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25 Classic cars escape Trump’s 25% tariff… • …but carmakers face turmoil and parts businesses are left in limbo

McLAREN, ASTON MARTIN AND MORE GIVEN AN EASIER RIDE AFTER 2030

Murray takes centre stage

German museum puts on sensational Grand Prix show • Legendary single-seaters star at The Loh Collection museum

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The Collector Jay Leno • The complexities of restoring your Lamborghini Countach

The Legend Derek Bell • Reflecting on a lifetime of competitive connections

The Aesthete Stephen Bayley • Ask any Bristol nut: it’s all down to the way they smell

The Driver Robert Coucher • The unique selling points of the great British marques

Building a better Bristol

VANTAGE POINT • From ignominious beginnings via Britain’s fastest car to a dream ownership the Aston Martin V8 has finally found its place in history

MUSCLE TONE • Stephen Bayley muses on the cultural rehabilitation of the Aston Martin V8

ALL THE V8s A SPOTTERS’ GUIDE • From stop-gap DBS to flight-of-fancy Zagato via the four-door Lagonda and more

TO VICTOR, THE SPOILS • Oil exec Victor Gauntlett oversaw Aston Martin’s V8 revival during the 1980s

THE CELEBRITY CHOICE • Rowan Atkinson on the Aston Martin V8s that have shared his life

WHAT PRICE BRITISH BEEF?

GOING UNDER COVER • Most think of the Alfa Romeo 6C as a roadster, but one collector prefers his in more understated fixed-head form. Massimo Delbò investigates

WIDE BOY • Few cars sum up the early 1990s like the Renault 5 Turbo – but Dimma’s wide-body version took things a stage further, as Matthew Hayward recalls

STILL CRAZY AFTER 45 YEARS… • Renault has created a baby electric supercar – to go on limited sale in 2027

BANGED UP FOR 56 YEARS • Stored in lock-ups since 1969 and only recently brought to light, this ‘lost’ AC Aceca has Monte Carlo Rally and Tour de France history. Mark Dixon investigates

RACING RESULTS • The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has reopened following a $60m refit. David Lillywhite is our guide

HARD WORKS • Lancia’s delicate-looking Fulvia coupé kicked off decades of rallying dominance for the marque. Richard Heseltine drives a rare works survivor

Bob Lutz • From BMW’s 3-Series to landmark aero Fords and the brutal Dodge Viper, few automotive bosses have been more influential than this Swiss-born American veteran

WHEN THE GODS ARE SMILING • Heaven is a winding Greek road and a collection of RS Porsches, as Robert Coucher finds out

A twist in the tail

OCTANE’S FLEET • These are the cars – and ’bikes – run by Octane’s staff and contributors

Coffee and carbs

An unusually long-term affair

Scoring a fix or two

Sunbeam shines forth

OTHER NEWS

Pocket rocket reloaded

Eugene Bordinat • A car enthusiast from childhood, and an unsung hero from Ford’s golden era of styling

Jonny Ambrose • Automobile artist, co-founder of a videogame studio making Guitar Hero Live, and creator of Mille Miglia trophies shows his favourite things

Liberty & Co • A style leader, housed in a building that was ironically old-fashioned

Don’t believe the nay-sayers • Time to bust a few myths...