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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Why we thought this was the moment to spend 5000 miles checking out the Ford Escort
6 HEADLINES
Ford’s US plans to use more Japanese parts; making sense of the Lotus situation; and more
14 NEWCOMERS
Lancia Delta/Prisma 4x4
Honda CRX 1.6i-16v
Range Rover Turbo D
31 SIR !
Stirring defence of Jaguar and disapproval. Rover’s new 800 coupe is under scrutiny, too
43 FRONTLINE
The quartet give voice as usual
59 ORACLE
Our correspondents report on industry news around the world
92 5000 MILES IN A FORD ESCORT
We put Britain’s, and the world’s, best-selling car to a marathon test, to find whether it justifies its exalted market position
100 ESCORT REARMED
LJK Setright sheds his own kind of light on the Escort revisions
102 SOFT OPTION
Giancarlo Perini tries Chrysler’s boulevard cruiser, by Maserati
104 HOT TO TROT
Mazda’s new 323 Turbo 4x4 shows how there’s no slowing the pace of change in the hot hatchback ranks
110 CATWALK CARS
Georg Kacher surveys the latest of Turin’s offerings — the studio’s design exercises and the rather more practical offerings from car manufacturers
116 ANOTHER SCIROCCO
Ian Fraser steps out in the new 16-valve VW Scirocco and finds that it’s good and practical, yet there’s still something lacking
118 COMFORTABLY FAST
Porsche’s road-going 959, tested at last, trumps the Lambos and Ferraris, and does so effortlessly, says Roger Bell
126 HITLERS
Most people have a very firm opinion of traffic wardens. But Viv Hereford, who spent a day on the kerbside with them, presents a different one
130 MEMORIES OF MONTE
Two Britishers recently took their K-reg Mini 1275GT back to the scene of the tiny car’s Monte Carlo triumphs — as entrants in the Rally d’Antibes
140 GIANT TEST
Saab 9000i v. Lancia Thema 2.0 ie v. Mercedes-Benz 190E
The new Type Four cars mix it with Mercedes’ smallest model — in the arena where the new Rover 800 must do well
150 BLACK ART
Richard Bremner takes to Estoril race circuit, testing BF Goodrich’s new performance tyre against its peers
153 BOOT BOYS
Goodrich’s engineers explain their radical move of using road tyre carcasses for racing
160 THE THREE-STAR DINER
Georg Kacher spends part of a hectic week behind the wheel of the Merc 560SEL, and quite a time in restaurants, too…
168 ARCHIVE
Big mileage stunts in cars are hardly new. David Burgess-Wise finds some outrageous ones
172 dB
Geoffrey Howard tests a car with £4000-worth of Trio hi-fi fitted, and discourses on compact disc players for dashboards
175 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our summary of the cars you can buy on the UK market
188 TECH
We explain the conflicts that exist between 4wd systems and ABS brakes — and how they can be beaten. Also the latest developments in brakes
192 MUD RUNNERS
Chris Harvey on some 4wd Porsche 911s that preceded the 959 by some years