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Table of Contents
REGULARS
18 LEADER
Official pictures of BMW’s new 7-series and revised 3-series; MG’s plans to build a V8 sports car to rival Jaguar; Alfa’s 156 gets as sporty as 250bhp GTA is revealed
36 NEWCOMERS
Nissan X-Trail, Subaru Impreza UK300 and Prodrive WR, VW Beetle RSI, MG Z range, Mercedes SC coupés, Mini One, Hyundai Matrix, Volvo bi-fuel, Smart Cabrio, MGF 1.6, Chrysler Neon R/T
47 INSIDER
Why Gran Turismo 3 is influencing car makers; how UK demand for the Smart may grow; how LDD, parent company of CAR, will report copmany car tax
61 FRONTLINES
Columnists that bake facts from the dough of conjecture…
67 SIR!
Should Sky have made a movie called ‘Driven’ instead of ‘Driven’?
172 GEARHEAD
GT2 watch, an MP3 jukebox and a DVD that will make ears bleed
FEATURES
72 TVR TAMORA
An illustrious lineage that has given birth to a ‘more driveable’ TVR. CAR says it’s 300bhp is any less hairy than before…
84 BMW Z8 v FERRARI 360 SPIDER
Both are utterly desirable adn yet completely different in their driving mission. Just drive
98 VAUXHALL VX220 v FERRARI 360 SPIDER
The Vauxhall that offers much of the Ferrari’s thrills for very little of the outlay
104 LEXUS SC430 v JAGUAR XK8
Lexus’s luxury drop-top meets the Jaguar XK8 in Washington. Time for a showdown on Capitol Hill
114 SC430 v 206CC
The same flavour of roof without the associated £50k price tag
120 NEW PORSCHE 911 v M3 CABRIO
Two rag-top heavy drop-tops go head to head; the new revised 911 meets BMW’s latest M3 convertible
130 USED BMW 850i
Bulletproof ‘80s build quality and supercar pace for just £10k
142 DAMON HILL
What is the former world champion up to these days? Damon talks about life after F1
146 RENAULT AVANTIME
We go to Berlin to drive Renault’s unique, and very clever, vision of the future of luxury cars
154 ROVER 75 TOURER v RIVALS
Diesel-powered Rover estate takes on its fiercest rivals; the Citroën C5 and Peugeot 406
TOP BLOCKS
84
Two incredible cars at opposite ends of the supercar spectrum deal thrills with equal ease. Drive one before you die
132
Unloved in the ’80s, BMW’s 850i coupé is yours now for as little as £10k
154
The Rover 75 Tourer faces down some capacious rivals from Citroën and Peugeot…
172
A watch in the style of the Porsche GT2. Does it run fast?
174
Want a cabrio for not much? Take a look at the Mk1 Golf
179 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Every car on sale in the UK today, on the sharp end of a CAR review
223 THE FACTS AND FIGURES
Check the facts and get the facts on the cars you drive around in
234 LAST STAND
Marcos loses its battle with market forces and becomes a casualty of war