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Octane, 27 May 2026

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ArticlePORSCHE 959

Cel­eb­rat­ing 40 years of the tech-fest that dom­in­ated the 1986 Paris-Dakar, and became a blue­chip col­lect­able road-going legend

PORSCHE 959

ArticleAUTO UNION LUCCA

In the wind tun­nel with the latest of Audi’s incred­ible re-cre­ations of long-lost 1930s Sil­ver Arrows record-break­ers

AUTO UNION LUCCA

ArticleSIATA 208CS BALBO

Super-rare 1950s V8-powered Italian exotic – and this example is the most stor­ied of all

SIATA 208CS BALBO

ArticleASTON MARTIN ONE-77

Driv­ing the 220mph V12-powered hyper­car that makes the Val­halla look com­mon The Sur­rey com­muter belt in early even­ing rush-hour is per­haps not the ideal time and place to get acquain­ted with one of the world’s rarest, fast­est and wild­est...

ASTON MARTIN ONE-77

ArticleDODGE LA FEMME

The fas­cin­at­ing story of a car designed for women in macho 1950s Detroit

DODGE LA FEMME

ArticleLALIQUE MASCOTS

Inside a bril­liant exhib­i­tion of works by legendary glass­maker René Lalique NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the bene­fits of net­work­ing, even if the pos­sib­il­it­ies of mutual inspir­a­tion aren’t ini­tially obvi­ous. In our day and place, a bold...

LALIQUE MASCOTS

ArticleAUSTIN ‘UTE’

Con­cours res­tor­a­tion car­ried out by an 18-year-old Aus­tralian

AUSTIN ‘UTE’

ArticleTHE OCTANE INTERVIEW

Tony Pur­nell, former Jag­uar For­mula 1 boss We begin with a child­hood remin­is­cence of Scalex­tric: ‘I recall it hav­ing a sort of Art Deco ren­der­ing of a Jag­uar D-type on the box, and that must have burnt a memory, because years later I was at...

THE OCTANE INTERVIEW