Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine. It defined the world of classic motoring 40 years ago and still does it today. Every issue is put together by our team of classic car experts and enthusiasts. Using the best expert writing and photography, the magazine helps you experience what it's like to drive, keep and restore the classic cars of days gone by. We bring the stories and people behind the cars to life - showing you how to buy, keep and enjoy your cars. Every issue of Classic Cars is packed with: - Road tests - Drive stories - Expert buying advice - News and events coverage Classic Cars is the original classic car magazine.
Welcome • As the classic desirability world order moves on, it’s time to focus our attention on the next generations of appealing cars, if we want help with our man maths
‘One second, you’re going 35mph, the next you’re hitting 70’ • More than 40 years after a Chevrolet Corvette first shimmered past him, Gordon Sharp finally gets behind the wheel of a C3 Collector Edition to discover whether reality can match the dream
Which Lambo is the next Miura? • From candidates of various eras, the rarest, fastest Diablos are rising to the top
Records galore at Amelia Island • Florida remains go-to location for new crazy-money supercar and hypercar highs
Market indicators • Bargain classic curvaceous Brits, a maxi-priced Mini, and a pair of soaring Eighties and Nineties supercars
PRICE GUIDE MOVERS
Will DB3S match its 2014 price? • Owned by the Forshaw brothers, chassis 111 was modelled for two reproductions
Pre-war classics boosted by club plans • New ideas encourage involvement of younger classic drivers
Forecourt View
IN THE TRADE
Buried treasure at the NEC • Barn finds galore at the 2026 Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show
Bathurst warriors hit GP tarmac • Touring-car legends battle on former Australian Grand Prix cicuit at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival
April-June highlights • Summer dawns with concours lawns
NY find gives up rare treasures • Ferrari, Bugatti, Porsche, Morgan and more classics in stunning US discovery
Ready, steady, drive! • Dust off your classic car and hit the open road this spring. Every issue of Classic Cars magazine delivers the most inspirational stories of pursuing, owning, driving, restoring and living with outstanding cars of the past.
INTERCEPTOR & FF AT 60 • Recapturing its heyday in an original Jensen press car
Mark of an enthusiast
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JULIAN THOMSON • To design cars, you don’t have to be passionate about the marque you are designing for. It can be as easy as following your desire and finding inspiration
ALEX RILEY • Originality helps define the drive of any classic, and sometimes, a dream car just doesn’t live up to your expectations. You choose whether to accept that…
SMART BUYS 2026 • We’ve tracked the trends and crunched the numbers to reveal our top tips for the five best classic car buys in 2026. Tempted? Time to snap one up before the rest of the market wakes up
SPOILT FOR CHOICE • Which other smart buys would we put our money on? Here, the Classic Cars team reveal five more classic alternatives that are just behind the market
Silent Witness • Originally owned by Stephen Ward, this Jaguar XK150 was present for the Profumo scandal, one that changed Britain forever. We drive it, and unravel its secrets
‘Preserving such a unique and historic car was a challenge’ • A stalled restoration, Colin Chapman’s unique engineering and some Le Mans history presented this rare Lotus 15 as a testing restoration. Could originality be maintained and the car be returned to competition standard?
LIFE STORY OF A VW Type...