The brand-new May issue of Classic & Sports Car hits the shelves this week and to mark the occasion we’ve listed the top six must-read features. In ascending order, they are…
6. The Shield Versus the Diamond
If you wanted a sporting saloon in the late 1950s, you’d have been hard pressed to choose between the Appia and the One-Point-Five, despite the Lancia costing twice as much as its British rival.
5. Borgward Hansa 1100
With front-wheel-drive, a water-cooled engine and an all-synchro gearbox, Borgward’s Hansa should have been a recipe for success – but was it the right car at the wrong time? Jon Pressnell gets acquainted with a 1950s pioneer in an effort to see why the Hansa failed to live up to its early promise.
4. TVR Sagaris vs Marcos TSO GT2
If you’re going to go out, you might as well do it in style. That’s certainly a maxim followed by both Marcos and TVR, each of which signed off with supercoupés capable of achieving upwards of 185mph. With 900bhp between them, the Sagaris and TSO GT2 can still tangle with more modern metal, as Malcolm Thorne discovers while blasting through Essex.
