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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BOOK NOW! • Secure your place; make travel plans

Comebacks and collapses: what on Earth is going on with UK car-makers? • After a flurry of eyebrow-raising announcements and disturbing rumours of major closures and job losses in the UK, it’s time to find out what’s really going on with long-dead Marcos and Jensen, as well as Lotus, Morgan, McLaren et al

F1 set to sizzle at Silverstone

THE 100 GREATEST BRITISH CARS OF ALL TIME

Salon Privé’s garden of delights • 20th anniversary party promises top cars and much more over five days

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The Collector Jay Leno • Revealing the peculiarities of The British Experience

The Legend Derek Bell • Living a charmed life among charming people

The Aesthete Stephen Bayley • An uncomfortable truth: beauty has died

The Driver Robert Coucher • The appeal and otherwise of driving American cars – outside the US

A rather Specialised F50

Gordon Murray • We celebrate the 60-year career of Professor Gordon Murray over the next 30 pages; these exclusive tributes from true legends of motoring show why he’s worth it

DON’T LOOK BACK • Pondering 60 years of cars, music, design and ambition with the king of lightweight, Gordon Murray

Gordon Murray’s Pretty Little Things • The cars that enchant this re-inventor of hypercars are smaller, lighter and daintier than you might expect

The pursuit of perfection • ‘Uncompromising’ perhaps best describes Gordon Murray’s approach to engineering the epochal McLaren F1. Here’s why…

SECOND TO NONE • John Mayhead on why the F1 is the world’s most collectable car

SPECIAL SERVICE • The F1 you see here has been restored by MSO Heritage – and may well be better than new

Beyond Perfection • Murray returned to improve on the McLaren F1 with his own GMA T.50 – and a little insight from three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti

Only fans • Murray’s glorious Brabham BT46B ‘fan car’ proved that, if being a little bit naughty was wrong, he didn’t want to be right

All his own work • From city-cars to supercars via Grand Prix racers and a mini-truck, Gordon Murray has applied the same depth of thought to every vehicle he’s designed

All roads lead to Rome • Octane joins Mercedes-Benz and the son of Stirling Moss for a special 70th anniversary celebration of Moss and Jenks’ historic Mille Miglia victory

TORPEDOED! • This stunning car was known for advanced engineering and controversy that sank the company – but the Tucker should have been a surefire style icon, as Stephen Bayley uncovers

KING OF 308S • German tuner Willy König found his Ferrari 308 a little underwhelming, so he doubled its power and created a 1980s icon

Magneto • Celebrating the very best of the classic and collector car world

THIS GIRL CAN • An altruistic dream and a display of incredible fortitude saw this eight-year-old and her pedal car set a new Goodwood lap record

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