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COVER STORY
70 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
We test the MGF, the Alfa Spider and Fiat Barchetta against the car that created the market in which these great cars now compete – Mazda’s MX-5. It’s very, very close
TESTS AND FEATURES
24 NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
Fiat has come up with yet another winner – so you need never buy an Escort again. Richard Bremner drives it
30 SPAGHETTI WESTERNER
And one of the guys responsible for this Italian renaissance is a Yank: the remarkable Pete Davis
32 AT LAST! THE NOMINATIONS
The nominees for CAR’s very own Oscars. The lucky winners will be announced next month
36 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY
Giorgio and Alberto Pianta are brothers – and they’re both top men at Alfa. LJKs meets them
42 THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE
Colin ‘Captain Haddock’ Goodwin goes to sea by car
50 LIFE’S A BEACH…
… says Tim Dutton, who designed the seafaring Mariner
90 HEY BRITS! SMALL ENOUGH FOR Y’ALL?
Sinister tests the Yank-tanks that CHRYSLER is bringing here
100 HEY HEY WE’RE THE MONKEYS
A monkey, as if you didn’t know, is £500 – and £500 can still buy you a decent car. James Ruppert ferrets out a few gems
108 WHEREVER I HANG MY JACKET…
Super-rep Jim May tries out VAUXHALL’s new VECTRA
112 V-SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Remember Victor, Ventora, Velox? They weren’t v. good, but they seem v. amusing now
116 LONG-TERM TEST
Matt Bishop on life with a Honda Civic Coupe. A great year – with a sting in the tail
READER OFFERS
130 TOUR DE FRANCE
Have you got the gall for this?
132 MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS OUT
This month’s CAR Club offers
NOW THERE’S EVEN MORE IN THE GBU
136 NEWCOMERS
FORD TAURUS
BMW 728i
BMW 323i COUPE
AUDI A4 QUATTRO
SUZUKI VITARA V6
140 SECOND THOUGHTS
VW PASSAT ESTATE TDI
143 LONG-TERMERS
SAAB 900 SENS0NIC
CABRIOLET
CATERHAM CLASSIC
147 THE LOW-DOWN
Everything you always wanted to know about cars but were afraid to ask. In other words: how much?, how fast?, how economical?
158 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
… and fewer still care. A look at a selection of numbers worth crunching
REGULARS
6 NEWSDESK
The big stories this month: a new Fiesta, a compact Jaguar and an even more compact Lotus. Plus: what BMW is doing to Rover
15 AROUND THE WORLD
The news behind the news. Our team of experts brings you the word on the streets of Britain, France, Germany, the US, Italy and Japan
55 SIR!
Your page: as usual, you’re not backward about coming forward
61 COLUMNS
Setting on speed limits (again); May quotes Socrates, Bayley quotes Huxley, and Rupert quotes Blyton (who? – ed)
124 INSIDE LINE
Poor Jean Alesi. After four very frustrating years at Ferrari, at last the results are coming. What’s his reward? A P45, that’s what
168 PARTING SHOT
The Cavalier is dead. Do we care? Do we heck! Bremner tries to hold back the tears. And succeeds