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Table of Contents
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5 AGENDA
The tribulations of setting up our cover story, and Green shamefacedly admits to not having a car to his name
6 HEADLINES
The new Audi Coupe and Volvo 440 caught undisguised, and news of future Ferrari models
14 NEWCOMERS
Porsche 928 Clubsport
The 928 rolls up its sleeves
Renault 21 Turbo page 16
Gallic go – great
Citroën BX DTR Turbo page 17
Turbo of a different sort
Honda Civic Shuttle 4WD page 26
Works much better than it looks
Seat Malaga page 31
Cheap but no good buy
33 SIR!
Comment on dead cars: 2CVs and a Testarossa. And is Setright a windbag?
47 FRONTLINE
Four forthright fellows
63 ORACLE
As a likely buyer for Porsche emerges, the ailing company still has one expanding market – Japan. Market trends in France, and Chrysler’s model plans
92 ANOTHER WORLD
The world’s two fastest supercars battle it out
102 RED HEAD
Future plans of Giovanni Battista Razelli, top of the red-car Ferrari tree
104 IN BRITAIN
Rare interview with the colourful boss of Nissan UK, Octav Botnar. He tells William Doyle why he won’t let Nissan Japan leave him in a lay-by
106 FERRARIS FOR FOUR
Two wings of the Fiat empire provide four-seaters propelled by Enzo’s V8. Richard Bremner compares Ferrari’s ‘roomy’ Mondial supercar with Lancia’s sporty saloon
114 PLUM JOB
After building Triumph Heralds, running the UK Ferrari operation is bound to look good. And to Roger Maingot, it does
116 WHEELS
Five drives: impressions of cars we’ve tried but not fully tested
118 ROVER’S TRIUMPH
Here comes the Rover 800 we’ve waited for – not because it’s a hatchback but because it’s good. Ian Fraser takes the Vitesse to Scotland
126 SPANNER AND SPIEL
Roland Bertodo, engineer, and Kevin Morley, marketeer, tell of the 800 Fastback’s whys and wherefores
128 FORMULA SELL
Steve Cropley describes the Herculean logistics of making a TV commercial that reconstructs, and rewrites, a grand prix
138 INSIDE LINE
Nigel Roebuck on how Ayrton Senna could forever fail, because he is too determined to succeed
142 GIANT TEST
Ragtime
Four chop-top saloons that manage to combine fun with sense
156 LONG TERM TEST
Fiat Uno Turbo ie
It was perfect neither in dynamics nor reliability, but our little rocket still inspired plenty of affection
162 PRE-OWNED
The list of faults on any used Rover SD1 can be frightening, so James Ruppert dispenses important advice to those looking for bargains
167 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Required reading for new-car buyers
169 SALES PITCH
Odd hot hatch sales figures
180 TECH
Geoff Howard on the strides made by suspension engineers since they have enlisted the help of supercomputers
184 WORKING WITH CARS
A collector of cars and more