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‘They set new standards for a class that had been an arena for punishing cars supplying hard-earned rewards’
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Contents
NEWS 6 The big picture 12 Best of 2022 18 News & events 25 Sport 28 Lost & found
REVIEWS 34 Motoring art Heidi Mraz 37 Books 41 Models 42 Garage gear
COMMENT 45 Mick Walsh From the cockpit 47 Simon Taylor Full throttle 49 Martin Buckley Backfire 51 Letters 53 Next month
FEATURES 80 Everyman supercars The Lamborghini Jalpa, Lotus Esprit Turbo and Ferrari 328 were mid-engined marvels for which no excuses had to be made 90 Ferrari for the school run Sbarro Super eight: the hatchback that’s more supercar than supermarket trolley 96 Sizzling in Paris Martin Buckley takes a midnight tour of the French capital by Bugatti T57S Atalante 104 Elisabeth Junek remembered A racing pioneer who had the men rattled
110 Epic AEC Regent restoration Typical, you wait ages for one engine rebuild, then three come along… 116 Shooting brake for the masses The survival story of the rare Austin A70
Hereford, an affordable post-war woodie 122 Surf’s up, UK-style Proof positive that California doesn’t have a monopoly on timber-clad station wagons 124 Silverstone’s shrine to racing A Formula One geek’s guide to the longawaited national museum for motorsport 130 Jaguar vs Vanden Plas Unlikely rivals, perhaps, but the S-type 3.4 and 4 litre R were priced to do battle 138 Another Mini adventure The behind-the-scenes tale of the BMC
baby’s on-screen antics in Amsterdam
CLASSIC LIFE 146 Our classics 152 Your classic Ford V8 Super Deluxe 155 Also in my garage
MARKETPLACETHE
158 Trade news 162 The specialist 164 Buyer’s guide Land Rover Discovery 173 Classified picks
202 Future classic Bentley Flying Spur
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