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Contents
NEWS The big picture
Days of Elegance 2022
News&events
Sport
Lost&found
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REVIEWS Motoring art Katie Hounsome
Books
Models
Garage gear
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COMMENT Mick Walsh From the cockpit
Simon Taylor Full throttle
Martin Buckley Backfire
Letters
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FEATURES BORN FOR THE USA
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Inspired by America’sweekend racers, the Porsche 356 Speedster siredadynasty of exclusive, sun-seeking sports cars THE PEOPLE’S SPEEDSTER 88 Delving into the history of the rare VW Dannenhauer&Stauss Sportkabriolett FAMILY-FRIENDLYFERRARI 94 Once seen asapoor relation, the 2+2 250GTE nowhasadedicated following
TOPOFTHE FLOPS
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Martin Buckleycounts down the best of the worst from America’s‘malaise era’ REV-HAPPYREUNION 108 Celebrating the joyofthe redline, with Honda’sCivic, Accord and IntegraType R INAHERO’S WHEELTRACKS 118 Mick Walsh samplesaFrazer Nash TT Replica owned byafearless wartime flyer GLASMENAGERIE 126 Driving the final products of Hans Glas GMbH as it came under BMW’scontrol ALOTUS LEGEND SPEAKS 132 Paul Matty reflects to Steve Cropleyon 46 years of supporting the Hethel marque THE MINI GROWS UP 136 The badge-engineered extended family of AlexIssigonis’ pioneering ADO16
LIVING WITH CLASSICS Our classics 146 Your classic Sunbeam Tiger 155 Also in my garage 157 The specialist 158
BUYING AND SELLING The marketplace
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Buyer’sguide Citroën BX
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Classified picks from 173
Futureclassic PorscheBoxster25 202
‘Inspiring real confidence, it covers ground quickly and without fuss’
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