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Table of Contents
4 Fast Family
We examine the fastest four road cars your money can buy in Britain – Boxer, Countach, 911 Turbo and Vantage – together. It’s the only way to know them…
18 Finding Out
This was never supposed to be a supercar comparison; it isn’t, in most ways. But it’s turned up some snippets that have a fascination you shouldn’t miss.
25 Agenda
Extracting the best from four of the finest of cars.
26 Sir!
Offerings from a giant mailbag. Keep ’em coming.
34 Frontline
Carte blanche for four, not just George Bishop.
46 Oracle
Rumours, scandal, intrigue, scoops and news.
76 Head Hunter
Renault’s wind-cheating new R25 sets out on a brave mission to capture executive buyers. We judge how hard Audi’s 100 will make it for the Regie.
81 Class Dispute
Georg Kacher, passing in his hired, four-cylinder Audi as we were testing the 25 in France, gives an Audi driver’s-eye view of the new Gallic hope.
82 SCOOP! New Jag
This car, albeit heavily disguised, is the new Jaguar XJ40, the Benz fighter from Coventry, due in ’85. The looks, as we always knew, are traditional.
84 SCOOP! Audi’s New Mid-Range Fighters
Ingolstadt, riding high on a wave of success and money, has a luxury ’90 model around the corner, and a new 80 for ’86.
86 NEWCOMERS
Honda Ballade – We test the three-box car which will be BL’s new Acclaim, carrying the Rover flag. VW Golf GTi – The sparkling but dowdy hotshot steps out.
90 Alfa’s Challenge
Gordon Kent records the latest moves in Alfa GB’s struggle to get back to running with the pack. At least the optimism is entirely unflagging.
94 Engineered Variations
Alfa, fighting for technological independence, are putting variable inlet valve timing into the Alfetta, to boost economy, keep top end power.
96 The Wooden Wonder
We drive Africar, a plywood-built utility car whose creator, Tony Howarth, reckons it could lick some Third World national debt problems.
100 Mayfair Moped
After 60 years, BMW’s Munich motorcycle men have broken with tradition to produce an in-line four, 1.0 litre superbike. We ride two versions.
110 Pushing Fifty
George Bishop, in excellent form, relates his attitude to the recent discovery that he’s been driving for 50 years – and plumps for the old days.
116 Merry Oldsmobile
David Burgess Wise tells of ups and downs in his relationship with a 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile – on the way to Brighton last year.
126 On The Shelf
Ian Fraser takes no nonsense from the latest crop of car books’ authors. Rather a lot of these, you see, were rushed out to catch Christmas.
134 Tech
Geoffrey Howard unravels the intricacies of computer governed height controls, drives a VW with anti-slip control device, and adds to the CVT debate.
139 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
We survey the complete list of Britain’s new cars and comment on their strengths and weaknesses in the frankest way.
152 Song Of The Alfa
Mel Nichols, who’s driven just about everything, explains why he decided to buy a Bertone Alfa GTV, ’72 model, not very long ago.