Black flags and red mist

The XJR-9 did the impossible in the 1980s, delivering Jaguar its first Le Mans win since the D-type of the 1950s. We re-live the memories – and get to see what it’s actually like to drive on the track

IN A WORLD OF EVER-TIGHTER REGULATION, THE comparative lack of regulations when it comes to bespoke-built hill climb cars is one of the sport’s main attractions. That and the utterly staggering speeds

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

To many onlookers, the battle-scarred pea green Willment sportscar at the back of the eclectic Historic Sports Car Club Griffiths Haig Trophy races at Silverstone at the end of May might have been ove

The classics you love, drive and restore

I wonder if any readers recall, or attended, the British Leyland Special Tuning Day at Mallory Park in June 1972. The idea was to showcase the Special Tuning performance upgrades, as well as some more