The spice of life

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

Why wait? Maximum driving fun can be yours from as little as £5k – go on, treat yourself this summer!

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR THE AVERAGE enthusiast in 2025. Cheap hot hatches have pretty much died out, affordable sports coupes are no more and everything that’s left seems to be getting ludicrously expensi

ASKING £9450 PRICE ENGINE 767cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 25bhp@4800rpm ...

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the