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Table of Contents
REGULARS
16 News
BMW board locked in conflict over two ways to secure Rover’s future: should the new Mini grow, or should the whole range grow? Designers struggle with their conscience finding space for Mini, Ford dumps Mondreob Vision SR, Nissan X-trail, Ford Thunderbird, Toyota Hi-lex, VW Euro supermini diesel.
24 Insider
Spy shots: designers are going retro-mad as they wrap up new-metal: Ford’s Performance dept readies off-road future, Lamb a gently musclest on the wrong side of America, Ford’s sporty strategy unveiled: Aston and Toyota just outmanoeuvre it. Europe’s progress—on simulator
30 Newcomers
Lexus IS200, Vemuri Harlingon 300, Saab 9-5 Estate, Audi A8, Jaguar XKR, Alpha Romeo 156 Selespeed, Mitsubishi Challenger, Alfa Rome 156 Selespeed, Suzuki SV400
40 Frontlines
With his carbonfibre monoocpue and brutal performance, Westfield’s rocket humbles Ferrari
72 Monte Carlo, but not bust!
Ford’s brand new Focus faces its first test, and lives to tell the tale
68 Colin McRae, rally star and great Ford hope, very near great person, answers the questions nobody asks him
120 Giant test
Battle of the diesel estate, as Subaru Legacy GTD takes on VW Passat Syncro V6 and Volvo V70 AWD
136 Long-term test update
VW: Peugeot goes home. Honda Accord Type-R wins hearts. Renault Laguna V6 Sport stays put.
146 Multi-story
Heaven or seven – every car and driver test, Lamborghini tested, 1.6 million-mile Merc
149 ‘Sir’
Peter Wheeler to save Rover? Hmmmm
226 Last Stand
Rover 800 chucked out: Dennis Hopper video pack given away.
155 GBU
Gibraltar Berlingo Multispace; Peugeot joins the small car brigade; Chevrolet Blazer: steel plate and attitude on every new car in Britain
215 The facts and figures
1,100+ stock and mind-numbing pages of delicious data
FEATURES
58 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
We get the first crack at Japan’s brand-new really bad road monster, which packs 280bhp from its blown 2.0-litre four, and handles corners at the sort of frantic pace that comes after only a stretch on straights
68 Colin McRae: the interview
You know him as Britain’s finest rally driver, but at the age of 30 he’s changed teams, cars, colours, even number. We talk with him about cars, attitude, life and what Colin does next.
72 Monte Carlo: the Ford story
A week to remember for Ford’s fledgling WRC Focus team, as their new and raw car driver glued themselves to controversy and drama at Monte. We ride out with them, watch the duration, and have the inside…
82 Honda S2000
Flat-out in Honda’s stunning new roadster. It’s rear-wheel drive, VTEC-engined, gorgeous-looking and an absolute snip at £25,000. And it’s coming here in October…
92 Westfield FW400
They’ve only gone and built a carbonfibre monocoque that doesn’t cost the earth, and in the process produced a lightweight Ferrari-humbler. We’re first to drive the rocketship FW400
100 Rover 75 meets its rivals
The car that must be the making of Rover enters the ring for the first time. In the rival corner: Alfa Romeo’s 156 V6, Audi’s A4 and, from Rover’s own bosses, BMW’s 323iSE. Nobody said it was going to be easy. PLUS: 75 meets its fleet rivals
114 Name the ugliest car in Britain
We’d like you to join the taste police and help us point the finger at those models which, in their rush to be different, have lost the visual plot big-time. Join the debate, and win a chance to come with us to the Frankfurt Motor Show
130 Renault’s amazing ‘Espace coupe’
From drawing board to Geneva Show stand with Renault’s design team, and their extraordinary Espace-based, glass-roofed production prototype, on its way to Britain sooner rather than later
58
Can’t imagine what Audi could do to the A4 to make it any better? The new model’s a star.
Newcomer
149
Latest from Lamborghini is less like a Diablo than anything imaginable, and it’s got a 27-speed gearbox