In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Octane UK

• BOOK NOW!
  Some of these events may seem a long way off, but you’ll need to secure your place now if you want to take part
• Salon Privé takes off with MotorAvia party
  How a slice of Monterey glamour landed at an airport in Oxford
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• Jay Leno
  Restoration: it’s all about knowing the right people
• Derek Bell
  Monterey evokes memories for Britain’s favourite endurance racer
• Stephen Bayley
  Ford isn’t stupid – but is the new Capri a mistake repeated?
• Robert Coucher
  ‘I could’ve been a contender!’ insists our man. Or maybe not…
• LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO vs AUDI R8 SUPERCARS
  As Lamborghini and Audi wave goodbye to V10 power, Octane looks back on two seminal supercars – both of which are now more affordable than ever before
• V10 TECH
  Engineering expert John Judd explains why V10s were in vogue
• A POWERHOUSE FOR EVERY OCCASION ENGINES FOR ALL
  Not only supercars, but GTs, saloons, estates, SUVs… even pick-ups
• FORMULA 1’S BEST-SOUNDING ERA IN RACING
  On grids packed with 3.5-litre engines of all kinds, the V10s ruled – then became mandatory. James Page explains all
• YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
  A ‘preservation class’ Bugatti Type 59 has broken the mould by winning the Pebble Beach Concours. This is its incredible back story
• PRESERVATION OR RESTORATION
  The Bugatti Type 59’s historic victory at Pebble Beach has prompted much discussion. Nathan Chadwick investigates
• THE STATE OF PLAY AFTER MONTEREY
  Will this year’s docile US auctions have ramifications for the entire classic car market? Rob Sass investigates
• A & Ω
  The Jensen FF was more motoring prophet than messiah, but this very early example and the very last one built encapsulate five years of trailblazing
• John Fitzpatrick
  From saloons to GTs, Britain to Bathurst and beyond, few have raced more globally – or more successfully
• A VERY SECRET SERVICE
  One man’s very personal ‘Bond DB5’ project was born out of Covid lockdown frustration.
• SALES REP BONUS
  Take a humble repmobile, fit a V8, go racing: that’s the story of South Africa’s Ford Sierra XR8, a car so entertaining that its creator retired with one
• THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
  Ferrari’s 250 Monza Spyder mixed lightweight bodywork with heavyweight power. Then this one took things a stage further
• Gamblin’ man
  2005 Maserati 4200GT Cambiocorsa
• Building a Baur-house
  1981 BMW 323i Baur Top Cabrio
• Ronnie Bucknum
  Rated in the US as a potential great and the spearhead of Honda’s Formula 1 assault, but early promise soon petered out
• Bauhaus chess set
  The famous art school wasn’t just steel chairs and nests of tables. Neither was it all an improvement on what went before
• Jump hour watches
  Thanks to over-complication and wayward timekeeping they have never quite caught on
• 1978 Vulcain Jump Hour
  Seemingly made from girders, this watch presents differently
• Top UK sales continue to struggle
  Following the flat Monterey sales, two major UK auctions fail to gain traction
• Market watch: summer 2024
  The post-Covid boom is definitely over, but that just means there are bargains out there to be snapped up, especially Brit classics
• Gallardo vs Audi R8 V10
  Can you afford to buy a great V10 Noughties supercar? Can you afford not to?
• 2006 Morgan Aero 8
  €138,500 from Thiesen, Hamburg, Germany
• Panhard 24 Coupé
  A futuristic French laboratory with push-me-pull-you aesthetics
• Craig Callum
  The British design manager at Hot Wheels whose ’70s Mini has been joined by hot rods in California