Car Magazine October 1988 Giant Test Alfa 164 BMW M5 Audi V8 First Drives


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Table of Contents

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5 AGENDA

Alfa is on the way up, but Audi goes the other way. BMW, meanwhile, sweeps all before it

6 HEADLINES
Important new small Range Rover; best pictures yet of Fiat’s Regata replacement; other Tipo variations; sports cars from Japan

14 NEWCOMERS
Porsche 944
Bigger engine for base Porsche
Renault 25 page 16
Change for its own sake
Ford Thunderbird page 17
Big blown bird bows in
Ford Taurus SHO page 29
America’s Sierra Cosworth

35 SIR !
Bob Lutz and Giorgetto Giugiaro write, and not just to say hello

46 FRONTLINE
Inspired ramblings, mutterings and musings from our four

63 ORACLE
Worldwide new model season is here, and we have details

94 GIANT TEST
Alfa 164
Against extremely strong opposition, the Alfa 164 wins by entertaining best

104 MASTERPIECE
BMW’s new M5 comes far closer than anything else to resolving the supercar/ saloon conflict

110 BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL
Audi tries to build a fine fast saloon, but it stumbles

116 IN BRITAIN
William Doyle gets impatient with the shy Panther Solo

118 LAST CHARGE
… for the Countach. We drive the run-out model and find the bull still in its prime

120 BULL FIGHTERS
Three top Lambo men and the Chrysler overseer. Their tone is optimistic

126 LAMBORGHINI’S OFFENSIVE
The go-anywhere vehicle with nowhere to go

128 WHEELS
Cameos on recent drives of some muscular cars

130 PREGNANCY FORCES SALE…
Stephen Wood buys a secondhand car privately

134 …NOW THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
A year later, here’s how it went

138 INSIDE LINE
Roebuck’s thoughts after Ferrari

142 YANKEE DOODLING
Phil Llewellin covers 5500 miles in three weeks way out west

152 FAR-EAST FERRARISTI FIASCO
A stultifying day out for Japanese owners in their Ferraris

156 GOLDIE’S GRABATHON
The most bizarre but magnetic scrapyard event of them all

162 PRE-OWNED
BMW says goodbye to the old Five, so used, it’s a good buy

167 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Why we like what we do

169 SALES PITCH
Car sales go silly in July

180 HANDLEBARS
Setright rides a frantic but usable sporty bike

184 WORKING WITH CARS
A life in motoring PR

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