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Table of Contents
11 UP FRONT
16 NEWSDESK
PEUGEOT reveals pretty 406 coupé, FORD plans a hot KA, RENAULT's PRIC EASCO, Volvo plans 'Four's' car assault with S40 and facelift’s faithful 850, CITROËN muddles thorough with confused BERLINGO
26 AROUND THE WORLD
Why HONDA wants best for ROVER, CHINA’s skewed limo, BMW’s elegant solution to 4x4 mayhem, Brazilians in France, Italian MOD crackdown, ALFA cracks Japanese niche market
REGULARS
89 SIR!
We catch the fallout from the BMW/ROVER fall-out, FERRARI MARANELLO – ugly, or what? Scriptie in contradiction shock
109 COLUMNS
Strutting our wheels good – four-wheel technology better. May recalls his first write-off, and drives resin sports racers, their Bayley offers geography lessons and Rupert gives opinion.
186 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
James May meets a man attempting a rescue of heroic proportions
COVER STORY
46 JAGUAR XK8 HITS THE ROAD, TAKES ON RIVALS
Our big cat drive-fest starts here. First, on its own, then up against class-leading opposition from ASTON MARTIN, MERCEDES-BENZ and BMW…
TESTS AND FEATURES
34 THE KA’S THE STAR
Much scepticism surrounded the Ka; now it is blown clean away by a small car in a small glory. Ford made its best of all, delighting the safe, not bored
46 XK8 DB7 v 840
54 XK8 v DB7 v 840
A clue, like an individual, can be judged by how it behaves in company. The 2X is no let-down
64 XK8 v SL320
Gloves are off, tops are down and the mixed message of an autumn scene shine in the last of the autumn sun
72 VOLVO COUPE
The oddly styled coupe (with mixed results), but this time Volvo might have come out on top, not the design some had imagined
82 PORSCHE GTI
The idea of a long driving Porsche competition narrative is always deeply absorbing, whether it is the mega overtime or gracefully wrapping yourself round the hairpins. Hold onto your autograph books...
96 FERRARI 550
We examined every single inch of it. Now we fire up that mellifluous V12 and drive. Prepare the dates for the award: expect a track day as good as another special car. A car that’s forever a posh three month meal
102 THE FRIGHT STUFF
High-fliers like to take to the sky on a recreational basis, but not necessarily at airports. Bob Lutz is different. Howard Walker goes up with him
118 GIANT TEST
Certainty or dead, not even resting. The factories have breathed new life into the moulting GTI sector. NISSAN ALMERA v PEUGEOT 306 v FORD FIESTA v VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
128 ARCTIC TOLL
Phil Llewellin takes a leisurely trip to the edge of nowhere to see whether FORD’s EXPLORER is a match for the LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
138 INSIDE LINE
Formula One’s musical chairs season is in full swing, and the metronomic sacking of champions
142 LONG-TERM TEST
In a nicely balanced car, JAGUAR’S XK8 is not only put to the test once and write of long-term ownership. Gavin reports on one another news: without a safety net
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
153 NEWCOMERS
RENAULT MEGANE SCENIC
VAUXHALL SINTRA
MINI
SKODA OCTAVIA
ALFA ROMEO 155
ASTON MARTIN COUPE
TOYOTA PRARIC
167 LONG-TERMERS
FORD GALAXY
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
169 FINAL DRIVE
FERRARI F512M
173 THE LOWDOWN
This is where we try to be fair, but always upset people. Oh well
185 SHOWROOM FLOOR
Precinct car sales across Europe
TOP 10
Cars that could have been made after rivers