Octane Magazine March 2025 Issue 261

Inside this issue of Octane Magazine:

Octane is the leading classic car magazine which features the world’s greatest cars ever built.

• BEST BUYS FOR 2025 50 – There’s rarely been a be er time to buy a classic car. Octane reveals the greatest bargains, from hot hatches to supercars
• LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH 66 – Not only did this car belong to the saviour of the marque, it also starred at the Monaco GP
• MASERATI 3500 GT 74 -Behind the scenes in Milan as this beautiful -1950s coupé returns to Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera for a perfect restoration
• FRENCH LIMOUSINES 86 – The weird and wonderful wheels of the French Presidential office
• ALPINA’S M3 90 -Take an E30, treat it to a big straight-six
• ALL ALPINA’S 3-SERIES 98 – Every different take on Munich’s classic compact sports saloon
• A MINI ADVENTURE 100 – Across the Atacama Desert and up the world’s highest volcano – in a 1974 Mini
• THE OCTANE INTERVIEW 108 – Steve Saxty: author and motor industry veteran
• CORVETTE RACER 114 -American collector Ernie Nagamatsu’s tribute to Dave MacDonald’s 7/8 -scale racer