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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
In the light of just how good — and how fast — the 16V Golf GTi and 309GTi are, Steve Cropley wonders how much further fast hatchbacks can go
6 HEADLINES
Scoop news and photos of the 3-series estate and super Audi 90
14 NEWCOMERS EXTRA
Brief drives of three-to-be-released cars — the Alfa 164, Peugeot 405 and the V12-powered BMW 750L
16 NEWCOMERS
Citroën BX GTI 16V
Clever, mighty competent
Renault 21 Turbo
Good performance, poor image
Renault 5
More power, less panache
32 WIN A LANCIA DELTA 4x4
Last chance to win a special version of a special car — a Delta 4x4 Turbo with Abarth-built engine and right hand drive
34 SIR
Some of our readers want LJK’s old motorcycle column, Handlebars, to return
47 FRONTLINE
Funmination from four wise men
59 ORACLE
News and gossip from all corners of the globe
94 ASTON ACCELERATES
Revealed, for the first time, is Aston Martin’s new V8 coupe, due to make its debut at the Birmingham Show next year
102 GAUNTLETT INTERVIEW
Victor Gauntlett is the guiding father behind the new Aston
104 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent on the British sales surge of the Peugeot empire. Citroën, with a new boss, is doing its bit to help
106 GTIS
Richard Bremner spends four consecutive days trying to pick a winner in the battle between two 16V GTis and a Peugeot 309 GTi
116 AROUND AND ABOUT
LJKS attends the cut-and-thrust Donington test day, at which scribblers test their skills
118 KEN WHIPPLE, CHAIRMAN, FORD OF EUROPE
Georg Kacher talks to Ford’s number one in Europe about co-operating with other makers, and the firm’s future in Europe
122 THE PROBLEM WITH GERMANY
Ford’s German boss on how the firm’s Fatherland wing is losing out to Ford of Britain
124 WHEELS
Cameos on some cars we’ve driven lately, rather than tested
126 RIVIERA RUN
Jean Bellevue, a Francophile of great passion, suggests a slow route to the Côte d’Azur. The scenery is great, so is the food
132 WITHERING HOOTS
A Yorkshire firm rents Phil Llewellin a Morris Eight. He takes the optional ’30s style picnic hamper, and the portable gramophone along
138 STING IN THE TAIL
Abarth, who will hand build our competition Delta’s engine, prepares all factory Fiat and Lancia racing and rally efforts
143 MODEST AMBITIONS
Denys Rohan has the task of steering Lancia UK to profitability
146 TODAY’S SPECIAL
Driving one of Japan’s latest small cars on British roads
150 BRITISH BEEF
There are lots and lots of faults with Aston’s ageing old V8 Saloon. Yet, at the end of the day, it’s an easy car to love
156 BY HAND
In Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, the cars — and the engines — are all built lovingly by people, not machines
162 ARCHIVE
Brooklands, Britain’s first racing circuit, is 80 this year
169 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our acerbic price guide to new cars on the market
184 WORKING WITH CARS
Graham Hall is a body builder at Morgan. His wife and son work at Malvern Link, too