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Table of Contents
98 Peter Dumbreck helps us to think like a racing driver
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Smart unveils five-door hatch concept at Frankfurt show
24
Lexus targets the lifestyle-lovers with the stylish new IS300 SportCross
110
Maserati is back on track with the fast, stylish, no-excuses-needed V8 Spyder
Lamborghini Murcielago
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
REGULARS
20 LEADER
Featuring the Frankfurt motor show, touring the MG ZT 260 grand tourer, the concept that previews the new Nissan Micra and Smart's vision of a five-door hatchback
34 NEWCOMERS
Lexus IS300 SportCross, MG ZT-T, Audi A4 Avant 3.0 quattro, Maserati Assetto Corsa, Toyota Celica T Sport, Peugeot 307 HDi 110, Think City, Skoda Fabia saloon, Jaguar XJR 100
53 INSIDER
Japanese manufacturers getting back in the game, future plans for Aston Martin and the aluminium Audi A6 destined for our showrooms
69 FRONTLINES
Drivers debate from our selected letters
77 SIR
Is Aston Martin’s Vanquish all it could have been, asks reader
152 GEARHEAD
The ultimate car adaptor for music lovers, and BMW’s bonkers StreetCarver
158 LONGTERMERS
Miles and miles of torturous testing just to see if they break in the process. Meet the fleet
162 KERBCRAWLER
Used BMW 7-series and Audi A8: the big, refined luxury cars that cost a fraction of their new price
171 THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY
Insistent opinion from the world of CAR Magazine. We tell it like it is and spare nobody’s blushes
213 THE FACTS AND FIGURES
No opinion here, just the facts. Number-crunching heaven
226 OFF RAMP
It’s time to say arrivederci to the baddest supercar of them all: the Lamborghini Diablo