Octane

Octane is a premium monthly magazine celebrating over 100 years of automotive design, from classic Bentleys to the latest BMW. We have been at the heart of the motoring industry for seventeen years, so we know our stuff when it comes to classic cars. Written by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, the magazine captures the exclusivity and excitement of the classic car world so you can experience it all wherever you are.

Ups, downs and a hillclimb

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Natural territory • Robert Coucher cruises West London haunts in a perfect Jaguar XJ6

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Now’s the time to nominate your historic heroes! • Help the stars of the classic car world receive the honours they deserve in London this November

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THE CATEGORIES

TRAGIC BLAZE AT BICESTER MOTION

First motor show revived

The Collector Jay Leno • Taking a pragmatic view in a divided world

Celebrating the very best of the classic and collector car world • Sign up today to experience the in-depth writing, stunning imagery and award winning design on the cars, people and stories that really matter

The Legend Derek Bell • Lamenting the loss of a unique rally co-driver

The Aesthete Stephen Bayley • The next level of personal transportation questions its very necessity

The Driver Robert Coucher • Moving with the times, yet still enjoying past glories

Why miles bring smiles

OUT OF THE SHADOWS • As the Ferrari F50 hits a significant anniversary, James Elliott pits the Fanny Mendelssohn of motoring against its Felix

THE FERRARI BLOODLINE

THE ‘WHAT IF’ VERSIONS • Though the F40 and F50 were resolutely developed as road cars, there were also racing plans

F40 OR F50? AN OWNER DECIDES • Which is best? Karim Said has long-term experience with both

THE MASERATI FOR LEARNER DRIVERS • This remarkably well-preserved 1956 Maserati 200 S starred with Toulo de Graffenried on the track before a career at Scuderia Centro Sud’s racing school. Massimo Delbò charts its extraordinary history

SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF • It’s 70 years since Citroën’s long-awaited ‘Voiture à Grande Diffusion’ debuted an innovative suspension system – setting a standard for the three generations that followed

THE OTHER HYDRO CITROËNS • Those luxury saloons didn’t have the monopoly on ride comfort – or weirdness

TO MONGOLIA THE HARD WAY • You have three months to travel nearly 20,000km and cross a little-known Asian wilderness. A pair of Soviet military amphibious vehicles should do the trick

PLAYTIME IS OVER! • A road-legal 85%-scale electric ‘Blower’ Bentley has hit the streets…

PARTY 7 • As Jaguar prepares for a bold step into the future, Octane celebrates the F-type Project 7, a thrilling sports car that draws on the marque’s Le Mans heritage

EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING • This official continuation actually improves on the greatest Ford Escort ever made. Both their stories are as unlikely as they are fascinating

Pete Brock • This engineer, designer and racer is best known for the Shelby Daytona Coupe but there is so much more to his life and career – from hot rods to hang gliders

Age of Innocenti • For a brief spell in the 1960s, an Italian company built a distinctly Continental-looking coupé based on unlikely British underpinnings. Glen Waddington discovers the Innocenti C

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