When Jaguar got it right

EVAN KLEIN James Elliott, Editor in chief ONE OF

International Historic Motoring Awards

EVENTS + NEWS + OPINION

Rally of the Tests

7-10 November

Dates for your diary

The ICE St Moritz, 21-22 February | Image:

BOOK NOW!

Some of these events may seem a long way off, but you need to secure your place and travel plans now to take part

Get out there!

There are dozens of tours and rallies on the calendar for 2025. We’ve done the easy bit by listing some here; you have the trickier task of choosing between them all

Museum to sell $100m of its non-Indy cars

Three sales, packed with super-rare treasures, to include Silver Arrow (see p110), GT40 and Ferrari 250LM

ECCLESTONE SELLS £300M OF FI CARS

Mr F1 will part with 69 single-seaters collected over 50 years

Heading for the hill

A HUGE CENTENARY celebration for a once-famous

The Collector Jay Leno

Petrolhead farming: not the sole preserve of Harry and Clarkson

The Legend Derek Bell

Like father, like son? It’s all about being there for support

The Aesthete Stephen Bayley

Why speed means more than merely distance covered in a given time

The Driver Robert Coucher

Our resident XK owner might not be best pleased by recent news

Wandering on

I WAS VERY EXCITED to see a Wanderer

Octane Cars

Fifty years a supercar

OCTANE’S FLEET

These are the cars – and ’bikes – run by Octane’s staff and contributors

Range finder

1978 & 1980 Range Rovers

So long, Subaru

1996 Subaru Prodrive Impreza Turbo

Four to the fore

1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four

Par for the course

1954 Daimler Conquest & 2008 Alfa Romeo Brera Prodrive SE

OTHER NEWS

‘The cold has got to my BMW’s battery.

Overdrive

Perfect for tweedy types

Hot hatch sitrep

THE DYING LIGHT of the traditional hot

Gary Gabelich

Record-breaking speed-junkie whose passion for living on the limit inevitably caught up with him

Geraint Owen

Retired engineering academic, historic racer, and curator of record-breaker Babs

The Wimpy Bar

The burger that begat our culinary Americanisation, though not at the expense of plates and cutlery – we’re not savages!

Good vibrations

The enduring art of resonance, a fascinating 370-year horological journe(y)

Citizen Tsuyosa ‘small seconds’

An exciting and stylish automatic for under £370

Spy Octane The Vehicles of James Bond Volume 1

MATTHEW FIELD and AJAY CHOWDHURY, Porter Press International,

Giant race passes by Ella Freire

Those who visited the recent Art of Motoring

1:18-scale Audi quattro Trans-Am prototype model by Werk83

A tidy diecast model of the stealth fighter

Lego Endurance model

A 3011-piece model of the magnificent ship that

Anglepoise Type 80 desk lamp

In 1958 industrial designer Kenneth Grange created Britain’s

Squale 2001 Heritage

Released to mark Squale’s 65th anniversary, this attractive

ZAG x Renault R4 E-Tech ski

If the forthcoming Renault 4 EV is half

1:8-scale Pagani Utopia Coupé model by Pocher

Available to pre-order now (it’s a Pagani; of

BMW Motorrad R nineT shirt

BMW pays tribute to the characterful, easily customisable

Carl F Bucherer Heritage Worldtimer

A watch with a world time function is

Carrera Panamericana poster

A well-preserved relic of the 1954 Carrera Panamericana,

1:10-scale Land Rover Series II model by Boom Racing

A radio-controlled model of the Series II 88

Back to the Future shirt by RSVLTS

Ahead of the movie’s 40th anniversary, RSVLTS has

Malle Adventurer single-malt whisky

Malle, the maker of motorcycle luggage, partnered with

The Market

$11m Pagani Zonda LM breaks records in Dubai

TOP 10 P R I C E S NOVEMBER 2024

£2,997,918 (€3,605,000) 1923 Mercedes Type 122 Indianapolis

Why valuing historic racing cars can be a guessing game

We know that big-name drivers and provenance are huge factors when selling single-seaters, but even without them eligibility can boost interest

The Academy of Art

Broad Arrow Auctions, San Francisco, USA 15 February

Miller’s Landy

Bonhams, Scottsdale, USA 24 Jan

AUCTION DIARY

29 December Oldtimer Galerie, Gstaad, Switzerland 7-19

Ferrari 365 California Spyder

Can you call an ultra-rare Pininfarina convertible for the elite a bargain at $2.2m?

Ferrari Enzo

Ferrari limited production of its fourth ‘halo’ car

1974 Lancia Fulvia Monte Carlo

£27,495 from Percival Motor Company, Maidstone, Kent, UK

The Insider

THE RAREST of all Aston Martins have

SHOWROOM BRIEFS

1957 Porsche 356 1500 GS Carrera, POA One

Citroën SM

A Maserati V6 and wild Robert Opron styling make this Citroën a true exotic

THE LOWDOWN

WHAT TO PAY If you’re feeling brave, a

Andrea Zagato

The grandson of founder Ugo Zagato talks us through his path to saving the illustrious coachbuilder

REWRITING THE RULEBOOK

This Jaguar D-type had been raced, crashed and repaired before a second life as a Pebble Beach class winner. Octane investigates its groundbreaking transformation

JAGUAR THE REBIRTH

David Lillywhite guides us through Jaguar’s death or glory relaunch be fore four marque experts have their say on both the car and campaign

VICTORY AT LAST

After two attempts at Le Mans, this fabulous 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 finally took the endurance laurels at Spa in 1933. Massimo Delbò tells its stellar story

USING THE FORCE

It’s 50 years since Porsche launched the 911 Turbo. Octane takes a five-decade joyride

MILLE MIGLIA

AN AMERICAN

Sylviane and Patrick Peter

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW

FULL SERVICE HISTORY

This uniquely storied ex-Fangio and Moss Mercedes-Benz W196R Streamliner is soon to be sold. Glen Waddington visits Stuttgart for an exclusive insight into its past

THE SILVER MACHINES

Motorheads have long been fascinated by the racing cars of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union – and where they ended up

WITHIN THESE WALLS,MAGIC HAPPENS

Behind the unprepossessing façade of a former dance hall, for five decades Ric Wood Motorsport has been turning Capris, Calibras, Holdens and GT-Rs into winners

BLOWN AWAY

Force-fed hot hatches are ten-a-penny – but not this super-rare, supercharged trio. Octane hangs on tight to the wheels of the Mini Cooper S Works GP, Toyota Yaris GRMN and the VW Polo G40