There are lots of great stories inside the February 2021 issue of Classic Cars magazine...
Inside the February 2021 issue of Classic Cars
1 of 9Contents
2 of 9The List: TVR Tuscan S reader dream drive
3 of 9Fiat Strada Abarth 130TC restoration
4 of 9Leonardo Fioravanti interview
5 of 9Pininfarina Top 10 Designs
6 of 9Pininfarina Best Buys
7 of 9Rover SD1 buying guide
8 of 9Life Cycle of a Messerschmitt KR200
9 of 9McLaren P1 vs the Alps
SPECIAL SECTION: PININFARINA AT 60
40 Top Ten Our pick of the greatest designs, from Austin hatch to Maserati hypercar
48 Designer Label Off The Peg Pininfarina sculpture from £2k Peugeot to £250k Dino
62 Interview Golden-era Pininfarina design sage Leonardo Fioravanti talks Hollywood muses, second-guessing Il Commendatore and hot-shoeing grand pianos
68 Ones That Got Away Lost Farinas, from radical saloons to the Jaguar XJ Spider
OWNING
78 Strada Abarth 130TC Fiat restored cost-no-object to exotic standards
84 Life Cycle A plucky three-owner Messerschmitt KR200’s life of holidays and rallies
101 Our Cars Fuel and heat bother Phil and Malcolm’s Jaguar E-types (p101-102), while Russ cures his Alfa Romeo Spider’s cough (p104)
DRIVING
6 The List Reader Max Cowap owned a TVR Vixen; how will the Tuscan S compare?
70 Behind Enemy Lines McLaren P1 a worthy F1 successor? We find out in Maranello
BUYING
14 Quentin Willson on future-bargain Aston Martins and unlikely emerging BL classics
16 Chasing Cars Silverstone’s supercar headliners, and Nineties sports saloons on the up
20 The Racer’s Choice Track-prepared lightweight Ferrari 250GT Boano heads to auction
92 Buying Guide Why now’s the time to put a Rover SD1 in your life
99 Books & Models New Pegaso anthology; scale Lagonda V8 shooting-brake and more
109 Ads on Test MGC (p109), Aston DB7 (p110), Lancia 2000 (p113) & Jaguar XK120 (p114)
THE MONTH IN CARS
24 Renn20 Stowe’s new concours-style show is all about Porsche’s race and rally greats
26 Pop-Up Motor Show Stunning Jaguar E-type previews 2021’s big return in Basingstoke
26 Oliver Winterbottom, 1944-2020 Great Lotus designer’s life and career remembered
26 Events Planner With vaccines come events – things are looking up for a classic 2021
28 Barn Finds Rare Plymouth Superbird looks set to fly again after emerging in London
32 Next Month Pick alternatives to icons and bag bargains, from VW to Aston Martin
33 Letters E-types! Pop star cars, police backhanders, stuffing shoes into air intakes...
35 Quentin Willson Is the Chancellor of the Exchequer about to spring a surprise on us?
37 John Fitzpatrick extracts a Porsche 956 story from Silverstone’s trackside barriers
170 40 Years Ago Today CAR drove the beautiful but doomed Lamborghini Athon
