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Table of Contents
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5 AGENDA
Pondering the future of European coups, and why Mercedes doesn’t understand the eager driver
6 HEADLINES
News of a £59 follow-up, a small mid-engined Honda, Detroit’s ’89 muscle, assorted Porsche changes and Japanese MPVs
14 NEWCOMERS
Renault 19
A better Renault Golf clubber
Vauxhall Nova GTE page 16
Mildly warm metal
Fiat Croma Turbo D i.d page 19
Compression-ignition innovations
Mercedes-Benz 300E 4-Matic page 25
Extra complex all-wheel driver
39 SIR!
A reader is pleased we’ve been writing about cars for everyman, more biking achievements, and a critic of criticism
51 FRONTLINE
The quartet tells us the score
69 ORACLE
World industry news, future model plans
102 COUPE COUP
Georg Kacher gets first drive of the VW Corrado coupe
110 SCHAFER PENS
The man who drew Corrado
112 IN BRITAIN
William Doyle’s trenchant view of the closing stages of the BAE-ARG soap opera
114 STAR GAZING
Germany’s two road and track performers square up: BMW M3 Evolution versus Mercedes 190E 2.5-16
120 DIVERSIONS
Diverse drivers – Setright, Green, O’Neill – offer further thoughts on the M3 Evolution
122 PACE HORSE
We get behind the wheel of the Ferrari PPG, a one-off pace car Mercedes made less likely to be seen in the next Mondial
124 WHEELS
Thoughts on some recent drives
126 INTERVIEW
Carl H Hahn, chairman of VW
130 COUPE GRAVEYARD
As European manufacturers desert the sub-Corrado coupe, Richard Bremner mourns
132 WHY WON’T EUROPE BUILD A CAR LIKE THIS?
The car in question is Honda’s CRX. Gavin Green drives it
136 KNOCK SHOP
Steve Cropley attends an auction of written-off cars…
139 SILVER SALVOR
… and talks to the man whose pet scheme it is
144 GIANT TEST
Coming From Behind
Fiat’s Strada was a real struggler in the Escort class.
The Tipo must do better
156 INSIDE LINE
Why Mansell is going to Ferrari
158 THE FLYING WELSHMAN
Phil Llewellin tours the Scottish Highlands by luxury train.
The whisky is good
164 STAGEHAND
Louise Aitken-Walker, rally driver. The flying Scotswoman
168 PRE-OWNED
Looking for a used Scirocco?
172 dB
Geoff Howard suggests ways to hear more music and less car
175 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Concise advice for car buyers
177 SALES PITCH
How Ford cleverly manages the August rush
188 TECH
Invasion of the black gunge, and valve timing improvements
192 WORKING WITH CARS
London mini-cabbie’s life