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.

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Giugiaro special! • The iconic road cars, his most celebrated concepts – and a full interview with the man himself

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Ignition • EVENTS + NEWS + OPINION

Dates for your diary

BOOK NOW! • Secure your place; make travel plans

Awards shortlists announced • Judges for this year’s International Historic Motoring Awards will choose between these contenders

VOTE FOR CAR OF THE YEAR!

London Motor Week looms

American gems head to Middle East • Rarities set to pack US class at royally backed Bahrain concours

Beauty in the beast

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Jay Leno • The one about the bargain Mustang that eats Porsches

Derek Bell • Recalling the glory years of Formula 2

Stephen Bayley • Good design is all about the way it smells

Robert Coucher • Why the default answer shouldn’t always be ‘911’

The latest Bentley boys

LOW FLYING • When a customer challenged Eagle to build a sub-1000kg race-inspired road car, it kicked off an obsessive weight-saving drive that’s resulted in one of the greatest E-types we’ve ever driven

THE EAGLES THAT LANDED • The Lightweight GTR is the latest in a line of very special reimagined E-types

The language of loveliness • Whether described in English, French or Italian, the Talbot-Lago Teardrop is the most remarkable expression of Style Moderne, as Stephen Bayley explains

BEYOUND THE OBVIOUS • Porsche’s 912 was lighter and more nimble than the earliest 911s. KAMM’s fully carbon-panelled 912c takes that to the extreme – with double the power

ACE PLACE • Andrew English joins devotees for the latest reunion at London’s most prominent motorcycling landmark, the Ace Cafe

THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR • An ambition to race at Le Mans a quarter of a century ago lives on. This is the story of the Lindsay LMP2 675

The road to Pebble Beach • Not only was this 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Atalante restored just in time for this year’s Pebble Beach Concours, it drove there too – from 4000 miles away

Max Verstappen • Octane meets the reigning Formula 1 World Champion, and finds out what it takes to achieve that status four seasons in a row

BEAUTY (RE)INCARNATE • An Alfa Romeo T33 Stradale tribute worthy of the name: Octane – exclusively – is first to drive the Automotive Artisans R33

FRIENDS OF DOROTHY • Ernie Nagamatsu offers an enlightening US perspective on the birth, death and surprising California afterlife of the Swallow Doretti – while exercising his own example

Paying the Porsche tax • 2007 Porsche 997 GT3

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

Fuelling the passion • 1971 Saab 96 V4

Capable centenarian • 1924 Sunbeam 14/40

Goodbye, sunshine • 1989 BMW 320i Convertible

OTHER NEWS

Theory of relativity • 1970 Porsche 914-6 and 2002 Porsche Boxster S

Frank Costin • A short attention span and a disdain for cars couldn’t quell the leftfield output of this genius aerodynamacist

Miles Collier • Car enthusiast and collector, artist, investor and philanthropist who founded Revs Institute in Florida in 2008 to further study into the...