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Table of Contents
5 Agenda Scoops, plus Sierra sales pros and cons
9 Sir! The fur flies – we like it that way – in your letters
21 Frontline Our four regulars pass on their thoughts
34 Oracle Motoring news and views around the world
64 XR4i – King Sierra Ford are counting on the XR4i to bring a racy image to the whole Sierra lineup. We decide if the bi-winged wonder has what it takes
68 Sierras for sale Why the Cortina successor is not selling as well as was hoped. Have Ford marketeers got their sums wrong? Dealers and buyers explain
70 XR4i close-up The background to the development of the top-line, performance Sierra. Why it makes a better performance car than it was first intended to be
72 SCOOP! Henry’s Insides How four up-coming European Fords will look, including the long-awaited new Granada, the Orion and ’84 restyled Fiesta
76 Geneva Reveille Optimism, rather than hordes of all-new models, was the commodity in Switzerland as car makers reflected their hope for a better year
82 Detroit – Electronic Dreams Futuristic car management systems, concept cars and convertibles were the rage at the Motown show. Georg Kacher reports
84 Same Song, New Tune The all-new Corvette is here, looking low, sleek and tougher than ever before. Despite the advances, the reality is hardly changed
90 NEWCOMERS: Honda Prelude/Volvo 760 Turbo-diesel/Alfasud Sprint Green Cloverleaf/Citroen LNA/Citroen Visa GT/Renault 11/Renault 9 diesel
96 SCOOP! Renault 21/40 We unveil Renault’s Fuego-esque successor to the good-but-venerable R20/30
106 GIANT TEST Jaguar XJ3.4 -v- Mercedes 280SE -v- Saab 900CD Can the smooth but ageing cat fight off the Mercedes or the ultra-practical Saab?
114 Fulham Fandango The other kind of car-buying – for a few hundred pounds at an auction sale in Fulham, London. Vivian Hereford reports
118 Audi Unleashed The technical excellence of the Audi 100 is common knowledge. What we sought to discover was just how good it is to drive
123 LJKS on CX The modern Audi 100s and Ford Sierras are fine cars, but Citroen’s CX remains the best big-car blueprint for the future
128 Save the Children David Rowlands explains how children can be best protected in cars. Details, costs, addresses inside in our detailed round-up
132 Models of Perfection Build your own Lamborghini Countach for £200? Its possible, in the kit car revolution from Japan. David Taylor explains
138 LONG TERM TEST Bore of the Year Our Renault 9, last year’s European Car of the Year, proved one of the most unexceptional cars we can remember
145 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Learn everything the salesman wouldn’t want you to know about the cars you can buy, in our hard-hitting guide
156 Class of ’55 When the Corvette acquired V8 power in 1955 it launched a motoring legend. Chris Harvey describes how sports cars came to the US