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5 AGENDA
Why we’ve tweaked CAR, and why the Renault Twingo and new Nissan Micra are the first of a new breed of friendly cars
6 NEWS
Scoops galore! Undisguised photos of the new Fiat Uno, Metro convertible, plus facelifed Fiesta, Granada. And more
24 ORACLE
European niche cars are on their way back. Georg Kacher, Europe’s best-informed motoring writer, whets appetites
28 VINTAGE RECREATION
Our Richard Bremner is the world’s first journalist to drive the new MG, the RV8. In essence, it’s a re-bodied and re-engineered MGB. It’s better than you might think
38 IN BRITAIN
As Rover and Jaguar hog the lights with their problems, Land Rover plods on in profit. Richard Feast reports
40 FULL POWER
TVR reveals another new car, plus a radical engine designed in-house. We also talk to the boss
49 FRONTLINE
Rowan Atkinson (right) joins as a columnist. Setright, Bulgin and Bishop stand, jump and lie down
65 SIR!
Our 30th birthday supplement is applauded, Gatso speed cameras aren’t. Plus a call to sort out Formula One
77 SOAPBOX
A reader pays sensible money for an ’83 Skoda – none. A bargain, he says
80 FIRST TWINGO IN PARIS
Renault’s new Twingo is one of the bravest French cars in years. Its shape is one-box, its interior is a masterpiece of colour and originality. It even smiles at you
86 AIR SPRUNG DURCH TECHNIC
Experienced Range Rover man Fraser drives the new air-sprung model. It’s both very good and very revealing
90 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Long-time Cobra lover Russell Bulgin slithers behind the wheel of AC’s latest Lightweight. His scepticism disappears the time it takes to sprint to 60
124 FLUORESCENT LIGHTNING
What’s bright yellow, costs 35 grand, and produces a massive 250bhp from only two litres? The fastest Caterham yet, that’s what. We drive it
128 LONESTAR LJK
A Cadillac Allante wafts LJK Setright from Texas to Manhattan. There is plenty of time to muse on the greatness and ghastliness of what he sees
138 INSIDE LINE
Now that Mansell has made up his mind to go to America to race, our Reobuck – that is – looks back at the career of Britain’s most enigmatic champion
96 THE VOLVO SYNDROME
Gavin Green takes a Volvo 240 estate from the red lights to the post office, and almost off the road, and finds it has some of the old magic again
98 GIANT TEST
The new Micra is a massive improvement over the old. We match it against Rover’s Metro and Peugeot’s 106
106 A TOMCAT CALLED ROVER
Roger Bell flies the new 150mph 220 Turbo Coupe. It’s fast, but it lacks the sharpness to make it a great drive. It’s good value, though
118 BLAZING SADDLE
Brett Fraser rides the revolutionary Lotus bike in the heat of gold for Britain, and Lotus, at the recent Olympics. It’s fast, noisy, tiring and surprisingly unstable
144 BRIEFS
Our new look at new cars that we’ve driven, rather than thoroughly tested. This month: the revised Escort, multi-valve VHE24 Benzes, and more
159 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
CAR’s most famous column, visually tweaked but unaltered in essence, continues to expose the new car duffers
172 KERB CRAWLER
James Ruppert gets a new, regular second-hand column. This month he stalks the streets looking for good MGBs
176 JUST CARS
Meet the Briton who had a big hand in the new made-in-Blighty Nissan Micra. He once worked for Rover