Cars

With just one owner from new, this 1973 Citroën DS Super 5 has won over 200 individual trophies at concours and Citroën club events across Europe and starred in some 150 magazine features. The subject of a fastidious restoration, it’s now set to be offered for sale for the very first time, at Silverstone Auctions’ Salon Privé Sale. The auction house has attached a pre-sale estimate of £75,000-90,000 – a fair price to pay for such a significant model? 

No excuses

Loud ‘n’ Proud

Since the 1920s, the Schleifer family has specialised in countless different genres of motor car (and household appliances, as you’ll discover shortly). In 2014, third-generation enthusiast Peter set up his own eponymous dealership midway between Stuttgart and Munich, predominantly specialising in classic road cars. But that did nothing to quell his enthusiasm for historic racing – this season he’s been as active as ever.

Choose your weapon wisely...

Ludicrous performance

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What makes a car elegant?

The winning car, a 1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina Cabriolet, was one of just six examples commissioned by a Lancia dealer in Biella, Italy. Distinguished from its brethren by curved side windows and shoulder-line brightwork, it was found dilapidated in England in the early 1960s, at which point it was restored ‘back home’ by Pininfarina and later sold to Eric Clapton. The car-collecting guitarist apparently proclaimed it “the most fun I’ve had offstage and out of bed.”