Blacker blasts to Three Legs of Mann victory
Spain hosts revised historics
Paddock profile
ALIFE SPENT COLLECTING
DEUTSCH FORD IS AIRED
LAGONDAJOB LOT
ALLOY XK120 SEEKS ITS NEXT CUSTODIAN
EARLY MORRIS IS UNEARTHED
JOWETT’S RESTORATION TO COME ANOTHER DAY
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
VAL BIRO • Hungarian-born creator of a much-loved children’s character, whose storytelling matched his artistry
Book of the month
Model of the month
Pick of the month
Mick WALSH
Simon TAYLOR
Martin BUCKLEY
Letter of the month
BEST FOOT FORWARD • How to buy a top example of Citroën’s pioneering Traction Avant
Astonishing • There’s no other word for it, when you realise what you get for your money by opting for a DB9, the model that led Aston Martin’s reinvention
ENIGMA MACHINE • Once known simply as the ‘Question Mark’, the Felcom Special can lay claim to being the oldest Portuguese-built car
Back to front • The rear-wheel-drive Hillman Imp family tackled the front-engined Mini range head-on, with a model to suit every taste and pocket
Varnishing act • By the early 1950s, America was turning its back on ‘woodies’, but Buick’s stylish Estate Wagons maintained a keen following
‘This might be the most difficult car you could hand to a learner driver’ • Citroën’s twin-engined 2CV Sahara was an overly ambitious foray into the 4x4 market best remembered as an eccentricity too far, too soon
Knockout called before time • The Triumph TR8 won American hearts, yet the plug was pulled despite its full potential being quietly realised by British Leyland Motorsport
TRIUMPHS OVER ADVERSITY • The oft-maligned TR7 and TR8 inspired tuners, racers and creative free-thinkers. Here are 10 of the best
In Tadek’s wheeltracks • A team of Polish enthusiasts sets out to highlight their country’s motoring history with an epic drive in an Opel Olympia
Turning an occasion into an Eventer • Coachbuilder Lynx turned Jaguar’s XJ-S coupé into an elegant and practical shooting brake, but only one got the full TWR treatment
THE LIFE OF WALK • Tom Walkinshaw Racing achieved great success on both road and track. Cars and former employees gather at Bicester to mark 50 years of the extraordinary firm
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