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Table of Contents
COVER STORY
34 HANDLING TEST
Round up 20 of the world’s nimblest cars. Subject them to track punishment in the name of hard data at the demanding Thruxton circuit, then fling them around on the road for a more subjective analysis of what makes a chassis tick. Surprising
TESTS AND FEATURES
58 EUROTHRASH
Take a FORD Ka, take a tunnel to Europe and stack it up against the RENAULT TWINGO, LANCIA Y and FIAT CINQUECENTO
66 EWE BETTER BELIEVE IT
Deep in Herefordshire lives a sheep farmer who changed the face of car production
80 THIS ISLAND RACE
A tale of two RENAULT MEGANES at the Manx rally, punctuated by two substantial accidents
84 EARLY RETIREMENT
Circumstance shunts some talented drivers from promising motorsport careers – and some of them just walk away. John Barker catches up with some big names whose careers suffered “other interests”
94 GIANT TEST
The keenly priced, but full-sized SEAT ALHAMBRA takes on the RENAULT SCENIC and TOYOTA PICNIC, representing the new generation of fun-sized MPVs
REGULARS
7 UP FRONT
8 NEWSDESK
Sport-utes from BMW and VOLVO, SKODA to build POLO-based Felicia for ’98, VAUXHALL re-jigs CORSA for spring ’97 and ROVER’s crucial new 600 takes shape
26 AROUND THE WORLD
Racing may improve the breed, but does it sell cars? A Ford to run FORD, a 95mpg AUDI, Mansell returns to racing (maybe), FORD finally sells a car in Italy and 660cc cars invade Britain
73 SIR!
Further BOXSTER moans, more ELISE eulogies, that “special” relationship stretched again, and yet more whining
107 COLUMNS
LJK champions unlikely luxury cars, May matures, Bayley belittles the 911 and Ruppert gorges on fruitcakes
202 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
Another educational basket case makes good
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
116 TRIGGER HAPPY
Take a MUSTANG COBRA and re-live the outlaw car chase in San Francisco. Howard Walker is Steve McQueen (!)
124 DEAD RECKONING
Goodbye from the MAZDA RX-7, but not good riddance. Richard Bremner sheds crocodile tears
127 CAR AWARDS
The CAR Design and Technology Awards, dinner and winners
160 NEC & PARIS SHOWS
All the news from the flesh, and some gratuitous flesh gracing the metal
166 INSIDE LINE
Is it possible to remain best of enemies in a Formula One team?
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
169 NEWCOMERS
FORD MONDEO
VAUXHALL VECTRA
AUDI S8 / AUDI DUO
PEUGEOT 406 V6 / ESTATE
FIAT COUPE
SUBARU LEGACY 2.5
NISSAN BOSCH
FIAT BRAVO/BRA DIESEL
PROTON PERSONA
183 LONG-TERMER
LEXUS GS300 SPORT
HONDA CIVIC VTi
185 SECOND THOUGHTS
MERCEDES-BENZ S320
189 THE LOWDOWN
If information is power, these are the men that have dyno
201 SHOWROOM FLOOR
The ten best-sellers in the UK
201 TOP 10
Domestic applications for car products