Octane cars

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

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

The classics you love, drive and restore

Mike’s Jag hadn’t turned a wheel for months and needed a degree of fettling to get it back on the road. First job – a long overdue new set of tyres…

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