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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AGENDA
You may know the Egan years at Jaguar, but what about the Byttnestead years – and why weren’t all they were cracked up to be. Why company cars should go

6
NEWS
Scoop photographs of replacements for the Escort 405 and 20E in 1990; official shots and details of the Rover 200 cabrio and 800 coupe; and the next Honda CRX

15
INTERVIEW
Juan Jose Díaz Ruiz of Seat on the company’s plans for the nineties. Bulgin puts the brand down to a ‘southern’, youthful appeal

18
IN BRITAIN
Richard Feast is angered by the monopolies and Mergers Commission’s report on car prices. A whitewash, cries our man

22
ORACLE
Several German car companies have set up styling studios in California. Georg Kacher meets the teutons inspired by sunlight

26
NEWCOMERS
Honda Prelude Dynamic coupe page 26
Nissan Micra Coming to Washington page 34
VW Golf Third incarnation on sale here page 38
Toyota Carina E Beta It can beat a Derby winner page 44
Mazda Eunos 500 Classy mid-ranger page 51
Renault Safrane Panache page 53

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SIR!
Readers on disappearing civil liberties and audience participation, Bulgin’s wrong-hand gearshanges and snogging habits

65
SOAPBOX
Nick Swallow picked up his love of cars from his father, a flying officer

69
FRONTLINE
Setright’s retrospection, Bishop’s interpretation, future lies, Llewellin’s report

78
FORD SHOCK!
Mu dear! Ford’s coming back up to snuff with blandness by the hour. Exciting cars are being designed, but they’re happening here, not in Germany. Ford & Europe’s president Bill Fike

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SAVING GRACE
Vauxhall is starting from scratch with its model plans. The range of cars sets the firm up for the nineties. It has to, says Richard Feast. Also, we interview new boss Nick Scheele

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GIANT TEST: HIT HATCHES
The old guard: XR31 and Golf GTI – are back in new forms, but there’s fresh opposition: the quick Nissan Sunny GTi and Fiat Tipo 16V

104
A WEEK WITH AN FAU
Rowan Atkinson used the fire-breather every day, and loved how frightened it exasperated, but mostly it just enthralled him

106
ASTON SMARTENED
After a course of muscle-pumping and bodystiffening, an Aston Martin Virage goes like stink. Richard Bremner tries it

110
RUNNING AMUCK
How our favourite off-roader the Discovery leaves us to new mids Shogun and Frontera, in the gloppiest muck you could find

116
LONG-TERMERS
Running reports on our Audi 100 V6, Renault Clio 16v, Jaguar XJ6 3.2, Saab 9000CS 2.3 Turbo, Honda Civic VTi. Some fare badly

118
THE KING AND I
Russell Bulgin goes tearing around the sites of Elvis Presley’s birth, life and death, driving a Cadillac Allante. What the man who gave Elvis melon a lot more

126
MAKING A MARK
Ford’s engineers and X6 build a smaller, sportier car than the XR6. The old Mk2 has been dead just one year; Roger Bell gives the car a ride

132
INSIDE LINE
To those who dream of dying in Formula One, so many pairings: but the one sponsorful national our driving pairs, and thick dots

136
LONG-TERM TEST: ALFA TANGO
Driving our long-term Alfa 164 Twin Spark for a week. It is was driving like a girl was tender straight. But it did not

138
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
The facts: new-car prices, performance and economy. The opinions: uninhabited

158
HANDLEBARS
LJK Setright on Honda’s oval-pistoned bike: V4, 32 valves, 750cc, 125bhp, GO, GO, GO

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JUST CARS
The driving maniac may be adept at buying old cars, tries to buy a new one. It nearly drives the poor chap insane