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The lengths we’ll go to

ASTON PARROTT MORE OFTEN THAN we would probably

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COMING UP…

Up and down the land, classics are coming out of hibernation to take part in rallies, tours, outdoor shows and race meets

Marcello Gandini b.1938

Octane’s Massimo Delbò – who met the maestro many times – pays tribute to a car design legend who passed away on 13 March

Dream GTO destination

Ferrari reveals special anniversary tour

NEWS FEED

London show gearing up There will be a

Your invitation to Sir Stirling Moss’s memorial service

100 Octane readers will be at Westminster Abbey in May

Arturo Keller

One of the world’s greatest car collectors, Arturo

Brian Angliss

Likely to be remembered as much for his

The devil all the time

For 20 years Peter Dietsch has been making supercars really earn their keep

Unhibernating a classic

It’s that tricky time of year: bit of

Lewis James

Third-generation CEO of family business Brian James Trailers, renowned for its high-quality enclosed car transporters

JAY LENO

The Collector

DEREK BELL

The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY

The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER

The Driver

Of Volvos and V8s

Letter of the month IN STEPHEN BAYLEY ’S

From six to two in seven

1971 SAAB 96 V4 & 1996 SUBARU IMPREZA TURBO

Going ‘modern’

1924 SUNBEAM 14/40 & 1926 DELAGE DISS

Coventry motor panelled

1965 TRIUMPH 2.5 PI

Doing it anyway

2004 BMW Z4 3.0i ROBERT HEFFERON IT WAS

The Porsche is all-white

1973 PORSCHE 911 2.7 RS DELWYN MALLETT HIP,

The off-road supercar: take 1

Other interesting cars we’ve been driving

The off-road supercar: take 2

2023 PORSCHE 911 DAKAR

Old World gameplay

2003 BENTLEY CONTI NENTAL R MULLINER

A bit more S in this SUV

2024 RANGE ROVER SPORT SV

John Henry Knight

He built the UK’s first petrol-powered ‘car’ – and promptly racked up the UK’s first motoring offence

The shipping container

It would take a train 44 miles long to transport a modern container ship’s load

Streatley on Thames, BERKSHIRE

Streatley is one of Berkshire’s most sought-after village

Why Omega’s Chronostop deser ves more love

Membership of a more iconic subgroup of Omegas might have made this watch significantly more valuable

Heuer 980.013

Great heritage, that ‘certain something’, and a bargain too

PH 3½ -2½ TABLE L AMP BY LOUIS POULSEN

In the autumn of 1925, workers were racing

VW BEETLE AND K ARMANN GHIA PRINTS BY MA XIMAGION

After completing his studies, graphic designer and petrolhead

908 T-SHIRT BY DEUS EX MACHINA

The Porsche 908/01 won few races but, for

SHWOOD x IRON & RESIN KENNEDY CITY GL ASSES

These handsome specs were designed to tick all

BL AUPUNKT POSTER BY HERVÉ MORVAN

In the years after World War Two, Blaupunkt

LEGO MCL AREN MP4/4

Ayrton Senna’s mount from 1988 is the latest

ROUTEMASTER THROW

The AEC Routemaster celebrates its 70th birthday this

McLaren, the Road Cars 2010-2024

KYLE FORTUNE, Schiffer Publishing, £59.99, ISBN 978 0 764367 31 1

Running on Empty

GUY DEACON, Ad Lib, £9.99, ISBN 978 1 802471 88 5

Pontiac Firebird, the Auto-Biography

MARC CRANSWICK, Veloce, £35, ISBN 978 1 787118 04 1

Figoni on Delahaye

RICHARD ADATTO with DIANA MEREDITH, Dalton Watson Fine Books, £210, ISBN 978 1 956309 13 3

Jim Clark: Life at Team Lotus

PETER DARLEY, Coterie Press, 2007, value £250

The Complete Catalogue of the Austin Seven

JAMES TAYLOR, Herridge & Sons, £37.50, ISBN 978 1 914929 07 6

A Life in Porsche 911

FRANÇOIS BOUET, Les Cahiers de l’Edition, £70, ISBN 978 2 958602 32 1

1967 FERRARI 330 P4

1:18 scale

ACTION MAN JEEP

WORDS: ANDREW RALSTON IMAGE: VECTIS AUCTIONS

Record Florida sales results

…as RM Sotheby’s and Broad Arrow Auctions go head-to-head

2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Broad Arrow Auctions, Amelia Island, Florida

AUCTION TRACKER PORSCHE 911 GT2 (993)

Handbuilt from 1995 to ’98 as a hardcore

Scheckter’s Championship winner

RM Sotheby’s, Monaco

One of a kind

Bonhams, Monaco

QUICK GLANCE

1997 Vauxhall Vectra SuperTouring 24V Manor Park

ALSO LOOK OUT FOR…

In 1916 the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company

AUCTION DIARY

Please confirm details with auction houses before travelling

1952 Jaguar C-type

POA from Fiskens, London, UK

Maserati Quattroporte IV

Often overlooked, so now is the time to re-assess this Italian rarity

Dean Butler

American entrepreneur who revolutionised high-street opticians in the US, then did the same in the UK by founding Vision Express

FLAMIN’ BRILLIANT!

This is the most extensive ever road test of the fire-breathing Schuppan-Porsche 962 CR. Octane puts Dickie Meaden behind the wheel of a road-legal, race-bred unicorn

Vern’s road racer

Back in the day, Ray Hutton had unique access to the inside story of Schuppan’s 962 LM and 962 CR road cars

Original Aussie grit…

There’s more to the man behind our cover car than meets the eye

Only the BRAVE

This monstrous Fiat 130HP was driven to victory by Felice Nazzaro in the 1907 French Grand Prix. Massimo Delbò dons his goggles and gathers his courage

Oliver Gavin

Le Mans’ own ‘Mr Corvette’, 51-time class-winning endurance racer Oliver Gavin has given up the driving seat to teach others how to follow in his tyre-tracks

The Hills are alive with the sound of …

…a big-block Chevy V8 stuffed inside a flamed ’32 Ford hot rod. Mark Dixon is given a tour of Beverly Hills by long-time resident (and even-longer hot rod enthusiast) Bruce Meyer

THE JOY OF

From its brand-new post-war home in Crewe, Bentley redefined itself with the prescient MkVI sports saloon. Glen Waddington drives the desirable HJ Mulliner six-light version

I’d drive 1000 miles for a camel…

Incredible scenery, superb roads, star drivers: join Robert Coucher for an unforgettable Arabian odyssey on the 1000 Miglia Experience UAE

UNSUNG HERO

Join Octane at Monsanto Park, Portugal, to drive the ex-Manuel Nogueira Pinto 1961 Jaguar E-type racer – the most successful of its era Words Richard Heseltine Photography Luis Duarte Archive images Edições Vintage Archive

THE GLAS CEILING

The zenith of car production by BMW’s near-neighbour could have been the flagship for all of Bavaria, says James Elliott

Doris does Monaco

1954 DAIMLER CONQUEST