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Table of Contents
COVER STORY
‘Why, you might wonder, would we want to take a Ferrari to the Sahara? To get a great drive, that’s why’
38 BECAUSE IT’S THERE
The camel and the Land Rover are the traditional methods of travel in the Sahara, but we are more adventurous (some would say crazy): we used a Ferrari F512M
REGULARS
5 UP FRONT
Humdrummers and humdingers enter the GBU vocabulary
6 ORACLE
Rover’s long-term plans, including the rebirth of RILEY. Plus: the crisis facing Japan
61 SIR!
Readers’ letters: the usual full and frank airing of views
67 COLUMNS
Bayley realises he has grown up, while Kitman and May realise they’re addicts. Plus, LJK’s does his old wheel and tyre trick
134 INSIDE LINE
Eddie Jordan has Irish charm, luck and now Peugeot engines. It could be his year, says Roebuck
168 STAB IN THE BACK
Nick Swallow blows his top about coupé owners
TESTS AND FEATURES
52 JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE
Colin Goodwin is far too wild for blokes who spend every day pushing cars hard. And get paid for it, too
76 SPIDER THAT FLIES
Rejoice, all ye Alfa lovers, for the new ALFA ROMEO SPIDER is as good as it looks. CAR’s own Alfamaniac, Richard Bremner, is both relieved and ecstatic, and no excuse …
82 THE SAME, ONLY BETTER
… especially as the new GTV COUPÉ is an even better car than the SPIDER. Welcome back, Alfa
83 MY GTV AND OTHER ANIMALS
George Bishop has owned many Alfa Romeos over the years. And George being George, there are some excellent stories
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
143 NEWCOMERS
FORD MONDEO 2.0 4X4
SAAB 900T SENSOVIC
BMW 318iS
AUDI A6 2.6
SEAT IBIZA GTi 16V
TOYOTA CARINA E GX 1.8
VAUXHALL FRONTERA
159 SECOND THOUGHTS
HONDA ACCORD AERODECK
161 VIEWS FROM ABROAD
CHRYSLER STRATUS
CHRYSLER VOYAGER
165 LONG-TERMERS
PEUGEOT 106 RALLYE
BMW M3
86 LIFE BEGINS AT SEVENTY
Paul Newman has just turned 70. To celebrate, he entered the Daytona 24-hour race. That, he adds, was not as bad as Howard Walker makes this wistful reminiscence about racing drivers
94 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
The FORD SCORPIO is in disguise. All right, but how does it do for against ALFA’s 164, CITROËN’s XM and OMEGA?
106 THE BUSINESS
John Simister drives the new BMW M3 saloon and finds that there are many more reasons to buy this car than because it’s easier to reach, shift and change Bosch’s mods
112 BETTER THAN WE DARED HOPE?
The 306 Cabriolet genie is a miracle of convenience, LJK Setright looks at the names, and names the stars
118 RAISING THE ROOF
It’s party time at the Geneva Show, and roadhsters such as the MGF and FIAT BARCHETTA grabbing all the attention
123 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW MG?
We ask six motoring bigwigs for their opinions of Rover’s new roadster
125 GENEVA GOSSIP
Rumour-gatherer Kacher puts his ear to the ground
128 IF YOU’VE GOT IT FLAUNT IT
PJL Llewellyn hasn’t quite got it, but that didn’t spoil his enjoyment of the aristocratic BENTLEY AZURE
(Azure: £215,000 of opulence)