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Table of Contents
REGULARS
9 UP FRONT
Wham, bam, a mad axe moment and a mass breakout by the Coopers antifreeze in the new Coupé
14 NEWSDESK
Honda’s new baby, BMW’s Z3 roadster and Rover’s long-awaited MGF. Plus a major PR foul-up and news of a new supercar
22 AROUND THE WORLD
Germans make sensible choices, Ford has a good day in Michigan, Peugeot is hot property for some. But above all, Mazda and BMW’s hot-shot MPVs take centre stage
79 SIR!
Let’s hear it for the KIA Pride. Someone’s got to say it, and it emphatically won’t be us. And as for that TVR, well…
105 COLUMNS
LJK can’t offer much safety, nor Nigel Roebuck, and Foray, helpful but not keen on paperwork
169 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
Unsung, underrated and misunderstood: the strange, secretive life of the handicapper
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
143 NEWCOMERS
MERCEDES-BENZ E50
BENZ C-CLASS ESTATE
HONDA CIVIC COUPÉ
TOYOTA PASEO
ALFA 146
MAZDA 121
154 LONG-TERMERS
NISSAN ALMERA
154 FINAL DRIVE
RENAULT 19
TESTS AND FEATURES
30 JAG XK8 – IN FULL
Exclusive factory access gets you as close to Jag’s new roadster as people once thought only possible to get to the moon
40 AUDI TT-S – ON THE ROAD
Getting to grips with the scintillating sportster in the barren conditions of the Arizona desert
50 ASTON MAN
He is Dickie Franks, head of Aston Martin. We sent our PowerPoint squad to get to know him better. He talks
54 ROOTMASTER
Renault’s Concept Fettle pays homage to their rear-engined past and their bus roots, too
60 WHEELER GAUGE
TVR boss Peter Wheeler shakes down the Cerbera for the first time on the road. Colin Goodwin rides shotgun
70 EXCHANGE RATE
UK sports-car bosses, Messrs MORGAN, MARCOS, CATERHAM and ROCKET, are handed over the machinery and put to shame. They didn’t hang about and they didn’t hold back
84 SAFETY STILL FIRST?
VOLVO’s S/V40 is so desperately keen to shake off their amateur image. Will they manage to shake off enough?
90 WEIGHTING GAME
RENAULT’S SPORT Spider is one fearfully clever idea that’s chipped at the better, cheaper CATERHAM Seven
98 CHAMPING AT THE BID
Large crowds relieve themselves of dollars at the world’s largest classic car sale in Phoenix, Arizona
112 GIANT TEST
MERCEDES E230 and FORD SCORPIO Ghia 2.4V6 take on the new ROVER 600SLi. V6 is a new engine to move the Rover into contention
120 THE CUBE ROUTE
LOTUS builds a 3.5-litre V8, slots it into the Esprit and transforms it from tired to tempting
124 LOVELY GHIBLI
Maserati may just consider bringing a 330bhp limited-edition Ghibli to Britain. It’ll be fun. Sure, it’s a bit dated, but it is colossal fun
132 LONG-TERM TEST
Goodbye NISSAN Primera
136 HOODED VIPER
DODGE’s big Viper gets the coupé treatment and becomes a real car
136 CASH COURSE
Stewart Grand Prix is diving into F1 with big bucks from FORD. Nigel Roebuck talks dreams, reality and hard cash with JY Stewart