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Table of Contents
5 AGENDA
Why we’ve never had a month like this, and how so many great cars came our way. And response to our reader survey
HEADLINES
Scoop details of the Citroen DX – which replaces the CX – and of the all-new BMW 3-series
12 NEWCOMERS
Peugeot 405
Straight to the top of the class
BMW 750i
Probably the world’s best, but still far from perfect
Subaru XT Coupe
Flat-six power for listless Jap
38 SIR!
The readers turn on Setright, this month, and also on an ex-pat American reader
46 FRONTLINE
The thoughts and meanderings of four wise men
63 ORACLE
Mercedes is about to replace the old 600, there’s details of a one-off 4x4 Ferrari, and of the new Honda CRX
94 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER MONTH LIKE THIS
Getting together, in one issue, pieces on the GTO, Zagato, new Ferrari F40, Porsche 959 and Evoluzione Lamborghini Countach prototype
96 FERRARI F40 : BEYOND THE GTO
Steve Cropley flies to Maranello to see the latest Ferrari supercar, and is both impressed and annoyed
102 FIRST DRIVE OF SUPER-COUNTACH
Hubert Hahne used to own part of Lamborghini, and is one of the few to have driven a super Countach prototype
108 GTO-v-ZAGATO
Ferrari’s glorious GTO, about which we have often raved, comes up against the Aston designed to beat it both for speed, and prestige
116 PORSCHE 959 ON THE ROAD
Gavin Green drives Porsche’s – and probably the world’s – greatest sports car
124 IN BRITAIN
Gordon Kent at the bitter annual general meeting of Austin Rover’s often poorly remunerated shareholders, where Graham Day gets a mauling
126 MONTEGOES AND GOES AND GOES
Tales of one man and his Montego which, after 150,000miles, refuses to die
134 GIANT TEST : Changing Guard
The new CVT auto cars – the Fiesta and the Uno – battle against a four-speed auto Metro
142 WHEELS
Bits and pieces on cars we’ve driven lately, rather than tested
144 MAINLY MONSTER
Getting to grips with a Metro 6R4 rally car that has been modified for road use. It gets to 60 quicker than a GTO, yet doesn’t cost much more than a top-spec Granada
150 WEEK AT THE WHEEL
LJK Setright discovers the pleasures and pains associated with running a Maserati Biturbo for seven days
158 TECH
Geoff Howard on some simple truths about dampers, and on the importance and flexibility of active ride control
163 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Our acerbic price guide – scorned by shifty salesmen – to new cars on the market
174 dB
Latest hi-fi news, including a test of a walkman compact disc player that will fit in your car
176 WORKING WITH CARS
A clay modeller, working for the RCA, tells of his life and times