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Porsche: the great debate

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British muscle • How Aston Martin redefined its appeal with the gloriously overstated V8 Vantage

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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

Sunbeam roars towards a return to Daytona Beach • Land Speed Record car is halfway through the huge project to relive its glory days

PRICELESS BERNIE ECCLESTONE F1 COLLECTION BOUGHT AS A JOB LOT

Morgan reveals Supersport

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

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

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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

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

AUGUST ACHLEITNER • The evolution of an icon: Mr 911 reveals all

WHAT PRICE THE LEGENDARY RS 2.7? • John Mayhead on the ups, downs and ups of Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 values

FORCED AIR • As for the 911 Turbos…

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

Aloisa 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-5 the 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

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