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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Vickers has come clean and admitted that it has put Rolls-Royce up for sale. Gavin Green thinks it’s a daft idea, for Rolls and for Britain
6 NEWS
The best shots yet of the new Sierra, on sale early next year. Plus, more news of next year’s 406, and a report from the Turin Show – it’s been a while since industry news
18 INTERVIEW
Paolo Cantarella, managing director of Fiat, is determined to imbue his cars – plus Lancias and Alfa Romeos – with more flair
20 IN BRITAIN
Our business editor Richard Feast looks at Britain’s future as a satellite manufacturing base. Things could be worse
24 ORACLE
Georg Kacher examines the recent management shakeout at Porsche, and previews its future bottom-of-the-range sportster, the 986
28 NEWCOMERS
Ford Escort Cosworth Terrific page 33
Vauxhall Calibra Turbo Fast, anddyne page 40
Mazda 626 Handsome but too dull page 38
Honda Accord Inovva Previews a Rover page 24
Ford Granada Estate New load carrier page 47
53 SIR!
Single-seater supercars are daft, says one reader. Plus, there’s support for our firm company car image and a reader from Kenwee wonders what we’re doing right to keep an eye on us
58 SOAPBOX
Our monthly readers’ column: this month, why car tax would be good for keen drivers
63 FRONTLINE
LJK drives some Merc 190s and is surprised, Bishop does art and drinks, Bulgin wants less quality control and Llewellin goes babbling
72 TRADING PLACES
The new 30-grand-ish sports coupe, the Mazda RX-7 and Porsche 968, go head to head. Whether the Japanese really have matched the Europeans’ best or bought great cars at a
82 WHY THE WORLD HAS FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH PORSCHE
The one-time yuppie icon, darling of the moneyed über-class next door, is now in trouble. Richard Feast finds out why
84 TRIDENT TESTED
The new Shamal is Maserati’s quickest sports car for ages. The piece includes a new turbo V8. Paul Horrell drives one back from Italy
90 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
Latterly Toyota’s MR2, always desirable but too little too indirect to swap arcs and to speed, has been tweaked. Successfully, too
92 PRETTY POLYMERS
We compare three new glassfibre-bodied mid-engined cars, the blessed Esprit, Venturi and latest Renault Alpine. Roger Bell refers
100 S-CLASS
Ian Fraser, a man with plenty of Cooper S experience, on the latest version. It’s the most fun he’s had since the last Cooper he drove
102 AROUND THE HOUSES
Just before the Turin Show opened, Richard Bremner visited the major coachbuilders. He found them in an imaginative mood
114 DEAD RIGHT
Our man Bremner drives IAD’s Turin Show car, the Magia, a prototype version of the Lancia Dedra that may hit the road
116 HOW IT WORKS
Our back-to-basics tech column. This month, we explain the turbocharger (including new developments), the rotary motor and airbags
118 GIANT TEST: BELOW PAR
The new Golf GTi, which is just as dull as the old one, comes up against the Zeta-engined Escort, the Citroën ZX and the Mitsubishi Colt
130 INSIDE LINE
Nigel Roebuck ponders the most successful driver of all time. Alain Prost wins by a seat year. Nigel Roebuck tells us why
136 LONG TERM TEST: DRAMATICALLY DULL
The Vauxhall Calibra never lived up to those brochure promises. Mind you, impressive from a problem apart, it proved impressively reliable
146 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
More price rises in the wake of March’s budget. Plus our used car guide to all the real
160 JUST CARS
Richard Bremner on how cars have become so easy, and so pleasant to drive. The Japanese are mostly to thank