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Table of Contents
REGULARS
5 UP FRONT
Forget the Oscars, it’s CAR’s design and technology awards
6 NEWSDESK
– The new FORD ESCORT scooped a big surprise here. NISSAN’S new PRIMERA – no surprises – a red-hot PASTA, and the death of the Yank tank
17 AROUND THE WORLD
BMW gets clever with Rover, Britain’s new Porsche factory, and the death of the Yank tank
51 SIR!
Us Australians (ha, ha), stock of our bad language, and a call for Pierre Beuregard to follow in Napoleon’s footsteps
59 COLUMNS
What a way to go: Bayley on Phaeton hearses. May frightens pedestrians with his pants, LJKD laments the host’s hair, and Ruppert fakes it
184 INSIDE LINE
Nigel Roebuck looks at Jacques Villeneuve, son of the incredible Gilles, and Damon Hill’s teammate at Williams next year
224 PARTING SHOT
A big target for our marksman this month: NISSAN SUNNY
Tests and Features
26 FOUR PLAY
Can’t have a TVR because you’ve got a family? You can now the Chimaera’s here. Goodwin says 2 + 2 fun
36 GIANT TEST
The relatively new JAGUAR XJ6 meets new BMW 5-SERIES and MERCEDES C-CLASS
69 CRAP CAR CUP
Here’s the challenge: buy a banger for £250 and then put it through a series of tests. In the first of a four-part series, our three teams road map some dogs
76 A QUESTION OF SPORT
Aston and Lexus have taken the art of V8 chassis backward, but will squeezing the life out of Vauxhall’s hot new ABs and GSi. Richard Bremner finds out what’s what
80 THE MAN WHO MAKES F1 LOOK SLOW
Matt Bishop meets Roy Lane. At 60, he’s far from over the hill – he just keeps up them fast
86 GOOD LORD!
Stranded at the roadside after one of our bangers (see page 69) went pop, Matt Bishop is given a lift by an eccentric gentleman in a BENTLEY AZURE
95 DAVE AND GOLIATH
Under new ownership, the used car dealers VIVAS and MARCOS’s outrageous LM500 are given a new spin
104 VIVA TOLEDO!
Motoring Don Quixote, LJK Setright saddles up a SEAT TOLEDO and goes tilting at windmills through Spain
162 I WANT TO BE A…
…car designer, F1 mechanic, car salesman, PR boss, motoring journalist or TV star? Love your prototypes? Let Careers officer Colin Goodwin explain
170 FRANKFURT SHOW
MERCEDES-BENZ shoved their nosey nose ahead of the pack. AUDI and BMW weren’t far behind, though. We come to loosen the rhinestones
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
194 NEWCOMERS
204 SECOND THOUGHTS
207 LONG-TERMERS
211 THE LOW-DOWN
222 TOP 10: NEW-CAR SMELLS
222 KEEPING THE SCORE ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR