In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Octane UK

• BOOK NOW!
  Some of these events may seem a long way off, but you need to secure your place and travel plans now to take part
• Sunbeam roars towards a return to Daytona Beach
  Land Speed Record car is halfway through the huge project to relive its glory days
• New Middle East concours to take place in Bahrain
  Thorough Events has royal patronage for a golf course-based concours plus tours and cultural events in November this year
• Italian concours takes shape
  Great cars and events are rapidly being added to the line-up for the inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma this spring
• The Collector Jay Leno
  How to end up with three icons in your garage
• The Legend Derek Bell
  A Miami event provokes some very British thoughts
• The Aesthete Stephen Bayley
  Can Fiat survive the mediocrity of Stellantis?
• The Driver Robert Coucher
  Why restomods are the greenest cars around
• AIR WATER VERSUS
  Never has a method of engine cooling been so divisive as in the world of the Porsche 911. But is there any contest? Octane pits one type against the other
• AUGUST ACHLEITNER
  The evolution of an icon: Mr 911 reveals all
• WHAT PRICE THE LEGENDARY RS 2.7?
  John Mayhead on the ups, downs and ups of Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 values
• FORCED AIR
  As for the 911 Turbos…
• The pursuit of perfection
  Bugatti typified the car as artform, and never more consummately than with the Type 35. Richard Heseltine celebrates a milestone from a century ago
• › IN SPACE › NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU › LAUGH.
  Of course, we realise exploring another world was no mere giggle. But the Lunar Rovers were nonetheless an entertaining invention, as Elliott Hughes discovers
• In the name of beauty
  For the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale, coachbuilder Bertone sacrificed practicality on the altar of style – yet the resulting pain is worth it, says Peter Tomalin
• Aloisa Ruf
  The youngest member of Pfaffenhausen’s first family of high performance is marrying her artistic talent with her restoration skills – and has exciting plans for Ruf’s future
• THE ART OF UNDERSTATEMENT
  Bristol custodian Tony Crook himself ran this first-of-the-line 408. Now Octane drives it in Australia’s Hunter Valley wine region
• BRISTOL IS DEAD – LONG LIVE BRISTOL!
  Jason Wharton has dedicated the past five years to bringing back the great British marque
• ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
  To mark the 35th anniversary of the sports car’s second coming, Matthew Hayward drives four generations of Mazda’s MX-5 the length of Britain… on sustainable fuel
• DREAM SYNDICATES
  Fractional ownership is all the rage in the classic car world – and other alternative investment markets – but what is it and how does it work? Paul Griffin investigates
• WOOD YA BELIEVE IT?
  Bought in a rural auction almost 40 years ago and never restored, this rare Woodie was originally owned by speed record-breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell
• Octane Cars
  The trials and tribulations of the cars we live with Ready, set – no go
• Overdrive
  Other interesting cars we’ve been driving [Reordering Error] - [72.7319, 353.571, 345.912, 323.571]
• Bob Anderson
  A privateer who lost his life when on the verge of the big break he had always yearned for
• Gearbox
  Car designer behind the McLaren P1 and Lanzante’s Project 95-59. Also an artist…
• Selling Guinness
  Some might say that the Marmite of beers needed ingenious advertising to tempt anyone to try it; others needed no persuasion
• A masterpiece fit for a queen
  Breguet’s Marie Antoinette is not only the greatest watch ever, it is the most storied, too
• Asterix watch – Chronofixe
  An accessible work from Romaric André. By Toutatis!
• Amelia and ModaMiami auctions total over $200m
  $13.2m Ford GT40 at RM Sotheby’s sale leads healthy Spring Florida auction figures
• Spring 2025: whither the market?
  We expected last year’s big elections to bring economic certainty and stability, but instead we seem to be in a phase of global financial chaos – how is the classic car market coping?
• Short and sweet
  Broad Arrow Auctions, Lake Como, Italy 25 May
• One of a kind
  Bonhams, Goodwood, UK 13 April, cars.bonhams.com
• Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
  What price a rally-winner that started as a show-car and resulted in a road-going rarity?
• Dodge Viper
  The ‘modern-day Cobra’ is powered by an 8.0-litre V10, and is still surprising value
• Matteo Gentile
  The head of design at Touring Superleggera, whose path to Milanese coachbuilding started with a Brit supercar