MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

| 5 Mar 2026
Classic & Sports Car – MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

V8 MGBs are the cover stars of the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car – and it is on sale now! 

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The eight-cylinder MGBs

Classic & Sports Car – MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

Ken Costello’s V8 converstions prompted Abingdon to build a factory interpretation.

Turn to p66 as Martin Buckley samples these big-hearted MGB GTs that are arguably more loved than ever.


C&SC escapes to Paris

Classic & Sports Car – MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

Join Classic & Sports Car in Paris with some of the Our classics fleet when we took part in the 26th Winter Traversée de Paris earlier this year.

Do our cars make it unscathed? Find out and meet some of the other participants from p90 of our April 2026 magazine.


Making like McQueen

Classic & Sports Car – MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

Staying in France a little while longer, we are recreating the opening sequence of the epic film Le Mans in an early Porsche 911.

Simon Fox shares the story from p76.


Humber away from home

Classic & Sports Car – MG’s V8 heroes: inside the April 2026 Classic & Sports Car

And there is more from Martin Buckley when you flick to p84.

This time, he is behind the wheel of a gloriously patinated Humber Super Snipe expat in California.


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