[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-564487-105":59,"doc-detail-564487-en":129},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":122,"head_meta":124,"extra_data":126,"updated_unix":128},105,"en","octane-issue-280-october-2026","Octane Issue 280 October 2026","","Octane Issue 280 (October 2026) compiles car highlights, features, and regular columns centered on classic and performance automobiles and the people behind them. The issue spotlights a restored Ferrari 275 GTB and explores themed stories such as South African Sunbeam Safari, silver Rolls-Royce lore, and the TWR Supercat’s 660bhp restomod homage. It also includes interviews, auctions and market coverage, events and news, readers’ drives, and a detailed editor’s welcome with upcoming International Historic Motoring Awards nominations.",{"@graph":69,"@context":121},[70,84,104],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":53,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/lifestyle/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/octane-issue-280-october-2026/564487/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":98,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":99,"interactionStatistic":100},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/octane-issue-280-october-2026/564487.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Dipper","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-12",true,{"@type":101,"interactionType":102,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":103},"ViewAction",{"@type":105,"mainEntity":106},"FAQPage",[107,113,117],{"name":108,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":110},"What is the main focus of Octane Issue 280 (October 2026)?","Question",{"text":111,"@type":112},"The issue focuses on classic and performance cars through featured restorations, themed automotive stories, interviews, and regular news and market sections.","Answer",{"name":114,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":115},"Which major cars and topics are highlighted in the feature list?",{"text":116,"@type":112},"Highlights include the Ferrari 275 GTB, the TWR Supercat, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts, Maserati Ghibli Cup, Sunbeam Safari, and themed items such as PopeMobiles and the ‘Bandit’ Trans Am.",{"name":118,"@type":109,"acceptedAnswer":119},"What upcoming event is emphasized in the editor’s welcome?",{"text":120,"@type":112},"The editor emphasizes the International Historic Motoring Awards, noting nomination deadlines and a judging process leading to the big night.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":123,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":125,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":127,"site_id":62},564487,1791842511,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":130},{"doc_id":127,"user_id":131,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":132,"doc_module":4,"category_id":52,"category_name":53,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":138,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":128,"read_time":143},1374404997633,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd","MAXIMUM XJ-S FLAT OUT IN THE 660BHP TWR SUPERCAT  \nFerrari 275 GTB  \nSmoother than a 250, sexier than a Daytona, restored to perfection  \nJay Leno  \n‘GIVE FERRARI’S NEW LUCEA BREAK!’  \nPontiac Firebird Trans Am  \nA 1970S SILVER SCREEN ICON  \nSILVER GHOSTS  \nRolls-Royce’s nest driven  \nMASERATI GHIBLI CUP  \nUnsung great re-evaluated  \nCATALOGUE NOW ONLINE  \nGOODWOOD REVIVAL SALE  \nCHICHESTER , GOODWOOD | 19 SEPTEMBER 2026  \n[ukcars@bonhamscars.com](ukcars@bonhamscars.com)  \n+44 (0) [20 7468 5801 | bonhamscars.com/revival](20 7468 5801 | bonhamscars.com/revival)  \nOnly two owners from new  \n1962 Aston Martin DB4 Vantage Convertible  \n£700,000- £900,000 *  \n* For details of the charges payable in addition to the final hammer price, [please visit bonhams.com/buyersguide](please visit bonhams.com/buyersguide)  \nIssue 280 October 2026  \nContents  \n108  \n‘SEEING ELEPHANTS WOULD BE OUR YARDSTICK OF SUCCESS, BUT THE CLOSEST MAJOR GAME RESERVE WAS 600 MILES AWAY’  \nSOUTH AFRICAN SUNBEAM SAFARI  \nPAGE  \n7  \nContents Issue 280  \nFeatures  \nFERRARI 275 GTB 54  \nOn the road and under the skin of this ultra-rare 1965 ‘short-nose’ six-carb PLUS market minutiae of the 275 versions  \nAFRICAN RACERS 68  \nThis unlikely pairing of Lotus XV and Ferrari 275 GTB/4 earned their stripes racing in Kenya  \nTWR SUPERCAT 74  \nBraving the 660bhp restomod homage PLUS all the other crazy Jaguar XJ-Ss  \nSILVER GHOSTS 86  \nThree generations prove Rolls-Royce’s‘best car in the world’ reputation  \nTHE OCTANE INTERVIEW 94 Jon Shirley, guiding light of Microsoft, collector and double Pebble Beach winner  \nTHE ‘BANDIT’ TRANS AM 100 No stunt car survived the filming of Smokey and the Bandit so here’s the best replica  \nSUNBEAM SAFARI 108  \nTo Cape Town to buy a Sunbeam 23.8hp, get it working and go elephant-hunting  \nPOPEMOBILES! 118  \nThe Vatican’s best ways of shifting the Pontiff MASERATI GHIBLI CUP 122 Race-bred GT transcends its Biturbo origins  \n74  \n86  \n54  \nRegulars  \nEVENTS & NEWS 16  \nThe month’s best happenings; essential diary dates and future events; categories revealed for International Historic Motoring Awards  \nCOLUMNS 41  \nTake their word for it: Jay Leno, Derek Bell, Stephen Bayley and Robert Coucher LETTERS 49  \nThe true genius of JG Parry Thomas OCTANE CARS 132  \nBMW E30 helps celebrate an anniverary READERS’ DRIVES 138  \nWayne Shalagan’s 1961 Fiat OSCA roadster OVERDRIVE 140  \nDriving Bizzarrini’s open-top Aperta Lusso, plus latest Maserati GT2 Stradale  \nGONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 144 Maria Grazia ‘Lella’ Lombardi, the only female racing driver to score points in Formula 1  \nGEARBOX 146  \nChris Tolman of 205 restomod fame ICON 148  \nThe Kirk Precision magnesium bicycle, progenitor of modern carbonfibre frames  \nCHRONO 150  \nThe legend of the TAG Heuer F1  \nBOOKS 152  \nMercedes SL Pagoda tome leads the pack  \nGEAR 154  \nTherapeutic browsing for petrolheads  \nTHE MARKET 156  \nAuction news and insights, facts and figures, cars for sale, buy a Land Rover Discovery AUTOBIOGRAPHY 186  \nFrench endurance racer Romain Dumas  \n148  \n122  \n9  \nIssue 280 October 2026  \nWELCOME FROM THE EDITOR  \nDEAN SMITH  \nIt’s all relative, of course  \nIT SEEMS VERY odd tobe calling Ferrari’s 275 GTB‘underrated’, but in the pantheon of Ferrari’s unrivalled run of legends from the late 1950s to the early ’70s it most definitely doesn’t get its fair share of adoration. Values, which if not up there with the best are certainly not down there with the merely magnificent, would suggest it is properly appreciated, but it has tended tobe overshadowed by both what came before and what came after.  \nThis month we go some way to putting that right, I hope,  \nby testing a spectacular example, the epic restoration of which has only very recently been completed. The fastidious nature of that work allows us all to see and feel exactly what it must have been like to encounter and experience this spectacular machine when it was new in 1965. What’s more, you’ll notice from Dean Smith’s terrifi","cbCaingO75xRZuap","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaingO75xRZuap","pdf",50887838,188,"English","# Welcome from the Editor\n## Dean Smith - It’s all relative, of course\n# Featuring\n## Ollie Marriage - The TWR Supercat perspective\n## Greg James - The Octane Interview with Jon Shirley\n## Richard Heseltine - Maserati Ghibli Cup impressions\n# Features\n## Ferrari 275 GTB\n## African Racers\n## TWR Supercat\n## Silver Ghosts\n## The Octane Interview\n## The ‘Bandit’ Trans Am\n## Sunbeam Safari\n## PopeMobiles!\n## Maserati Ghibli Cup\n# Regulars\n## Events & News\n## Columns\n## Letters\n## Octane Cars\n## Readers’ Drives\n## Gone But Not Forgotten\n## Gearbox\n## Chrono\n## Books\n## Gear\n## The Market\n## Autobiography","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of Octane Issue 280 (October 2026)?\",\"answer\":\"The issue focuses on classic and performance cars through featured restorations, themed automotive stories, interviews, and regular news and market sections.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major cars and topics are highlighted in the feature list?\",\"answer\":\"Highlights include the Ferrari 275 GTB, the TWR Supercat, Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts, Maserati Ghibli Cup, Sunbeam Safari, and themed items such as PopeMobiles and the ‘Bandit’ Trans Am.\"},{\"question\":\"What upcoming event is emphasized in the editor’s welcome?\",\"answer\":\"The editor emphasizes the International Historic Motoring Awards, noting nomination deadlines and a judging process leading to the big night.\"}]","Octane Issue 280 October 2026 | PDF",290]