British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

By Lizzie Pope
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 | 5 Jun 2025
Classic & Sports Car – British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

10 British V8-engined classic cars come together in the brand-new, July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car.

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Great British V8s

Classic & Sports Car – British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

We have 14 pages of eight-cylinder goodness for you in the July 2025 Classic & Sports Car.

We assembled classics from Daimler, Morgan, Aston Martin, Triumph, Bentley, Jaguar, TVR, McLaren and Lotus – and Simon Hucknall and Martin Buckley are tasked with putting them through their paces.

Le Mans 1995

Classic & Sports Car – British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

We all know the story: 30 years ago the McLaren F1 dominated at Le Mans, but did the right car take top honours?

Gary Watkins recalls the story of the anguish behind the fairytale of the world’s fastest road car that was never built for racing. 

Cadillac Eldorado Brougham

Classic & Sports Car – British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

The Eldorado Brougham flagship reveals that a Cadillac ain’t done ’til it’s overdone.

Martin Buckley samples this 1950s slice of stylish Americana from p112 of the July 2025 Classic & Sports Car.

Bond Bug

Classic & Sports Car – British V8s: inside the July 2025 issue of Classic & Sports Car

The Bond Bug is no joke, but a pioneer of wedge design, says Simon Charlesworth.

Turn to p98 to see if you agree whether this colourful and characterful classic has stood the test of time.

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