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 • JULY 2026 • VOLUME 45, NO 4

CHIC ON THE SHORE • The world’s most picturesque concours competition returned to Lombardy for a celebration of the exquisite

C&SC’S COMO FAVOURITES

THE POWER AND THE FUORI

LA JOLLAWIN FOR SPECIAL 540K

Audi reconstructs its double-ton record-breaker

Retro Rides return to West Sussex

Drive It Day rolls out

Shopping for bargains at Beaulieu

Homegrown hero on top in the Spanish capital

‘Babs’ marks speed-record centenary

OBITUARY

GRANDTIME INMONACO

Donington hosts all-action festival

Frazer Nash-BMW zips to Irish win

Le Mans titan thunders to Biarritz

Nash rules the Highlands at the seventh time of asking

Battle royal plays out on Ellan Vannin

Relishingthe uphill challenge

Paddock profile

CROSSLEY RARITIES LIFT VINTAGE SALE

XK DUO RESCUED AFTER 60 YEARS IN STORAGE

A VISION IN ALUMINIUM OF LAND-YACHT LUXURY

RILEY ROADSTER’S RETURN

A LOVE FOR LAGONDAS

RARE UTE RISES DOWN UNDER

BRAVE BUYER BAGS A BELEAGUERED BRISTOL

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

JIDÉHEM • This Belgian master of automotive comic art married light-hearted illustration with technical insight

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

BABY BOOMERS • Mini Cooper faces Escort 1300 GT in a fight for small saloon supremacy

The speed of light • No homologation special since has matched the BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’ or Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight for raw enthusiast appeal

HOMOLOGATED ODDITIES • Limited-run road cars are key to production-based competition, but some are more subtle than others

DUAL in the CROWN • Little-known US firm Dual Motors collaborated with Ghia to create a car-for-the-stars convertible that shone brightly – if very briefly

“You can’t hang the tail out because it won’t come back. You have to be more clinical” • Honing this restored Alfa Romeo GTV6 BSCC racer for Goodwood has been a labour of love – and driving it quickly requires a certain finesse

RUBBER SOUL • The Fondazione Pirelli in Milan is home to an eye-opening archive of imagery and graphic art that charts the famed tyre maker’s history

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SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND? • Saturday rally action on the TV primed a generation of enthusiasts to emulate their heroes in stage-inspired specials from Vauxhall, Ford and Talbot

Excess express • The pricey and exclusive Mercedes-Benz SL73 AMG was the preserve of the elite. A near-mythical recluse emerges from hiding for a rare public appearance

Oh yes, Prime Minister • Winston Churchill hit the 1945 re-election campaign trail in this Daimler DB18, which embodied a new direction for the marque

FORCED introduction • In the early ’90s, Daihatsu and VW brought turbo and supercharging to their entry-level hatches, producing the lively Charade GTti and Polo G40

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