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Table of Contents
5 Agenda Whys and wherefores of this biggest CAR
6 Sir! Bishop backed, the rest attacked in your letters
21 Frontline It’s Leonard, Ronald, George, David
35 Oracle Hot news from the industry-watchers
60 Countach! Flat-out in the bigger, meaner 5.0litre version of Sant’ Agata’s raging bull, the greatest exotic car of them all. Steve Cropley reports
68 Opel Corsa: GM Blitz The Minis Late into the fray, GM have set new standards for mini-cars with their quicker, quieter, aerodynamic baby. We drive it
72 Paris Panache A German invasion, headed by Audi (with the 100), Opel (with the Corsa) and Ford (with the part-British Sierra) took the Paris limelight
76 NEWCOMERS Lotus Excel – Surprise Eclat revamp produces a brilliant sports car Lancia Trevi Volumex – Ugly, ugly Italian gets a supercharger
80 Jalpa Jive Countach’s middleweight supporter in Lamborghini ranks will be in the UK soon. We test the car’s mettle as a four-valve Ferrari 308-buster
87 The Bull Merchant Britain’s Mr Lambo speaks
88 Oil, Thick And Thin It isn’t easy, finding a course through the modern maze of oil specifications and claims, but LJK Setright succeeds, just the same
92 Tale Of Two Minis BL’s acclaimed but flawed Metro meets Japan’s state-of-the-art Honda City
96 GIANT TEST Alfasud Sprint Veloce versus VW Scirocco GL versus Honda Prelude Executive Great driver’s cars take on plush Japanese two-door.
106 Honda Map The Future LJK Setright, in this first of his post-Handle/bars features, explains how radically bike design is changing course
120 Spider Sweet Fiat’s venerable roadster becomes Pininfarina Spider Europa in production reshuffle. Ian Fraser admires the way it drives
124 Spider Hot Add an Abarth supercharger, stiffen its resolve and Spider Europa takes off!
130 Goodbye To All That London’s ubiquitous ‘black cab’ is on the skids, to be replaced by a Range Rover lookalike in ’84. Gavin Green reports
147 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly What to buy, and more importantly, what not to buy from Britain’s high-priced crop of current car models
168 Backpage: Opel Kadett A Georg Kacher reviews the first post-war small Opel, a car with a surprisingly direct link with Corsa, GM’s new mini