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Table of Contents
5
AGENDA
Kit cars get some (belated) coverage; a little British maker has just taken over where MG and Austin-Healey left off; and Lotus is booming
6
HEADLINES
First pictures of the new Vauxhall coupé, Rover’s R8 and the Renault 21 hatch
14
NEWCOMERS
Nissan Infiniti
The Japs take on Merc; BMW
Audi Coupé Quattro 20V page 15
Another dud from Ingolstadt
Toyota Supra Turbo page 17
The poor man’s Porsche 928
Daihatsu Sportrak page 24
Good on-road, and off-road
Range Rover 3.9EFI page 29
Smoother and better engine
35
SIR!
More reaction to our Lotus-Peugeot comparison; a BMW M5 owner is bored with driving; and Kacher comes in for praise (and stick)
51
FRONTLINE
Ronald, Leonard, George, Phil
63
ORACLE
International news, this month, includes Audi Volkswagen’s decision to build two V6s; there’s the latest gen on the Citroën DX and Peugeot 605; and news on why manager Giorgio Ghidella left Fiat
88
ROADSTER REFRESHED
Richard Bremner drives the spiritual successor to the great British roadster of yore
94
SUPERCARS FOR A SONG
Driving three better-than-average replicas of great supercars: a Countach, a Testarossa and a Porsche Spyder
102
IN BRITAIN
A new European initiative could lead to some decent cars coming from Nissan; and why Land Rover boss Tony Gilroy quit in high dudgeon
104
ROARING FORTY
Roger Bell has first drive on British roads in the nearest thing there is to a racing car for the street: Ferrari’s F40
112
WHEELS
Cars that have come our way in recent weeks
114
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF BMW LOANED YOU AN M3 CONVERTIBLE?
Stephen Wood showed off to friends, who weren’t impressed, and went to the French Riviera, where the weather was bad
120
THE DRAGON AWAKES
Volkswagen has a new factory in Shanghai that’s rather different from its set-up in Wolfsburg, says Georg Kacher
128
INSIDE LINE
Britain’s best grand prix driver of a few years ago — Derek Warwick — is not having much luck these days
130
SAMURAI SEVEN
Kevin Radley is the world’s first journalist to drive Nissan’s version of the Lotus Super Seven
132
A WEEK AT THE WHEEL
Caterham Super Seven
Steve Cropley is not deterred at the thought of seven days in winter in a car with no roof
140
ROAD RAW
Westfield’s fastest car is fun — but unbearable on long runs
142
REVOLUTIONS
LJK Setright on the first of 10 great motoring revolutions. Part one: front-wheel drive
146
FIVE SPEED BOXES
Gavin Green’s year of R5 racing finished at Paul Ricard: home of the French GP
148
STARTER MOTOR
Green gets reacquainted with single-seaters
150
PRE-OWNED
Lotus Sevens are now getting valuable, as they become more and more collectable
154
HANDLEBARS
Setright on two Honda CBRs. One he likes, and one he does not
159
SALES PITCH
Why European car makers may soon be accusing Comecon nations of dumping
160
WORKING WITH CARS
A fireman who rescues accident victims on the M25 speaks