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Tests and features
38 LIGHTNING STRIKE
We weren't a car that will give more performance per pound than anything else. Fact. Colin Goodwin reveals the full story on Britain's staggering new sportster
48 BMW M3 EVO v HONDA NSX
Is the revised M3 worthy of the supercar tag? On paper it's more than a match for the horribly underrated NSX
56 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
Some car makers are paring their products to the bone. John Simister asks where it will all end, and if we'll actually notice
70 FERRARI 456GT AUTO
Maranello looks to extend the appeal of its finest two+twos in this grandest of grand tourers
74 OWNING UP
A FERRARI has to be one of life's better experiences, and Rowan Atkinson's 456GT has proved no exception. Buying the thing wasn't, though
80 HAULIN' CLASS
Ever wondered just how difficult it is to thread a juggernaut (18-wheeler, that) through Little England? Colin Goodwin learns
86 WORLD DOMINATION
Fiat has unveiled plans to crack the million-a-year mark with the PALO — a world car. What's it like and what exactly is a world car anyway?
102 CROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
Take one 1954 Fiat 8V (no ABS, no traction control, 105bhp) and point it at the Mille Miglia, where the spectacle is mightier than the throttle pedal (sadly)
110 NEON v ESCORT v MONDEO
CHRYSLER's newcomer slots somewhere between these two rivals in size and price. But is it better or worse than one, the other or even both?
116 LAMBO TO THE SLAUGHTER
Take one Lamborghini Diablo SV (no ABS, no traction control, 510bhp) and point it down a soaking wet Bolognese hillside. Look out below
120 GIANT TEST
A supermini showdown: FORD FIESTA lx, PEUGEOT 106 XR, CITROEN SAXO VSX, VOLKSWAGEN POLO CL. All 1.4s, all lavishly appointed and only one winner
130 LJK DOES AUSTRALIA
Setright takes the wheel of HOLDEN's new models and muses on a land where man is slave to distance
138 INSIDE LINE
Nigel Roebuck on talent, technology, the trials of Jean Alesi and the peculiar discipline of the Monaco Grand Prix
140 LONG-TERM TEST
A VAUXHALL OMEGA, a strangely antiseptic dealer network and a relationship that started gelled satisfactorily
48
Battle lines are drawn up between NSX and M3 Evo. Is the distinction between supercar and mere car blurring?
116
Diablo SV: stripped out, powered up, big fun
120
Small cars Giant Tested: new 106, Polo, Saxo and Fiesta slug it out for compact cred
38
The Lightning: full story from concept to conception
Regulars
11 UP FRONT
16 NEWSDESK
Porsche 911 replacement, Ferrari Daytona, new 2CV
28 AROUND THE WORLD
Burning issues for Ford US, flourishing Renault Mexico, Britain's marketing men, 3-series tweaks, Daewoo hammers in Japanese corridors of power
31 SIR!
95 COLUMNS
LJK on steering (for a change), some ancient wisdom, the venerable Morris Minor. Mr Bayley Races again, a new breed of home-made car
178 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
The boss of bolt-on, the guy who'll go far faster. Lovely bloke
The good, the bad and the ugly
151 NEWCOMERS
VOLVO 850 AWD
SEAT CORDOBA SX
AUDI A3
SUBARU JUSTY AWD
ROVER TOURER
PROTON PERSONA
VW POLO SALOON
162 SECOND THOUGHTS
PEUGEOT 306 DT
162 LONG-TERMERS
LEXUS GS300 SPORT
165 THE LOW-DOWN
All the cars, from the wonderful to the woeful trodden hopefully underfoot
177 SHOWROOM FLOOR
Superstar sales and 10 ways of dissuading prospective passengers