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1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

August’s Silverstone Festival will play host to a massive 50th birthday bash for the Lotus Esprit – we drive each generation to get a sense of what makes this sports car so special

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF V6 TURBOS Those of a certain vintage may lament that the Red Bull Ring succeeded the fast and flowing Osterreichring stapled to the Styrian foothills, but the Aus

To suggest there was an inevitability to Porsche’s 911 S/T scoring full marks in its Autocar road test is to underplay how hard and rare it is for any car to be awarded all five stars. But sometimes y

1971 Holden Monaro GTS Alastair Watson AUSTRALIA WAS NEVER a major car exporter and, when it did venture into overseas markets, it was usually to other right-hand-drive countries such as New Zealand a

During four decades of classic car enthusiasm, I’ve personally encountered only three real examples of a barn find: I recall a straw-filled barn (literally) at a Cornish farm we camped on as a child,