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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Important news for readers, a thank
you to two patient grave-diggers, and
the father of the Allegro acheless cult status
6 NEWS
A new Honda Civic, Fiat Tipo and
Punto 6oo look set to ginger up the
Escort class, plus an Alfa 155 replacement
12 ORACLE
The way BMW and Mercedes are
opening factories in the US – to build
cheaper cars more cheaply (that's the plan)
22 IN BRITAIN
Lotus has changed its modus
operandi, Aston Martin is readying
the DB7, and Feast has a rant about the F1
26 NEWCOMERS
Mondeo V6 Nice one, we’ll sell p30
Nissan 200SX Spero, Breath of promise p34
Rover 100 Tourer Worth a look but too small p39
Subaru Legacy Quirksome, needs poke p44
BMW 318is Lots of show, no extra go p50
34 Nissan Silvia – called the 200SX here. Phew
49 SIR!
Fears are expressed about Bishop’s
marbles, and their whereabouts. A
varied opinion on our Ayrton Senna tribute
59 FRONTLINE
Sterling’s been in Israel, Bishop
breaks major Bristol. Bremner discusses
economics, and their effect on the news.
Bulgin is still affected by the loss of Senna
74 GHOST BUSTER
Hooray! The Lotus Elan is back. But
how does it compare with the fire-
breathing TVR Chimaera? Colin Goodwin
has a huge amount of fun finding out
82 PRICE BUSTER
Short on dosh for a new Elan?
Rupert has located some inexpensive
alternatives that closely resemble it
84 O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
Bremner joins hundreds of guests at
a recent 21st birthday party. Whose
birthday? The Austin Allegro’s, of course
88 GUILTY AM IULD
Harris Mann, father of the Allegro,
talks to Bremner about the product
and how it differed from his original design
90 'ARF A ROMEO
Is the new Alfa Romeo 145 the
spiritual successor to the Alfasud
the 33 wasn't? We certainly hope so
96 Ron Dennis: from mechanic to millionaire
96 FROM OILY RAG TO RICHES
Twenty-five years ago Ron Dennis
took a race mechanic. Today, he runs
McLaren and is a multi-millionaire
100 ROAD STAR
Mercedes SLK roadster. The small,
looks wonderful, goes like stink, and
breathes fire. Gimme one.
106 JEEP FREEZE
Bulgin takes a V8-powered
Cherokee across the Iceland
wilderness to see the funky
country. He doesn’t leave the folk
there completely frozen.
112 GIANT TEST:
TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB
We go 50-crazy in Fiat’s hot-
shifting Tipo 6-speed, the over-
geared Mazda 323, the ratio-challenged ford
Fiesta 1.3S, the fat catio-challenged Rover
and the Renault Clio 1.2RN
122 THUMBS UP
Porsche has followed F1 practice with its automatic gearbox controls on the 911. Porsche’s new wheel, the ‘shifty'- engi- neered! Paul Horrell flicks the switches
124 MIRROR MIRROR
Russell Bulgin takes Toyota’s new RAV-4 on-road, off-road and near London’s Soho. CAR’s style guru decides
128 THE GREATEST RACE ON EARTH
And this time it’s local. Gavin Green went to Los Angeles in 1960 to soak up the atmosphere. It makes F.1 look tame, he says
134 LONG TERM TEST: COULD DO BETTER
Mark Dixon bids a fond end-of- term farewell to his Vauxhall Calibra V6. A colleague of his might get 40,000 free miles
142 INSIDE LINE
F1 is still reeling after Imola, the falling over ones are out to put things right
159 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
The usual acerbic salvo of praise and protests. Plus all the new models, what they’ll do and what they cost
168 LOST IN AMERICA
Jamie Kitman ponders on how the passage of time can set old an- gers. Take the late Richard Nixon and the (often) late Triumph TR4, for example
128
Indy 500. As many reasons to go there as there are miles. Al Unser Jr went there to win. He did