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COMING UP… • A guide to what’s left of this year, and some dates to circle on the first pages of your 2024 calendar

The fight for our future begins now • Legislation could jeopardise the classic car industry; experts debate the way forward

NEWS FEED

Genevieve stars on L to B • Veteran Car Run welcomes the famous Darracq and Spyker

Burkard Bovensiepen b.1936

Mini mad • JLR Classic marketing and PR manager Alistair Sommerville’s dream Mini

Proper dials

John Marcar • Motoring presenter, producer and host of the Driven Chat podcast and radio show on talkSPORT

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

188mph on the M1

Beauty MORE THAN BEAST • Porsche’s Carrera GTS marked a return to sports car racing that would define its approach to motorsport for decades to follow. Matthew Hayward discovers a car as competitive as it was gorgeous

INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE • The all-carbonfibre Jaguar XJR-15 was Tom Walkinshaw’s vision of what the XJ220 should have been. James Elliott has a rare drive of a pioneering British hypercar

RUN TO THE SUN • Hugging Portugal’s Atlantic coast, The Founders’ Run commemorates the country’s long association with motorsport. Glen Waddington drives a 1920 Rolls-Royce – in all kinds of weather

The non-conformist • The 1953 Kurtis Sorrell SR-100 broke with American trends and continues to stun – as a class win at Pebble Beach testifies. Raffi Minasian is your guide

THE GENTLEMAN’S SUPERCAR • In a bold move, Maserati launched the refined Bora into a market replete with thuggish mid-engined heroes. Richard Heseltine says it’s a non-conformist worth treasuring

David Jack • The founder of Aston Engineering recalls a career that began with Robin Hamilton and included a memorable Le Mans outing

LUXURY AND POWER • With the 1961 300G, Chrysler’s legendary 300 ‘letter series’ performance coupes hit their peak. Mark Dixon shatters the peace of Palm Springs

PRESENTS FOR THE PASSIONATE

THE HISTORIC MOTORING Awards 2023 • The judges have spoken: here are the winners of the thirteenth Historic Motoring Awards, the most prestigious event to celebrate the entire classic car world

THE HISTORIC MOTORING AWARDS 2023 • WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

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OCTANE’S FLEET • These are the cars – and ’bikes – run by Octane’s staff and contributors

OTHER NEWS

OVERDRIVE • Other interesting cars we’ve been driving

Claus Luthe • Away from creating the revolutionary Ro80, the German designer had a troubled life

BlackBerry • It ruled the globe for more than five years at the dawn of the new millennium

Movementofthe people • The Lemania 5100’s only crime was not being elitist enough

Omega Dynamic Chronograph • The wristwatch equivalent of an undersquare engine. Nearly…

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3 ISSUES FOR JUST £5

Pre-war stars bring in £2.9m • Golden Age of Motoring sale celebrates vintage and veteran stars

TOP 10 PRICES OCTOBER 2023

1993 Volvo 240 Classic • Hagerty Marketplace online auction

AUCTION TRACKER PORSCHE 928 GTS

It’s a‘Gullwing’, but not as we know it • RM Sotheby’s, Munich, Germany 25 November

Definitely raced and rallied • H&H, Buxton, Derbyshire 29...