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Classic & Sports Car • SEPTEMBER 2025 • VOLUME 44, NO6

END OF AN ERA? • The Our classics equipe saddled up in early July for a final pilgrimage to the brilliant Le Mans Classic in its biennial form, before the entry splits for annual outings from next year

C&SC FAVOURITES: COMPETITORS

C&SC FAVOURITES: THE READER RUN

YOUTH OVER EXPERIENCE

LMC 2025 RACE RESULTS

F1 IS CENTRE STAGEATFoS

C&SC’s FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Classic Nostalgia wows Shelsley Walsh crowds

Sunbeam shines at Heveningham Concours

Club concours makes successful Surrey debut

Abingdon works memories revived

From the archives

CHEVY MASTERS EPICRALLY

Variety spices up the championship for well-travelled Clubmans crews

Alfa Romeo dominates Mille Miglia retrospective

Retro racer hordes dazzle at Thruxton

Argyll Rally is a Tarmac treat

Paddock profile

RARE BENZ LEADS EIGHT-CAR HAUL

MOKE IS A TIME CAPSULE

MAGNIFICENT MINX RARITY

FIRST HRG IS ALMOST FINISHED

TRACING AN ODD TRIUMPH’S HISTORY

RESTORED MINI READY TO ROLL

JILTED JUPITER RESURFACES

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ROMAIN HUGAULT • Cars and aircraft come together in nostalgic style for this comic-book illustrator’s popular work

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Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

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AVANT-GARDE AVANTI • Studebaker’s ’60s style statement is perfect for a tour of Palm Springs

ARCHIVE

Surrey’s speed king • When John Coombs brought his competition expertise to the road, it resulted in some of the most exclusive Jaguars of the 1960s

FRIENDS REUNITED: A COOMBS CONGREGATION

First - and only • This uniquely bodied Jaguar SS100 won Goodwood’s first motor race in the hands of its creator. Now revived, it’s back at the circuit where it starred

ThunderCats • The Jaguar XJ220 had a famously troubled gestation, but the 200mph supercar’s limelight was almost stolen by an in-house skunkworks rival. How does the XJR-15 measure up?

EYES ON THE PRIZE: WINNER’S XJR-S

SMALL WONDER • First owned by a racing double agent, this diminutive Fiat 508S proved to be a true giant-killer across a long and successful career

MY WEEK IN CARS

“Why I survived, I have no idea. It’s just luck and circumstances” • Thierry Boutsen reflects on a career that mixed success with some huge crashes at the highest levels of single-seater and sports-car racing

BERTONE’S HYBRID SAVIOUR • An Anglophile American and the MG TD were unlikely catalysts for an upturn in Bertone’s fortunes, and the Arnolt-MG was the result

WACKY ARNOLTS

On the verge of greatness • Monteverdi never quite made the mark its founder intended, but its early cars had rare appeal – as this immaculate 375L reveals

Anthem for the Phantom • The Phantom name has represented the pinnacle of Rolls-Royce for 100 years, appealing to royals, celebrities and despots in equal...