Aston DB10, Jaguar C-X75 and Bigfoot Defender star in new Bond film trailer
Spectre will be released in UK cinemas on 26 October, with a U.S. debut following on 6 November. Before then, Classic Driver will be bringing you an exclusive driving report of Bond’s new car, so stay tuned…
The Pirelli calendar - 50 years old and not getting tyred
Too risky to publish
A designer’s day off, starring Matthew Humphries
We meet Matthew at Shelsley Walsh, the oldest hillclimb venue in the world – and also the designer’s childhood playground. He grew up just a stone’s throw away and, as a child, he’d attend events such as Bentley Drivers Club meetings here, clutching onto his father’s coattails.
A summer solstice celebration with the Mercedes W123
Rendezvous
Now that’s what you call a barn find...
In the late 1980s, Russia initiated a space shuttle programme as a retort to the U.S.A.’s efforts with Atlantis et al earlier that decade. Ultimately, the resulting Buran made only one (unmanned) journey into space, in 1988, before a roof collapse at the facility in which it was stored completely destroyed the rocket-powered relic in the early Noughties.
Last-minute Father’s Day gifts from the Classic Driver Market
One last summer with the Land Rover Defender
Crewe confidential - Tales of a Bentley chauffeur
Few sights are more appeasing than a Bentley’s rear door being opened for you after a long train or plane journey.
Few sights are more appeasing than a Bentley’s rear door being opened for you after a long train or plane journey – but a warm, hospitable smile to go with it represents a welcome ‘extra mile’, so to speak. Patiently awaiting our arrival in Crewe by train from London (delayed, of course), David wastes no time in demonstrating the pride he takes in his job.