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Table of Contents
5 Agenda Action among hot hatchbacks; it’s hardly started yet
6 Headlines All the industry news and views that are fit to print
17 Sir! Another crop of your letters; each a different slant
26 Frontline Carte Blanche for all four, not just George B
44 Winners! Introducing three readers, and their new 205GTIs
45 Oracle All the world’s car news, from every part of the globe
72 The Sting Volkswagen Golf GTi, doyen of hot hatchbacks, meets the fastest of all, the Fiat Strada Abarth 130TC, in a shootout which is bound to raise hackles. The Fiat wins, you see
78 The Muscle Factor Acceleration times and top speeds are all very well, but how do you include aerodynamics, power and driveability in one figure? Howard Williams finds a way
80 Selling The Cars Everyone Wants To Buy Brian Bowler, a VW sales supremo, explains the GTi market’s progress, and why the breed’s sales have more than doubled in two years
82 Best Of The Rest We review Escort XR3i, Lancia Delta Turbo, Peugeot 205GTI and Nissan Cherry Turbo, each of which has claim on top spot among hotshoes. Astra’s still coming
84 Middle Ground John Hartley drives Toyota’s mid-engined MR2 coupe, Japan’s first affordable sports car of that layout, and says it’s impressive in some ways, needs development
88 NEWCOMERS Maserati Biturbo S and 425 No nearer Britain VW Jetta Built to be a luggage toter Hyundai Stellar Good, within bounds Renault 25 Better big car from France but no star
94 Renault’s Architect Of Power Meet Georges Douin, Renault’s chief of turbo engine design. He spells out the ways that turbocharger applications will go in the years ahead
96 The Graduate LJK Setright finds the Renault 11 Turbo, whose antecedents have been ordinary, a compelling car whose engine and chassis prove that the Regie are improving
98 Autobahn Activist Driving new 231bhp, Porsche-six engined VW Microbus – 10 of which exist. The price is £40,000 and it’s hand-built, but it’s good for 127mph if you’ve the nerve
101 Transit Le Mans Ford, thirsting for publicity for their commercials, have strapped a disused C100 racer to the bottom of a Transit van – and given it to Martin Brundle
102 On A Wing And A Prayer John McCormick, taking to the air again, samples microlight flying at the sharp end and decides that it’s a pursuit fit to be compared with driving cars
110 Green Lizard Georg Kacher thunders forth in Bertone’s Ramarro show car, a tough-riding Corvette with a superbly inventive body design. It’s bound for this year’s motor shows
118 Beaucoup De Tractions Steve Cropley and friends drive to Paris in a Traction Avant, a Citroen Light 15, to park it with a remarkable 900 others, celebrating the car’s half century
126 Hearsay David Rowlands reviews, somewhat unkindly this month, a rash of new in-car entertainment equipment
134 Cars Of Ten Decades LJK Setright’s 100year review of man and the motor car. This month’s episode: 1926 to 1935
140 GIANT TEST Volkswagen Golf C Diesel-v-Citroen BX19RD-v-Ford Orion GL Diesel Three small diesel saloons meet for a tussle that establishes how well oil-burners have come on
149 The Good The Bad And The Ugly Our thorn in the salesman’s side guides to the cars you might choose
164 Tech Whither electronic dashboards, Howard Williams asks. He also explains Ford’s mpg star and discusses CdA
168 Sting In The Tail Chris Harvey investigates early Fiat Abarths, including a terrific little British-owned 1000TCR