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Table of Contents
5 Agenda
Claiming Porsche for Britain; win another Lotus
8 Sir!
A musical mega-blunder exposed – in your letters
17 Frontline
Four motoring wits get the usual free rein
30 Oracle
News, scoops, scandals from world-wide sources
56 SCOOP! Jaguar’s XJS Cabriolet on the road
We snap the six-cylinder drop-top XJS that makes Cat roadsters a reality; provides clues to upcoming XJ40 saloon
62 The Cars Of 1984
We unveil some of next year’s new cars – Alfa-Nissan Cherry, Escort Cabrio, Fiesta XR2, Fiat Regata three-door Sierra, and Pontiac P-car
64 Carrera: Time Bandit
Any other ’60s sports car would be dead by now but Porsche’s 911 goes on, now called Carrera and quicker than ever. We drive it – fast!
70 Porsche Extra
Britain gets its own version of the 928 – the new S2. The 924 and 944 get minor changes (and new prices). There’s some news on the 944 Turbo too
72 NEWCOMERS Ford Fiesta
Better, not best
Honda CRX Dinky, delightful
Citroen BX Econo-sophisticate
Nissan Prairie Taller
Sunny
Vauxhall Carlton
Manta 2.0i OK
78 LJKS In Stuttgart
Not for the first time in his life, LJK Setright visits the Porsche factory, and discovers just how they turn out the way that they do
80 Big Speed
Gavin Green, once a racer of Formula Fords, ponders Porsche’s 1934 Le Mans winner, the 956. Performance? It trebles a Boxer’s power/weight ratio!
86 Marathon Man
As Our Man Green tries the Porsche Le Mans car, factory ace Derek Bell punts, for the first time, the 1100bhp Porsche 917/30, the fastest racer ever built
90 GIANT TEST Mercedes-Benz 190E-v-BMW 320i 4-door
We’re in Germany for this one, a deadly fight-out between the new little saloon (new to UK) and its deadliest enemy
97 Giant Test Extra: BMW 745i-v-Mercedes-Benz 500SE
A couple of classes up the Merc/BMW rivalry is just as hot. Can blown BM out-muscle big-bore Benz? We decide
100 Pirelli Predator
The P7 by Pirelli has been the staple tyre for high performance cars for years. LJK Setright tests its best-yet challenger, the Goodrich Comp T/A
112 On The Chain Gang
Roger Bell drives a pair of Frazer Nash roadsters – a 1934 chain-drive square-rigger and a normal-gearboxed 1951 Le Mans Replica
116 Nash Now
Meet John Aldington, today’s head of AFN, the company that made Frazer Nash cars into the middle ’50s – and can now sell you a new Porsche
120 You Are What You Drive
Punch’s David Taylor on the subjective, unfair – and irresistible – tendency we all have to pigeon-hole people according to their cars
124 Porsche Exchange
Viv Hereford surveys Porsches that aren’t so exclusive – the ones in Exchange & Mart for £5000. The sellers are special, too, he says
133 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Surveying Britain’s new cars and their prices in a pull-no-punches way that doesn’t suit all salesmen. Or all owners, either
152 Take One
Twenty-one years ago the first Porsche 911 was built. Only it wasn’t called 911 but 901. Chris Harvey on the designation change and other facts