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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AGENDA
Gavin Green examines Rover’s probable future beyond Honda. No more independence.

6
NEWS
The inside details of the new Rover/Honda collaborative plans, including the Metro replacement, second-generation Concerto/200- series, Accord/600-series. Also, the next Navajo, and Porsche’s cheaper sports car plan

17
ORACLE
Georg Kacher observes Europe’s reaction to the Tokyo Show, and determines how much of a threat the exhibits there represent

20
INTERVIEW
Yoshikazu Kawana, president of Nissan Europe, talks about Botnar, Nissan’s image, and future models for Europe

24
IN BRITAIN
Rover is nowhere near as efficient as it ought to be, and needs Honda’s help to progress, asserts Richard Feast

28
NEWCOMERS
Honda Prelude Looks stunning page 28
Vauxhall Frontera Chunky, hunky, crude page 30
Fiat Tipo 16V Fiat’s new Tipo looks sharp page 34
Lazu Piazza Worse looks, better to drive page 36
Audi 100 Estate The 100 gets a bigger boot page 48
BMW 5-series The new 5-series revealed page 44
VW Caravelle Caravette and luggage page 46
GM US cars Over-estimated, and over here page 49

51
SIR!
Last month’s controversial Agenda on electric cars provokes an outcry. In his regular round-up of Supercar & Classics, Russell Bulgin addresses charges of xenophobia

57
SOAPBOX
New-car supermarkets would increase competition

61
FRONTLINE
Setright holds forth on the subject of Preludes, Blight goes road-testing, Bulgin’s in the bath, and Thomas nails it

70
HIT FOR SIX
Wolseleyan wants people to down-size from Rover 800. Rover wants a new V6. Here’s Green on what’s right and whether it’s worth giving up your 325i for

78
THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO RANDLE
Another rope spinner at Jaguar Jim Randle conjures up concepts and future lies, and how the car business in general will change

82
GIANT TEST : AUNTIE-CLIMAX
Executive challenge: the new Rover 820Si takes on the BMW 520i and Alfa Romeo 164 TS

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THE DEVIL’S OWN TRUCK
Paul Horrell turns redneck to drive the GMC Syclone, a pick-up truck which lives up to its name by blowing Porsches into the weeds

94
TOKYO
The Tokyo Motor Show. What was there, who was showing it, and what it all means

106
GLITZ BLITZ
Over-The-Top Productions presents: the Pebble Beach Concours. Gavin Green is dazzled by the chrome at the States’ premier old car event, where even the polish costs a fortune

108
GIANT TEST: CITY LIGHTS
Tinies tussle – Peugeot’s sub-205 supermini, the 106, locks horns with 1.1-litre rivals, the Rover Metro and Citroën AX

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NISSAN TO NEWCASTLE
Phil Llewellin takes one of Nissan’s best efforts, the Primera 2.0 ZX, back to the Washington factory where it was built, and visits local sights

122
LONG-TERMERS
Progress reports on five of our fleet

124
QUEST FOR THE WEST
The second instalment of Evan Green and team’s epic coast-to-coast trek across the heart of Australia, in a near-standard Mini and Austin 1800

130
INSIDE LINE
The anatomy of a good grand prix team

132
LONG-TERM TEST : HARDLY XM-PLARY
A tale of two Citroën XM turbosedans: the one that was good was very, very good, the one that was bad was rotten

138
PRE-OWNED
Don’t be frightened by Citroën CXs, they’re an extremely good buy

143
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
The manufacturers’ prices, our opinions

158
NUTS AND VOLTS
LJK Setright on how the centre of gravity affects a car’s handling

160
JUST CARS
Richard Bremner reckons 16-valve engines are more a fashion accessory than a practical aid to driving