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Table of Contents
4 CAR'S TOP 10 CARS
Bentley Turbo R
Porsche 911 Carrera
Jaguar Sovereign 3.6
Range Rover Vogue EFI
Lancia Thema 2.0 Turbo
Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Citroen BX 19TRS
Renault 5GT Turbo
Citroen AX 11TRE
Citroen 2CV
29 AGENDA
Gavin Green on choosing our favourite 10, and on why the fastest-ever Ferrari is a dud
32 HEADLINES
Photos of the Renault 9/11 successor, and pictures of the forthcoming Peugeot 605
40 NEWCOMERS
Lancia Delta HF Integrale The HF 4WD gets even better
Alfa 33 1.7 Sportwagon Please Alfa, kill this car
Lada Samara Now only 10 years out of date
Mitsubishi Starion Big coupe that’s not too bad
59 SIR!
Reactions – mostly positive – to our silver anniversary issue, and the usual dose of brickbats
69 FRONTLINE
Our famous four postulate
79 ORACLE
News of the new Audi 100, on the revival of Bugatti, and more
106 LOTUS’S ‘CHEAP’ SPORTS CAR
First pictures of the Lotus M100, likely to carry the Elan badge
110 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent on why GM seems to be short of good generals
112 REAR-GUARD ACTION
Comparing two great Japanese coupes: the Celica, and four-wheel-steering Honda Prelude
120 BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER
Steve Cropley on another great Lotus breakthrough – a device which neutralises boom
124 WAELDENS WAY
Derek Waelden, former Jaguar manufacturing guru, is now md of Lotus. He will preside over a massive boost in production
126 STYLE BY STEVENS
Lotus’s burgeoning design consultancy is headed by Peter Stevens, who gave us the new Esprit and M100
128 WHEELS
Vignettes on cars we’ve driven recently, rather than tested
130 TOKYO: SIFTING HOPE FROM HYPE
Georg Kacher tells which of the many razzmatazz cars on display at Tokyo are significant
136 HARA-KIRI HIGHWAY
Our man Kacher again, on what it’s like to drive in Japan
138 INSIDE LINE
A new column by grand prix expert Nigel Roebuck
140 GIANT TEST
Gentleman Racers
Citroen’s new 16valve BX GTi takes on the Alfa 75 Twin Spark and the improved MG Montego Turbo. There’s an easy winner
150 THE STORY OF THE ARK
Phil Llewellin on HMS Ark Royal’s, past and present
156 DUDS
You’ve seen our Top 10. Now here are the cars that most disappointed us in the past year
158 PRE-OWNED
James Ruppert on 2CVs
161 AUTOJUMBLE
A Christmas teaser from Ronald ‘Steady’ Barker
162 BOOK STALL
Ian Fraser sifts through the book offerings for Christmas
165 SALES PITCH
The GBU is taking a holiday, but Richard Bremner still has the news on what’s selling
166 TECH
The two-stroke engine may make a comeback in cars. And there’s news on a range finder to help you reverse park
170 INDEX
Cataloguing CAR 1987
176 WORKING WITH CARS
Motorway services boss