The new issue of Octane recently hit the newsstands. Many interesting topics invite you to take a look inside the magazine.
Jack's Hammer - Jack Sears Galaxy
Ford's gigantic 7-liter Galaxie and touring car ace Jack Sears rocked the British touring car scene 55 years ago. After its debut in May 1963, Jack Sears, the champion of the 1958 season, dominated the category for 2 years at the wheel of the white car with the 3 red dashes.
70 years of Porsche - Part 2
Ferry Porsche, who stepped out of his father's shadow, and resourceful managers, engineers and designers have turned Porsche into a global brand despite all the family feuds.
The impetuous one - Peter Sellers' Ferrari
Some men are always lucky. Peter Sellers had more: Britt Ekland and a Ferrari Superfast. Sellers' taste was pretty ordinary for a British "car eroticist": Bentley, Aston, Rolls-Royce. And the Ferrari 500 Superfast, with its irresistible, aristocratic personality, hit him like a thunderbolt.
Triumph ride - Triumph TR2 Jabbeke
Over 60 years ago, this special TR2 set a speed record for sports cars with a 2-liter engine in Jabbeke, Belgium. The pale green car reached 201 km/h on the highway. Andrew English has revealed his very own secret.
Adventure Abarth - Fiat 124 Abarth
Fiat's 124 Spider was cooked up into a rally star in Abarth's witch's kitchen. Where better to test it than in Sicily, during the Targa Florio Classic?
Interceptor in Italy - Jensen Interceptor
It was designed and built in Turin, but what does the first Jensen Interceptor mean to the Italians? Time to visit old haunts. It catches everyone's eye, that's for sure. Turin is a busy industrial center, but even the busy Turinese stop and stare after the vehicle.
The bourgeois arsonist - Ford Escort RS MK. 1
The Ford Escort was originally planned as an inexpensive compact car in the lower middle class. It became a legend with the RS, which was successful in touring car racing and rallies and which Klaus Kastor was allowed to chase over lonely country roads in early fall.
1000 Miglia - Part 2 Preparation
As international as this year's 1000 Miglia team from the Villa Trasqua winery is, the team members are preparing for this high mass of classic car events in different ways!
Time travel with Dieter Klein
The Cologne-based photographer captures the morbid charm of automotive decay like no other. The story of a passion that began in 2008 with Rosalie in France ...
Sports friend on four paws - Jaguar F-Type
A Jaguar with a four-cylinder engine? The F-Type P300 is the new base model in the sports car series. The author was skeptical at first and then enthusiastic. "With 300 hp, the four-cylinder engine is well suited to the character of the F-Type."
