A great drive in any car

WHAT A PLEASURE to see the Ferrari 412 featured so comprehensively in Octane 268. I have owned a black manual 412 for the past 13 years – the actual cover car from Fast Lane magazine’s March 1988 issu

I loved Martin Buckley’s piece about his Mamod Roadster (Backfire, July). Martin is always my go-to when I get a new magazine delivered, but enough sycophancy… It rang a bell with me when Martin menti

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

The exquisitely detailed 1927 Rolls-Royce ‘Phantom of Love’ captured Best in Show at the Concours of Elegance, held at Hampton Court Palace from 5-7 September. Commissioned by Woolworth’s financial di

EMAIL O F THE MONTH The clue is ...

I don’t know if it’s just me, but looking at the photograph of the selection of Formula 1 cars from across the years gathered on the track at Silverstone in August, as shown across pages eight and nin