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NEWS 4 Thebig picture 10 C&SC ’s 2023 highlights 16 News&events 20 Sport 24 Lost&found
REVIEWS 30 Motoringart John Doherty 33 Books 37 Models 38 Garage gear
COMMENT 43 Mick Walsh From the cockpit 45 Simon Taylor Full throttle 47 Martin Buckley Backfire 49 Letters 51 Next month
FEATURES 74 CotY at 60
Former winners from six decadesofthe European Car of the Year competition come together to find the best of the best 100 Bentleypioneer reborn
Thesensational Corniche is back on the road, and Martin Buckleyisfirsttodriveit 106 Soft-tops and robbers
In the 1960s, the police got serious about speedingwith MG and Daimler sports cars
112 Stuttgart’sforgotten hero
Remembering–and driving–the glorious, mould-breaking718 W-RS sports-racer 120 Gettingthe wagonrolling
Howa smallSurrey coachbuilder prompted Ford to startbuildingits ownestate cars 126 Hethel’sfront-drivefamily
All the Elan M100s: Lotus’turbocharged SE and revived S2, plus Kia’s reinvention 134 Open forbusiness
Bertone’s little-known AlfaGiuliettaSpider 138 Topten dedicated followers
What happens when cars and couture collide 142 Remarkable Tigerfeat
Julian Balme reports onareunion of three works Sunbeams on the RallyeMonte-Carlo
CLASSIC LIFE 150 Ourclassics 155 Your classic AstonMartin DB6 157 Also in my garage
MARKETPLACETHE
162 Trade news 166 The specialist 168 Buyer’sguide Renault Avantime 175 Classified picks
202 Future classic Porsche 911Dakar
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