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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Why we’re back among the German car industry news this month – and how a small British firm is doing poorly
6 HEADLINES
Jaguar’s new four-wheel-drive system, and other bombshells from industry back-rooms
14 NEWCOMERS
Range Rover V8 Improved again
Uno Diesel Modern, frugal
Toyota Camry Fine but faceless
26 SIR!
Top Ten reaction aplenty (Bottom Ten, too) and a Volvo man thanks us for an accolade
37 FRONTLINE
The columnist quartet go at it again
53 ORACLE
Hot news and comment from other parts of the globe
78 THE SMALL SPORTS CAR PORSCHE IS BUILDING
Georg Kacher looks at Porsche’s problem: how to replace the good but ageing and overweight 924/944. He examines two contenders, the mid-engined 984 and front-engined 995
86 THE CASE FOR A GOLF-SIZED MERCEDES
Kacher again, sifting hard evidence that Daimler Benz plans a radical, expensive five-door fwd car, to fit just above the present 190
90 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent on the Sierra’s victory over the Cavalier, with details of other 1986 winners and losers of the British best-selling game
92 SEMI-PRECIOUS SIERRA
LJK Setright reviews Ford’s new Sierra four-door, the Sapphire and notes how it reflects Ford’s policy of constant product improvement
98 SKYE AND GOODBYE
Gavin Green takes to the roads of Skye in a Ford RS200 and an Audi Quattro Sport, and describes the kind of motoring we’ll miss from now on
108 THE CARLTON DEBATE
Car of the Year judge Setright mixes his opinion of the new executive Vauxhall with those of Bell, Fraser, Cropley
112 WHEELS
New cars, old cars, notes, updates and second thoughts
114 KICKS ON A66
Richard Bremner takes to the open road in the £10,000 to £12,000 sports cars, Toyota MR2 and Reliant Scimitar 1800ti, and decides between two fine cars
120 $199 ON, $25 A WEEK, RIDE TODAY
Meet the Florida car dealer who runs a place called Buddy Dogs, sells 40 wrecks a month – and repossesses 10 of ’em
124 SPRINTEX: BRITAIN’S TURBO-BUSTER
Chris Harvey investigates a Scottish-built blower which counters every one of the turbo’s shortcomings
132 ARCHIVE
David Burgess-Wise on the beginnings of forced induction
136 dB
Car compact disc players are about to make it big, says Geoff Howard. Avoid the pitfalls
141 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
The form guide, revised for ’87
156 TECH
Geoff Howard explains about progress in plastic suspensions, and investigates new heat-sensitive switching materials
160 WORKING WITH CARS
A Williams formula one mechanic explains why he’s been in the game 20 years