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Tests and features
18 DETROIT SPIN-OFFS
The Motor City Short, a raft of concept cars in an era of uncertainty, but some of them will reach the oval come what may
32 NEW DAEWOO RISING
Korea’s on the up and DAEWOO is leading the climb. Massive investment, three new models and a few problems, too
56 FAKING IT
The house factories make a mockery of the WRC. We confer a ‘not WRC-constructed’ sticker on any imposters that take to the high ground
60 RED, THRILLING AND ABLE
FERRARI’s incredible F50. It has to be, under the little red car is, in his book, there’s no doubt about it, the closest thing to a road-going F1 car ever
78 PHOTO FINISH
It’s a close-run thing between AUTO’s 1.4 BXT, BMW 320i and CITROEN XANTIA. You can throw the book on the motorway with the three for the Mid-Sized Executive Stakes, but a winner does emerge and the champion greets stewards’ inquiry
98 RACECRAFT
Winter is a time of frenzied activity for a Formula One team. Colin Goodwin spends days buttoning the doors of Williams’s test session at Estoril, Portugal. Glamorous it is not
110 REMEDIAL WORK
Some cars are simply appalling – they don’t work, don’t sell, don’t, um, disappoint. Others have glaring faults – pitfalls that can be resolved. We examine the ALEXA 155, AUDI A6, FORD FIESTA and JAGUAR XJS. Cars survive with track-record chastened
118 MAKING THE GRADIENT
Impossible hills, precision cars, impossible amounts of traction. Fancy a climb back down? Nor do we – go on, just have a look, have a look
124 RIVAL ARRIVAL
Proton’s 1.3 WIRA SE looks highly likely to appear here in the autumn. Testing of Probes and Galants underway. We drove it now, and like it a lot
128 BOWING OUT
Our long-term-tested 1996 Citroën ZX leaves the stage after a glorious performance rich in agility and reliability
132 HOT GO THE DIESELS
Rover’s 220 SDi head-to-head with the Golf 1.9 TDI. They may be old, but these burn neither lash out nor go stiff
136 READY TO RUMBLE
Schumacher and Hill square up for another bout of wheel-to-wheel warfare. Nigel Roebuck looks at them, their teams and a whole gridful of other challengers
Regulars
7 UP FRONT
Scoops. Great cars, fake tans, and Lancia’s new boy wonder – ‘Lone Lauder’ will hang on
10 NEWSDECK
XJ8 takes centre stage as GMC turns product-strategy pages. A medley of Vauxhall concepts
25 AROUND THE WORLD
Straight from the US, a preview of Chrysler’s LHS, plus more news and scoop photographs
60 SIR!
Cold coffee, Ford ‘styling’, smart guys, Roy Baker’s Easter eggs, Barclays banking and gunsmoke in Essex
70 COLUMNS
Not only Steady, Setright, Roebuck and Stilton’s private diaries, but F1 cars in general and the Great Ones, as illustrated by Nigel Roebuck
78 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
This bloke stands out when all around is darkness and hot rubber
The good, the bad and the ugly
143 NEWCOMERS
HER GRAND.
GAY-SOPHIEC
CITROEN ZX VOLC.
VOLVO 850 R
AUTOMATIC CLASSIC
ROVER 200i
DAEWOO ESPERO
BMW 220
SWATCHMOBILE
152 SECOND THOUGHTS
VW GOLF ESTATE
154 LONG-TERMERS
SAAB 900S
BMW 5-SERIES
154 FINAL DRIVE
BMW 5-SERIES
164 THE LOW-DOWN
Hatches and good-and-good, plus numbers, numbers, opinion
168 THE SHOWROOM FLOOR
List of top-selling hatchbacks and cabs