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Table of Contents
REGULARS
11 UP FRONT
An MGF salute, musings on whether the Boxster proves Porsche right and a lament for CROMA’s fall
14 NEWSDESK
A cuter, smaller Rolls, Peugeot’s new 106, Renault’s upcoming Espace and more new S-class details
26 AROUND THE WORLD
German makers step up their assault, Seat builds hot hatches, Britain, Ford gets a grip on world Mazda and Japanese quality returns
69 SIR!
Renault, Nissan and VW get it in the neck, Saab makes a smart escape, and TVR is kicked in the teeth for good measure
89 COLUMNS
Foray comments on Skoda (with extra Lada), Carnell on Peugeot’s return, and Runcorn, the art of happy car-making
186 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HER
She feeds, and has even been known to clothe, half the globe. Mr Paley uncovers the needy of Hardtoys
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
157 NEWCOMERS
BMW 735i/740i
HONDA LEGEND
JEEP WRANGLER
ROVER 800 COUPE V6
ROVER COUPE 1.8 VVC
FORD FIESTA 1.4
FORD ESCORT 1.8
HYUNDAI LANTRA ESTATE
169 LONG-TERMER
HONDA CIVIC VTi
TESTS AND FEATURES
34 BOXSTER
Porsche’s price-tag for this gets less and less friendly as the months pass, but here it is – at last
42 BMW Z3 v ALFA SPIDER v MGF VVC
Scorching cars go toe-to-toe on the fringes of the road-test triangle. MGF proves the most exciting, Z3 the most faithful, Spider the most frolicsome. It’s summer in Britain. And roadsters rule
53 CRESCENT OF IDEAS
Citroën’s Saxo is competent but uninspired, Renault’s eccentric Twingo knocks it cold with a spring of the frontal pole. Why the design culture of the daring car can be manipulated
60 TOPLESS DART
A Lamborghini Diablo that’s instantly louder without a roof? LAMBORGHINI’S DIABLO ROADSTER – an incredible drive
76 BACK TO FRONT
Ferrari revisits the front-engine, rear-drive layout for the next Daytona. Is this the future for chassis layout?
84 OVER TO ROVER
Remember the Mini we designed in January? Rover does, and this is what it thinks of it
98 MOUNTAIN EXCITEMENT
Surrogate BMW factory ALPINA has inserted a 4.6-litre V8 in a 3-series. Colin Goodwin inserts himself in the driver’s seat
106 GIANT TEST
Volvo’s S40 takes on the 2.0-litre mid-size executive fleet in the shape of the ROVER 620 SLi, PEUGEOT 405 SRi and SAAB 900 S
118 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
The Golf GTi is 20 years old. John Simister drives Mk1, 2, 3 and explains why it still takes the cake
126 FORD F150
No urban cowboy’s wardrobe is complete without an F150 pick-up, the best-selling car in America
132 INSIDE LINE
Roebuck reflects on the Villeneuve debut, mediocre McLarens and sleeping with the enemy
134 HOW TO BUY A USED BMW
There are several ways to get badly stitched up, and several more that can yield the right car at the right price. Rupert Howe scourges the scene and spills the beans
140 LONG-TERM TEST
The car Rover forgot: CATERHAM Corsa for six months. He built one, fixed it and then sold it – and it went back
146 SWISS WATCH
The Geneva Show, epicentre of the automotive year, for a year fraught with fire, snow, blue bag and… déjà vu. We saw the Ital Design Formula 4 – no engine – and the like language that surrounded the Precidrive. But it was all strangely predictable