C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

| 8 Jun 2023
Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

We are celebrating the best of the ’80s, ’90s and new-breed 2000s cars in our latest special edition, C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends.

Here at Classic & Sports Car, we love cars from across motoring history and, as time moves on, more models join the classic community, so this time we’re shining a light on more recent additions to our hobby, by gathering some of our favourite stories on youngtimers from the past 20 years into one magazine.

This is our seventh edition in the C&SC presents… series. If you’d like to catch up, you’ll have to hurry: Porsche Legends and Sports Car Legends have already sold out. If you fancy getting your hands on Supercar Legends, Jaguar LegendsJapanese Legends or Ferrari Legends, don’t delay.

And to grab a copy of Modern Classic Legends, our latest addition to the series, head to your nearest newsagent or supermarket, or click here to buy it online and have it delivered to you.

Scroll on for a taste of what’s inside.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

Two darlings of the modern-classic scene meet in this special-edition magazine as the Ford RS Cosworth Sierra and Escort twins go head-to-head.

These everyday supercars are now super-collectible – Paul Hardiman tells their tale from p162.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

We’re also bringing you a trio of tin-top stars, with these family favourites from BMW, Alfa Romeo and Volvo, all inspired by the hugely popular British Touring Car Championship.

Let’s roll the clock back almost 30 years and remind ourselves why these race-inspired classics really hit the spot.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

Turn to page 28 of Modern Classic Legends as we honour two last-of-the-line British motoring heroes: the TVR Sagaris and Marcos TSO.

These marques might be no longer in existence, but they went out in a blaze of glory, as Malcolm Thorne recalls.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

Check out this huge hot-hatch megatest, one of our largest ever.

17 contenders duke it out from p170 of Modern Classic Legends to discover which of these practical performance classics is the best.

Classic & Sports Car – C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is out now

And here we have another side to modern-classic motoring: the supersaloon.

With offerings from Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Jaguar and BMW, Aaron McKay samples a quartet of four-doors that blur the boundaries between sports cars and executive expresses.


C&SC presents… Modern Classic Legends is on sale now at newsagents and supermarkets, and you can also buy a copy online, here, and have it delivered to wherever you live in the world.


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