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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Gavin Green thinks many electric cars, in the news so much, miss the point
6 NEWS
First shots of the 1993 Range Rover; photos and information on the next Metro, to be built in Sunderland; more details on the next Sierra
17 INTERVIEW
Jacques Calvet, chairman of PSA, discusses Peugeot/Citroën’s slipping sales performance
20 IN BRITAIN
British consumers are being denied vital car-buying information, fumes Richard Feast
24 ORACLE
Georg Kacher probes the differences in Japanese, European and American car design
28 NEWCOMERS
Peugeot 106 Small, dynamic, solid page 52 Lotus Elan Biturbo nearer, big wing page 31 Honda Civic Hybrid car, big range, refined page 32 Lancia Delta Integrale Greatest ever, page 36 Toyota Camry Smooth, refined, but too like Lexus page 38 Saab 9000 CS Massive, roomy, powerful page 54 Jeep Cherokee Space runner/Wagon Roomy page 62 Cadillac Seville STS Closer to Lexus page 47
61 VIEWS
Views on the withdrawal of Rover and Peugeot from the US, and admonishment for the XR3i
67 SOAPBOX
Why people buy the wrong cars
70 FRONTLINE
Another monthly ramble through the backs of our heads by Stirling, Bishop, Bulgin and Llewellin
76 THE EXCITING NEW CARS ROVER MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE
We reveal a group of fascinating, innovative Rover prototypes said to be being stifled by the people who now own them
84 GIANT TEST: BARGE POLE
Mercedes 600SEL 12-cyl, Bentley Turbo R, Lexus, Jaguar Sovereign; the world’s best car is among them
96 WIN A NEW MINI COOPER
Amazing competition in this issue and you stand the chance of driving away the Cooper, the fastest version of the fabulous Mini Cooper
98 MIM HA HA
Rowan Atkinson on the Mini Cooper
100 MEEOOW
That’s the noise made by a fast-lapping Jaguar XJRS road racer when Mark Fogarty becomes the first journalist to drive it
106 RUNNING OUT OF LIVES
Ian Fraser reckons recent tribulations to the Jaguar XJ-S weren’t enough. The old thing should be allowed a dignified burial soon
108 FRANKFURT SHOW
Georg Kacher’s report on one of the most exciting European motor shows for years
114 WHEELS
Cameos of cars we’ve recently driven
116 REP FOR A DAY
Basildon Bulgin puts the new Vauxhall Astra through a user’s test, trundling the motorways of Britain as a sub-divisional junior sales executive
120 QUEST FOR THE WEST
The first East–West crossing of Australia was only 26 years ago. Gavin Green drove with two men who did it, recreated the amazing desert adventure, which was a near-standoff between Mini and Austin 1800
130 RAW DEAL
The stripped-out Porsche 911 RS is probably too sweet, says Roger Bell, and certainly too expensive. To get to know it, he visited Jimmy Clark’s home town
136 INSIDE LINE
Michael Schumacher is impressing F1 hardened Formula One bosses
140 LONG-TERM TEST: MILESTONE
Our Metro did its 50,000 miles in a year and seldom stopped impressing us
148 PAO WOW
Nissan revisits the unconventional; a British designer pushes the idea towards barminess
152 PRE-OWNED
This month, Mini Coopers
157 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our acerbic form guide – cold figures and hot comment on every new car seen
174 HANDLEBARS
LJK Setright rides two 125cc learner specials, and concludes that one would now be implacable if it wasn’t for the law that spawned it
176 JUST CARS
Richard Bremner on Contour, Ford’s imaginative revolution in car construction