Porsche: the great debate

James Elliott, Editor in chief JORDAN BUTTERS FORGET

The Month in Pictures

ModaMiami 1-2 March Phillip Sarofim’s Aston Martin

Dates for your diary

Grand Prix de France Historique, 25-27 April |

Sunbeam roars towards a return to Daytona Beach

Land Speed Record car is halfway through the huge project to relive its glory days

Morgan reveals Supersport

BRITISH CAR MAKER Morgan has unveiled its new

New Middle East concours to take place in Bahrain

Thorough Events has royal patronage for a golf course-based concours plus tours and cultural events in November this year

Join the Hope Classic Rally

A DATE HAS been set for the tenth

Italian concours takes shape

Great cars and events are rapidly being added to the line-up for the inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma this spring

The Collector Jay Leno

How to end up with three icons in your garage

The Legend Derek Bell

A Miami event provokes some very British thoughts

The Aesthete Stephen Bayley

Can Fiat survive the mediocrity of Stellantis?

The Driver Robert Coucher

Why restomods are the greenest cars around

The really forgotten Ferrari

Letter of the month REGARDING Kevin Jones’

Octane Cars

The trials and tribulations of the cars we live with

Overdrive

Other interesting cars we’ve been driving

Bob Anderson

Gone but not forgotten

Paul Howse

Car designer behind the McLaren P1 and Lanzante’s Project 95-59. Also an artist…

Selling Guinness

Some might say that the Marmite of beers needed ingenious advertising to tempt anyone to try it; others needed no persuasion

A masterpiece fit for a queen

Breguet’s Marie Antoinette is not only the greatest watch ever, it is the most storied, too

Asterix watch – Chronofixe

An accessible work from Romaric André

When Wedge had the Edge

Let’s get something out of the way first:

Wheelbase

Thrillers based around the world of classic cars

Tracks in the Sand

The Vintage Hot Rod Association’s beach races at

Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale

Patrick Dasse and Dingwort Verlag created instant sensory

Ultimate Ford GT40

The Definitive History Volume 1

LFA The Roar of an Angel

The text and many of the photos in

Bell Bullitt GT motorcycle helmet

It was neither aerodynamic enough nor quiet enough

Runwell Canvas backpack by Shinola

Shinola, based in the Argonaut Building in Detroit

Hot Wheels 1:64-scale Premium Formula 1 models

In addition to a few kid-friendly approximations of

Tudor Black Bay Chrono Blue Boutique Edition

You’ll have to travel to get your hands

Lotus 97T T-shirt by Goodwood

Among the attractions at the 82nd Goodwood Members’

C Seed N1 TV

A seriously impressive feat of engineering, this: a

Fairlight Strael 4.0

Good stuff just keeps on rolling out of

BMW Isetta 250 1:18-scale model by Revell

Released to mark the 70th birthday of the

Patek Philippe Cubitus 5821/1A

Yep, the stainless steel version of Patek’s new

Original 1973-74 International Race of Champions poster

As eye-popping as the grid for the inaugural

Fisher AG7 ‘Space Pen’

Sixty years ago, Paul Fisher filed the patent

Lamborghini Revuelto cuff links by Tateossian

Part of a new range of Lamborghini-inspired accessories

Porsche x Puma Club II Era trainers

The familiar ‘Turbo’ wordmark on the tongue (not

Amelia and ModaMiami auctions total over $200m

$13.2m Ford GT40 at RM Sotheby’s sale leads healthy Spring Florida auction figures

Spring 2025: whither the market?

We expected last year’s big elections to bring economic certainty and stability, but instead we seem to be in a phase of global financial chaos – how is the classic car market coping?

Short and sweet

Broad Arrow Auctions, Lake Como, Italy 25 May

One of a kind

H&H, Duxford, UK 9 April

1973 Ford Capri 3.0 GXL

Bonhams, Goodwood, UK 13 April, cars.bonhams.com

1981 Land Rover Stage 1 V8

RM Sotheby’s, Paris, France 23-28 April, rmsothebys.com

1991 BMW 535i Sport

MPC, Runcorn, UK 5 April, manorparkclassics.com

1993 Honda CR-X del Sol

H&H, Duxford, UK 9 April, handh.co.uk

Also Look Out For…

Among the lots in the next RM Sotheby’s

AUCTION DIARY

26 March H&H, Solihull, UK (motorcycles)

Lancia Stratos HF Stradale

What price a rally-winner that started as a show-car and resulted in a road-going rarity?

HAGI Value Tracker

Porsche 911, 1964-65

1973 Porsche 911 2.7 MFI

£275,000 from Ranmore Fine Motor Cars, Redhill, Surrey, UK

The Insider

Simon Drabble, Former banker who turned his love

SHOWROOM BRIEFS

1957 Hillman Minx £20,000 A tried-and-tested historic

Dodge Viper

The ‘modern-day Cobra’ is powered by an 8.0-litre V10, and is still surprising value

Matteo Gentile

The head of design at Touring Superleggera, whose path to Milanese coachbuilding started with a Brit supercar

AIR WATER VERSUS

Never has a method of engine cooling been so divisive as in the world of the Porsche 911. But is there any contest? Octane pits one type against the other

The pursuit of perfection

Bugatti typified the car as artform, and never more consummately than with the Type 35. Richard Heseltine celebrates a milestone from a century ago

› IN SPACE › NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU › LAUGH .

Of course, we realise exploring another world was no mere giggle. But the Lunar Rovers were nonetheless an entertaining invention, as Elliott Hughes discovers

In the name of beauty

For the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale, coachbuilder Bertone sacrificed practicality on the altar of style – yet the resulting pain is worth it, says Peter Tomalin

A loisa Ruf

The youngest member of Pfaffenhausen’s first family of high performance is marrying her artistic talent with her restoration skills – and has exciting plans for Ruf ’s future

THE ART OF UNDERSTATEMENT

Bristol custodian Tony Crook himself ran this first-of-the-line 408. Now Octane drives it in Australia’s Hunter Valley wine region

BRISTOL IS DEAD – LONG LIVE BRISTOL!

Jason Wharton has dedicated the past five years to bringing back the great British marque

ANNIVERSARY WALTZ

To mark the 35th anniversary of the sports car’s second coming, Matthew Hayward drives four generations of Mazda’s MX-5the length of Britain… on sustainable fuel

DREAM SYNDICATES

Fractional ownership is all the rage in the classic car world – and other alternative investment markets – but what is it and how does it work? Paul Griffin investigates

WOOD YA BELIEVE IT?

Bought in a rural auction almost 40 years ago and never restored, this rare Woodie was originally owned by speed record-breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell