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Table of Contents
Tests and features
36 FERRARI 550 MARANELLO
Return of the big-inch, multi-cylindered, front-engined FERRARI, the full technical low-down and a meeting with K Schumacher Esq
50 SOLIHULL
All is not well between BMW and Rover. Georg Kacher documents the sorry breakdown between Munich and the Midlands
58 SHOCK THERAPY
When it comes to badly-consistently well-suspended cars, Peugeot manages better than most. Bob Simister delves
74 BOXES OF TRICKS
Gearbox technology leaps from the track and onto the road. The new BMW M3 and FERRARI F355 are the first GT cars to carry genuine sequential boxes. We drive them both and compare
80 DESIGN FOR LIFE
At the Royal College of Art degree show, the big car makers stalk labouring students with a glass of wine in one hand and a hollow cheque in the other. Hilton attends
86 THE LIFESTYLE FILE
More about what you get out of a car than what you put into it. Paul Horrell squeezes his life into the new BMW 318 tds, TOURING, MERCEDES C180 ESTATE, VOLVO V40 and AUDI A4 AVANT and finds little room for himself
94 QUATTRO-FORTE
MASERATI’s new four-door, V8-powered QUATTROPORTE is sublime as a manual, pathetically sub-standard in auto guise
100 NET RESULT
All we ever wanted to know about the internet, but were too confused to ask. Where to go and how to get there
112 JOBS FOR LIFE
Number two in a series about people whose job fulfilment is total. This month: Paul Bracq, the man who stuck with Peugeot and triumphed through some troubled years
116 GIANT TEST
Coupes clash as MERCEDES and RENAULT go for the throat, and ROVER and FORD are established as the new elite. The SEASON’S BIGGEST ROAD TEST
126 HELLO GOOD BUYS
If your thoughts are turning to blowing money on a 'pre-owned' performance motor, heed Richard Bremner before you break your bank and/or your heart
129 MARCH PAST
It’s not often an ex-Jackie Stewart March is wheeled out for a mere mortal to drive, but Colin Goodwin enjoys one of the quickest history lessons in the world
138 INSIDE LINE
As the Formula One season starts to get interesting, Nigel Roebuck re-assesses DAMON HILL’s chances
140 LONG-TERM TEST
Our JEEP CHEROKEE had a hard, but charmed life and left us with mixed feelings
Regulars
11 UP FRONT
16 NEWSDESK
Controversy predates JAGUAR’s new X200 and inside RENAULT’s radical MEGANE SCENIC
29 AROUND THE WORLD
Why NISSAN deserves US lantern on the make; my RENAULT for help, FIAT, KIA seethe in price shock, and life inside TOYOTA
69 SIR!
105 COLUMNS
May on the roundabout tasty of local councils, Georg Kacher knows the margin on the horsemeat and Bremner’s 'Rott Court'. Rupert on the rolling road blues, joy of use, and Bayley sees God, or vice versa
127 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM
A man entirely happy with his rural situation
The good, the bad and the ugly
149 NEWCOMERS
AUDI A3 1.8T and TDI
FIAT MAREA
CATERHAM SEVEN
RENAULT CLIO 1.2
RENAULT LAGUNA TURBODIESEL
SKODAS
162 SECOND THOUGHTS
MONDEO V6 GHIA
165 THE LOWDOWN
177 SHOWROOM FLOOR
Off-roaders
177 TOP 10
Songs that could have been written about cars, but weren’t
116
A year is a very long time in the lifespan of a coupe. New arrivals upset the old order
129
Goodwin drives Stewart's 1970 F1 March and has one word to say: respect