George Flowerday’s fondness for the BMW M5 has its roots in childhood when his dad owned an E39-generation 523i. “When the M5 version came out in 1998 – I can only have been six – I got the brochure a

A NEW CONCOURS is set to take the classic scene by storm this summer. The Concours des Légendes will feature sensational cars and their owners, and uniquely will bring to life their stories over a wee

THE CLASSIC CAR world sometimes behaves as if Friedhelm Loh has come out of nowhere, an unheard-of collector who has burst onto the scene since Covid, waving around wads of cash and buying up all the

I HAVE HAD a subscription to Octane for over 20 years, but I read with even more pleasure than usual your feature on driving a Lancia Lambda to Varallo in North Italy. It brought back many marvellous

The ‘Beige Beast’ has become the pride of ...

I trooped off to the year’s first Bicester Scramble with the rest of the sell-out crowd, to enjoy (among other highlights) a huge display of TWR road and racing cars, gathered to commemorate 50 years