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Table of Contents
7 AGENDA
Why Austin Rover ought to be doing better than it is. We’ve also decided to go racing
8 HEADLINES
First pictures of Renault’s new Golf competitor – the R19 – which replaces the inadequate R9/R11, and the best views yet of the new Mercedes SL’s sports
16 NEWCOMERS
Peugeot 309 GTI
To be built in Blighty
Ford Granada 2.4, 2.9
New V6 is not much
Alfa 75 Twin Spark, 3.0 V6
Even better engines
Honda Legend Coupe
800’s two-door brother
30 SIR!
Comment on our RS200 crash, our ‘Sensible Speed’ cover story and an official denial that the Audi 80 is to get a bigger boot. And more
39 FRONTLINE
Car fracas: Steer right (or left?) Ronald, Leonard, George, Phil
49 ORACLE
News and comment from our international correspondents
84 ROVER’S ’90s CRUSADERS
Scoop drawings and information on the Rovers of the next decade, including the replacements for the Maestro and Metro. There’s also news on a production CCV coupe and an MG sports car
90 THE FIXER
Steve Cropley talks to Rover’s new chairman, Graham Day, about the exciting British cars he’s about to build, and the best troubles
95 ROVER NUTS AND BOLTS
A diagrammatic look at the workings of Austin Rover
96 ONE FOR THE HOME TEAM
Roger Bell looks afresh at the six models ARG produces – Mini, Metro, Maestro, Montego, 200 and 800 – and assesses whether they’re better (or worse) than their images
104 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent on how Graham Day is trying to polish up British Rover’s image, to make its offerings appeal to Yuppies as well as aunties
106 ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
To celebrate his wedding anniversary, Phil Llewellin took Mrs L to France by Porsche 928S4. Trouble is, the car broke down
112 WHEELS
Thoughts on six cars we’ve sampled – but not fully tested
114 SKY DRIVER
Gavin Green, stomach duly settled after his flight with the Red Arrows, takes to the air again – this time at the controls of a £400,000 jet helicopter
120 CHOPPER ON THE CHEAP
Meanwhile, for those more impecunious flying buffs, here’s a £65,000 helicopter
122 TWO HOURS ON A SUNDAY
Lionel Pankhurst returns with an irreverent look at the GP teams on the eve of the ’87 season
124 ARCHITECTS OF CHANGE
Austin Rover’s senior managers define their goals
128 MOULTON’S HYPOTHESIS
We get behind the wheel of a Metro with Alex Moulton-modified Hydragas suspension. It’s the way the Metro should be
130 MY MUM’S ALLEGRO
Richard Bremner on his Mum’s 90,000mile Allegro 1100, and on a few gaffes we made when the Allegro was launched
136 ARCHIVE
Rover, and to a lesser extent Austin, are the only names left, but scores of makes have been distilled into today’s Rover Group
144 CHAMPION CHALLENGE
The Car Of The Year boys will tell you the Carlton was last year’s best executive car. To find the truth, we put it against a Rover 800 and a Croma
159 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our newly revised form guide
174 SINS OF THE FATHERS
George Bishop on Austin Rover press launches of note
176 WORKING WITH CARS
Mike ‘The Pipe’ Randall is an expert at bending exhaust pipes