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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Why six cars in this year’s Top Ten are different. We’ve also been comparing the BMW 7-series and Jaguar XJ40 again
6 CARS: TOP TENCARS
Our annual choice of the 10 cars we’d most like to own. As usual, personal prejudices play a big part
Citroen 2CV 8
Citroen Visa 17D 10
Renault 5 GT Turbo 11
Citroen BX19 TRS 14
Caterham Super 7 17
Ford Sierra Cosworth RS 18
Audi 100CD 20
Range Rover Vogue 22
Jaguar Sovereign 3.6 26
Porsche 911 Carrera 30
34 HEADLINES
The best pictures yet of the forthcoming bodied Sierra
42 NEWCOMERS
VW Golf GTi 16V
Renault 21 Savanna
Toyota Celica GT-Four 4x4
52 SIR!
This is the space where, next month, we want you to comment on our Top Ten
63 FRONTLINE
Four wise men have their say
73 ORACLE
Our Italian correspondent returns, to join Germany France, Japan and the USA
98 BEATING THE BEST
The new Jaguar meets its two major rivals, the soon-to-arrive- in-Britain BMW735i and the old luxury saloon king, the 420SE
106 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent eavesdrops on a meeting of FLOPS, the Former Leyland Officers’ Producer Society, in which Harold Musgrove and Mark Snowdon will have some say
108 STRENGTH IN SMALL NUMBERS
Maurice Rourke is the latest man charged with the responsibility to make Alfa successful in this country
111 ESSENCE OF ALFA
Alfetta, the last of old school Alfa, the Spider, shortly to make a return to these Isles
112 OUR WAY
Richard Bremner, whose love of Alfa Romeos borders on the fanatical, charts what the company should do to prosper
114 INTERVIEW
Hans Lehmann, scoop photographer, tells Phil Llewellin how he does it
118 FOTO HANS G LEHMANN
Unusual shots of our Herr Lehmann at work, and play
122 WHEELS
Cars we’ve sampled lately
124 BMW’S BREATH OF FRESH AIR
LJK Setright takes charge of a 325i Cabriolet for a week
128 PATCH, HIS LIFE AND TIMES
Chris Harvey on the amazing career of a Formula Ford racing engine called Patch, which just can’t stop winning
130 FIVE STAR
Ian Fraser has been using two Audi 200s – first a Turbo, then a Quattro – over 18months. Here’s his long term report
134 FOUR STAR
The new Audi 80 may not be perfect, but it’s pretty good
136 ARCHIVE
David Burgess-Wise on a time, 50years back, when there were many more luxury saloons around than simply a Jag, a BMW 7 and a Merc S-class
138 WORST TEN
Our Top Ten is an annual event. This year, for the first time, we’ve also listed the 10 cars we like least
145 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our form guide, to new cars
160 TECH
Geoffrey Howard on a new safety feature in the Audi 80, and on limited slip diffs
164 INDEX
There’s now a reference to allow you to look up your favourite features, for a re-read
168 WORKING WITH CARS
An MOT inspector tells us about the bureaucratic hassles