Classic American

New year, ‘new’ editor

Regular readers will have been surprised by Ben Klemenzson’s last ever welcome page in our December 2025 issue, announcing that he was stepping down as editor after almost 30 years on the magazine. I don’t know many other writers or editors who have...

THE SHORT GOODBYE

Greetings and welcome to the December 2025 issue of Classic American! This issue, apart from being the last of 2025, is quite a poignant one for me, as it is my last one as editor, after almost 30 years in the role (well, three as deputy-editor and 26...

Vanishing Point Roadtrip

Three Cadillacs 40 years apart

RAIN, RAIN… YOU KNOW THE REST!

Welcome to our Mustang-flavoured September issue! So, the Mopar EuroNats have been and gone and the UK’s biggest American muscle, Mopar-flavoured drag racing event at Santa Pod was cruelly cursed with wet weather forecasts… and as we all know, rain and...

LOOKIN’ SHARP

Wow, August issue already! How did that happen? How’s your summer been so far? Hopefully you’ll have been able to get out and about to lots of American automotive events, with or without a Yank – and best of all there’s still plenty more left of the...

Great American Alternatives

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

The NSRA Southern Swap Meet has been and gone, so has Wheels Day and that can only mean… it’s summer! Well, it feels like we’ve gone straight from winter into summer, such has the sunny, balmy weather of April and May been. All good news for American...

PLUS ÇA CHANGE

Life has a funny way of sometimes taking us back to where we started; well, at least that’s what I thought as I was working my way through writing the obituary of Steven Myatt, the man who gave me my start on Classic American almost 30 years ago (see...

DEFINITELY, MAYBE, NOT!

Oh boy, did I kick a hornet’s nest when I raised the question of electric cars in Classic American. Don’t worry, I wasn’t seriously contemplating filling the pages of your favourite American car magazine with Teslas or, God forbid, Renault Zoes… No,...

CHANGING TIMES

The recent announcement by WH Smith that it’s to close several branches and looking to sell the rest of its high street estate will have sent shudders down the backs of those involved in producing and selling magazines. The exact fate of those...

ELECTRICAL GA GA!

I don’t know about you, but the more I read about electric cars and their rollout in this country, the less inclined I feel to acquire one. In fact, I’ve never driven an electric car, possibly something of a shock admission for someone who works in...

2025 HERE WE COME!

Well, another NEC Classic Motor Show/Car of the Year finale has come and gone (you can read all about it on page 66!) and for many of us we go into a bit of a state of limbo for a few months: Little in the way of car shows and for those of us who take...

IT’S ELECTRIC BABY!

This month’s magazine features an interesting array of utilitarian vehicles, ranging from a Forties Ford woodie wagon, with a very interesting UK history, to a brand-new electric Chevy Silverado pick-up. The latter proves that the American motor...

HAPPY AUTUMN!

This month’s magazine has a lot of events and show coverage in it, and it got me wondering whether sometimes there’s too much of it? I know before I worked on the magazine that while I was very interested in American cars, I hadn’t been to any American...

IT AIN’T OVER ’TIL IT’S OVER…

I don’t know about you, but it rather seems to me that some of the best weather we get these days appears after what we’d traditionally think of as ‘summer’. As we go into September and October, although the temperatures may start to drop and the...

IN PRAISE OF THE ORDINARY

This month we’re celebrating ordinary cars for ordinary people! Whenever we do surveys, readers consistently say they would like to see more cars that they could imagine themselves being able to afford to buy, own and run. Fewer concours, big dollar...

SUMMER’S HERE!

And for American vehicle enthusiasts that means, shows, cruises, road trips or just getting your car out and having a wash and polish! With the price of petrol these days I’m sure I’m not the only one spending more time polishing than driving; however,...