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Table of Contents
5 Agenda More on the Mirella front; Maranello news, too
9 Sir! Your offerings from the biggest mailbag we’ve seen
17 Frontline Carte blanche for four, not just George B
30 Oracle Rumours, secrets, scoops, scandals, news
64 Ford Fight Mercedes Sneak pictures and comprehensive details of the new big Ford Lugano. It’s aerodynamic, light, luxurious and all the engines are efficient V6s
69 Big End The excellence of a new big Ford might not be enough to ensure its success; the market for its type is shrinking. Only up-spec models still sell, it seems
70 SCOOP! Panther To Build £10,000 Mid-engined Sports! The live-wire fast car firm plan a car which looks as urgent as a 308i, but all of us can afford. Queue here . . .
72 SCOOP! Aston Martin’s Plans Firm For New £30,000 Coupe The planners of Newport Pagnell want to attract more buyers—and they’ve alighted on the car to do it with
74 Tomcat! This 164mph £35,000 super-Jaguar XJS is the work of Tom Walkinshaw, Jaguar racing team leader and racing driver. We give it its first taste of the road . . .
79 Power Games Meanwhile, tuning expert Ron Beaty is offering the Lister-Jaguar name, also on an XJS, by offering performance versions up to 6.4litres, 440bhp!
82 NEWCOMERS Audi 200 In Britain, at last Volkswagen Jetta Free-booter Ford Escort Cabriolet Nice, even in this weather Saab 900 16-valve Frugal, fast fun
88 Detroit Incorporated Georg Kacher drives three new-wave US cars, discusses Detroit’s new links with Japan, and tells the story of Lee Iacocca’s Chrysler miracle
98 GIANT TEST Austin Maestro HLS-v-VW Golf 1.6GL-v-Ford Escort 1.6GL-v-Talbot Horizon 1.5GL The new Golf fights off three of its stronger opponents in UK
110 Going Gently We drive a 1952 Aston Martin DB2, the excellently performing ancestor of the 150mph coupe Astons are planning for 1985. The links are strong
114 Riding With The Hunter Hard up against the other end of the Aston performance spectrum is the 575bhp, 200mph Nimrod sports racer. We ride it at Brands
126 Tech LJK Setright, in a mammoth treatise, studies the four valves/cylinder system from its earliest days in cars and explains how its potential was employed
132 Hearsay We test a pair of remarkable hi-fi systems for your car: one a £99 set that can record, too, and the other a last-word system costing 10times as much
137 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly We survey the complete list of Britain’s new cars and comment on their strengths and weaknesses in a frank manner
152 Lister Legend Chris Harvey on the ’50s Lister-Jaguar sports racer, a car which dominated its class nearly 30years ago, and still gives a good account today