In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Octane UK

• Ignition
  EVENTS + NEWS + OPINION
• BOOK NOW!
  Secure your place; make travel plans
• Bugatti goes bespoke
  New Solitaire programme to be launched with one-off Brouillard
• Top judges sign up for Awards
  Now is the time both to nominate for the IHMAs and to reserve your table
• Jay Leno
  Is it a racing car? A Mustang? Could be both…
• Derek Bell
  Honouring a life lived at high speed
• Stephen Bayley
  How Italian beauty was born in hard times
• Robert Coucher
  Remembering a very special track test with Rowan Atkinson
• THE POWER AND THE GLORY
  Our man drove the Earth-shattering Bugatti Veyron when it was launched, so who better to revisit this very special example two decades on?
• COLLECTABLE FROM THE OFF
  Even at its low point, the Veyron was a record-breaker
• MYTH & MAGIC
  Which is which and what’s important about all the Veyron editions
• Damon Hill
  What it’s like to race with Senna and against Schumacher, to become the 1996 Formula 1 World Champion, and to have lost your racing hero father at a young age
• BACK TO LIFE
  With the unique original seemingly confined to obscurity, Octane tests a perfect replica of the works Lotus Seven racer – along with the driver who moulded its reputation
• UNDER PRESSURE
  As Mercedes-Benz braved a new era, so its supercharged 680S tourer faced a rarefied audience. Massimo Delbò is powerfully persuaded
• Only the brave
  Buying a 37-year-old Lancia Delta HF Turbo sight-unseen from Bologna might seem reckless to some, but how about then driving it straight back to the UK via the Alps?
• TO BE TRANSPARENT
  Is the history of your classic car what you think it is? Welcome to a new era in combatting fraud
• CERTIFIED AND ANCIENT
  How to prove your car really is what the factory built
• SANG-FROID VERSUS TRUE BRIT
  Facel Vega takes on Gordon-Keeble. Is it a case of ‘sacré bleu’ or ‘by Jove’? Robert Coucher is our GT judge
• DEMOCRATISATION OF THE GT
  Once the preserve of the few, Facel Vega and Gordon-Keeble are becoming more attainable
• RUBBER UP
  It’s 100 years since the first Goodyear blimp took to the skies. Octane takes a celebratory flight
• Magic Bus
  The Ferrari 365, 400 and 412 series are often overlooked – but they were always a rock star’s model of choice
• Marathon man
  1965 Triumph 2.5 PI
• OCTANE’S FLEET
  These are the cars – and ’bikes – run by Octane’s staff and contributors
• A new dawn
  1934 Sunbeam 25
• Window of opportunity
  1999 Porsche Boxster
• Rubber souls
  1967 Mercedes 230 and 1982 500SL
• Via Roma to Le Mans
  2025 Ferrari Roma Spider
• Ocean drive
  2024 Volkswagen California Ocean
• Graham Warner
  Formula 1 entrant and the man behind The Chequered Flag sports car emporium
• The MGM lion
  A roaring mainstay from the dawn of Hollywood to the present day
• Motor mania
  The manual-winding Unitas 6497 is an engine for the wrist that robustly transcends snobbery
• Kemmner Mechanik
  An excellent and cheap way to wear a Unitas 6497 on your wrist
• Ford Escort and Bugatti Veyron smash UK records
  Interesting month for UK sales, with some exciting Bonhams and Historics results
• The power of the silver screen
  Starring in a film can push a car’s value through the roof – but the eras are shifting forwards
• White wonder
  Mecum, Monterey, USA 6-18 January 2026
• A living Anglo-American legend
  Bonhams, Goodwood, UK 13 Sep
• Ferrari Testarossa
  There’s a special place in every Gen X heart for the Miami Vice legend
• 2011 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
  POA from Girardo & Co, Oxfordshire, UK
• Porsche 968
  Porsche’s swansong front-engined sports car was also one of its best
• Mario Isola
  Motorsport director at Pirelli and volunteer ambulance driver