The Octane interview: Riccardo Patrese James Elliott meets Riccardo Patrese, one of Formula 1’s most enduring competitors – a veteran of 256 Grands Prix and a driver who consistently kept Ayrton Senna on his toes.
Interview: bringing new blood into historic racing As Motor Racing Legends launches its innovative Generations Trophy single-marque race series (click here for details of the series and its first …
Lotus Elan 26R Shapecraft – Shape Shifter Only three genuine Lotus Elan 26Rs were given the Shapecraft aerodynamic treatment. This little beauty is one of them
Ferrari Testarossa – Daily driving a supercar legend in London You don’t have to be nuts to run a Ferrari Testarossa in London every day, but it helps – as does the car being a later variant, re-coloured in Nocciola
Ralph Lauren Tour d’Elegance – driving an Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato 1600 in Japan James Elliott joins an exclusive Japanese classic tour in an exquisite Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato 1600
Iso Grifo Convertible – Lifting the lid on a mystery If you have ever seen an Iso Grifo in profile, you will almost certainly have asked yourself what it could have been like as a convertible. Here’s the answer.
AC Cobra Mk1 – rebirth of an icon The Mk1 Shelby Cobra combines understated barchetta looks with brawny V8 muscle, here’s how you sympathetically restore an unusually original survivor
Renault 5 Turbo – Rough diamond Homologation specials were nothing new in 1980, but few had turned a shopping car into such a beast, or transformed it so thoroughly in the process
Jaguar XJR-15 – the first hypercar The all-carbonfibre Jaguar XJR-15 was Tom Walkinshaw’s vision of what the XJ220 should have been
Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 – Dutch courage Steer around the company’s troubled history and the visual onslaught and the Spyker is a fine car – just not the car you thought it was
Marcos 1600GT: We drive The Saint’s silver screen star As The Saint, Roger Moore made a certain Volvo famous. But this Marcos 1600GT screamed into shot in 1969, and now it’s back in the limelight
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona – purple reign The engine may be at the wrong end for some, but the Ferrari Daytona was the company’s first supercar – here’s how one should be used
