To mark the fact that the clocks have gone back, we’ve travelled back in time to drive the Volvo 262C on Britain’s boulevard of broken roads. Designed for the North American market, this Swedish-Italian luxury coupé divides opinion like the letter ‘n’, but we figured it was time to stick it on the cover of our magazine. It’s what David Robert Jones would have wanted.

Staying in the 1970s, Rich Duisberg profiles the wedge-tastic Lotus Elite and shares a fantasy involving the company’s former boss Dany Bahar and a helicopter. There are several fantastic articles from the pen of Mr Duisberg, including a postcard from Lingotto, a look back at The Late, Late Breakfast Show, and why he thinks the Volkswagen Up! GTI is a future classic.

Elsewhere, a reader tells us what it’s like to live with a Ford Focus ST170, we pick some of our favourite sports cars of the 1960s, tell you how to buy the right the BMW 3-Series (E30), and hero-worship the Cadillac Allanté. Well, somebody had to.

There’s much, much more, including the Opel Maxx, three generations of Range Rover, the latest news and events, plus news of a car on the Classic.Retro.Modern. fleet that has passed an MoT. Wonders will never cease.

Enjoy the new issue.

P.S. Our friends at RetroClassic Clothing would like to draw your attention to a motoring raffle in support of a remarkable charity trek along the Great Wall of China. There are some great prizes up for grabs, including a Diddly Squat hamper, a family ticket for the Beaulieu Motor Museum, a Bluebird K7 print signed by Gina Campbell and Don Wales, and a bottle of Classic Racing Spirit gin. Visit peoplesfundraising.com/raffle/petrolhead-raffle for more info.