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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Why, on most of Britain's enjoyable roads, you be going no faster in a hot hatch than in the new Ferrari 512TR
6 NEWS
First spy-shots of Rover's expensive, plush 800 coupé, out this spring. Also scooped, the new Honda CRX. Plus Fiat's Elegance and Alfa's 155, both imminent
14 INTERVIEW
Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the engineer who's now president of Honda, will have strong influence on Britain's motor industry. Interviewer says so as well as through Honda's own factory in Swindon
18 IN BRITAIN
The firm has a new boss, Ford veteran Walter Hayes, is likely to get approval from Henry's chiefs to build an additional, cheaper coupe.
By Richard Feast
22 ORACLE
Mercedes' busy new model programme from now to 1996, brought to light by Georg Kacher
26 NEWCOMERS
Mazda RX-7 light, powerful, great page 26
Citroën ZX diesel refined, comfortable page 29
Suzuki Cappuccino Zippy baby roadster page 32
Chevrolet Corvette Faster, better, safer page 36
Citroën XM Estate Roomy self-leveller page 38
Seat Toledo Worthy and good value page 41
43 SIR!
Letters for and against the electric car: a guide to CAR-iches; one reader thinks that we're anti-men; another, and another that we're pro-British
49 SOAPBOX
Dave Harrison says automatic is the only transmission that will offer it
to any manufacturers who don't offer it
51 FRONTLINE
Gavin Green looks at the work of collected wit and wisdom from most
entertaining men for pages, LJK Setright, George Bishop, Ray Hutton
etc
58 ALL HEART
Kevin Green drives the Testarossa's successor, Ferrari's 512TR, and it
is very and thorough test of the new 421bhp V12. Though it doesn't look much different,
there are major improvements on it's significant all round performance
66 HEAD CASES
A hand-picked test team heads for the hills to drive today's best 16-valve hot hatches.
Side by side, or one man down...
Page 58: Ferrari's flat-12 supercar now handles better and is faster
Page 66: Finding the best 16-valver
Page 78: Return of Bentley styling
Page 108: Woof! This year's dogs
78 BENTLEY IS BACK
The first unique Bentley to come from Crewe since 1965 is the Continental R. Richard Bremner drives the turbocharged coupé and finds it just fine for the millionaire in a big hurry
86 BEAT THAT
The baby mid-engined Honda Beat roadster makes just as much sense in Britain as in Japan, Roger Bell discovers
88 TWO-STROKES : PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Hopes are rising for a major power revolution from new, clean, economical, compact two-strokes. We examine their history and engineering and look at the new generation's limited success from Australia, the United States and from Japan
98 LEGEND IN ITS OWN LUNCHTIME
Russell Bulgin takes the fine new Honda Legend coupé out to lunch – a Japanese meal in Wales, where so many Far East companies are now located
102 SCOTCH ON THE CROCKS
Having fun in Scotland in classic sports cars. Our man in the driving goggles: Brett Fraser
108 BOTTOM TEN
The cars that disappoint and annoy us most this year. Some are boring, some are just plain unnecessary, and yes, one or two are truly bad
119 TOP TEN
The best this year – the cars that make us love cars. They vary from a Mini to a Bentley
122 LONG-TERM TEST : BANANA HIT
Roger Bell drove 23,500 reliable and enjoyable miles in his bright yellow Volkswagen Corrado
130 INSIDE LINE
Nigel Roebuck wraps up the F1 season. It was Senna's and McLaren's year again, an unlucky one for Mansell, and the first year for a decade when Prost didn't win a race
133 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
News, tips, figures and comment on the wares of Britain's new-car showrooms
148 INDEX
Our product for the past year, catalogued for reference by Nicholas Hinks
152 JUST CARS
Trivia king Richard Bremner brings us a gloriously obscure Christmas quiz