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• USA hypercar fever hits levels unseen since the 1990s
  After the latest raft of jaw-dropping records, are these prices triggered by world events, are they just an American thing – and could they be the omen of a coming crash? John Mayhead investigates
• Wilton’s roll-call of heroes
  Amazing stars and cars are lining up to join Concours des Légendes
• Fast and Furious expo
  New Petersen display gathers the famous cars from the film series
• Jay Leno
  A different take on the connection between time and speed
• Derek Bell
  The curse of travel – but the right destination can make it worthwhile
• Stephen Bayley
  Design is in a state of malaise. Is AI to blame?
• Robert Coucher
  Why simplicity is best in the era of cars as appliances
• 1990s BEST BUYS
  Demand for 1990s classics is booming, but which are the ones to go for? With help from market experts, we reveal all the winners
• FERRARI’S TURNING POINT
  Enzo might have considered road cars a necessary evil to fund racing, but, as Richard Heseltine finds with this 1951 Vignale-bodied 195 Inter, the result sublime
• THE OCTANE INTERVIEW Riccardo Patrese
  James Elliott meets one of F1’s longest-serving drivers, a veteran of 256 Grands Prix who kept Senna honest
• THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT
  Ford launched its ground-breaking Edsel as an exercise in psychology, but the public stayed away in droves. Has time been any kinder to it?
• THRILL OF THE CHILL
  A frozen lake in the Arctic and a fleet of suitably prepared Porsches. Where better to hone your power-sliding skills?
• FOR gentlemen & players
  Bugatti made its name in racing, but the Type 49 proved it could make a superb 1930s gentleman’s express, too
• Hardcore pawn
  Is a race-bred track star with impeccable Italian heritage too uncompromising for the road or worth the inevitable sacrifice? Massimo Delbò is feeling brave…
• MAKING THE CUT
  Dick Protheroe was known for his semi-works E-type racers, CUT 7 and CUT 8. And then there’s this one, which reappeared from obscurity. Ben Barry finds out more
• All aboard for Monte Carlo
  1956 Daimler Conquest Century
• OCTANE’S FLEET
  These are the cars run by Octane’s staff and contributors
• The end is nigh
  1968 Ford Mustang GT390
• Inevitable, really
  2001 BMW 525i Sport Touring Glen
• Places to be
  1991 VW Golf Mk2 GTI
• A steed for all seasons
  1968 Ferrari 330 GTC
• From little things…
  1972 Holden Torana GTR XU-1
• Back for more
  2026 McLaren Artura Spider
• Bill Mitchell
  Once the doyen of design but latterly the critics’ whipping boy, let’s just say he was complicated
• The photo booth
  From a practical necessity to a cultural phenomenon
• Stars of stage…
  Jack Heuer’s own rally exploits were the driving force for the development of rally timers
• Heuer Microsplit ref. 820
  Unprecedented accuracy made this a motorsport must
• Records tumble as Amelia and Miami sales top $251.9m
  Hypercars attract big numbers as ‘Florida week’ sales rack up biggest total yet
• The price of motorsport pedigree
  From Schumacher Ferraris to pedal cars, racing provenance shapes collector values more than you might think
• DTM legends
  Bonhams, Monaco 24-25 April
• Green machine
  RM Sotheby’s, Monaco 25 April
• Porsche 968 Turbo S/RS
  Forget all you know about the values of Zuffenhausen’s four-cylinder ‘transaxle’ cars
• 1988 TVR ‘White Elephant’
  POA from Shmoo Automotive, Leicester, UK
• David Brown Speedback GT
  £259,850 from Bramley Motor Cars
• Lancia Beta Montecarlo
  Styled and built by Pininfarina, this mid-engined sports car is sensibly priced exotic
• On the market
  Find these and more cars for sale at octane-magazine.com
• Mark Stewart
  Film-maker and Chair of Race Against Dementia