The Classic & Sports Car Archive is now live

| 10 Feb 2025
Classic & Sports Car – The Classic & Sports Car Archive is live

We’re thrilled to announce that the Classic & Sports Car Archive is now live.

That means the whole of our 40-plus-year back catalogue is just a click away, ready for you to dive into and enjoy, wherever you live in the world.

From the very first issue in April 1982 right up to the present day, you can now read every edition ever published of Classic & Sports Car digitally – that’s 517 magazines (and counting), charting more than a century of automotive brilliance.

It’s an ever-updating, fascinating and unparalleled resource for anyone interested in the world of classic cars, not only celebrating your favourite models via world-class writing and photography, but also exploring the history of the industry and the evolution of our hobby.

The brand-new Classic & Sports Car Archive was developed in partnership with digital publishing services platform Exact Editions, which has an advanced search function that allows subscribers to search, share and cite every feature, news story and report.

The archive includes every issue of Classic & Sports Car, plus all of our special editions and supplements.

Subscriptions are available to both individuals and libraries around the world.

Want to subscribe? Please click here to get started. If you’re an institution or library looking to get access, please click here to subscribe.

Classic & Sports Car – The Classic & Sports Car Archive is live

What’s in store? How about our first-ever cover car, the spectacular Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, with Doug Nye telling its story and Willie Green behind the wheel.

Rewind to July 1984 where we pitted a Bugatti Type 51 and a Stampe SV4C biplane head to head, or to October 1989 where we drove the original Batmobile, or to August 1997 where we sat alongside the great John Surtees on the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes-Benz 300SLR.

Discover what the world’s greatest designers picked as the most beautiful cars of all time in our March 2009 magazine, then join us behind the scenes of what is likely the most infamous restoration ever, when Rowan Atkinson brought his McLaren F1 back to life, as documented in our March 2013 edition.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Classic & Sports Car Archive is a new and exciting resource for enthusiasts, clubs, automotive historians and more.

Whether on your phone, tablet or computer, via an Apple or Android device, enjoy the Classic & Sports Car Archive at home or on the go – you can even download articles via the app to read offline.

For individual access, please click here.

If you’re an institution, please click here to subscribe.


Enjoy more of the world’s best classic car content every month when you subscribe to C&SC – get our latest deals here


READ MORE

70 years of the Citroën DS

10 classic cars to buy in 2025

10 unique TVRs