CAR Magazine September 1997 McLaren F1 Ferrari F50 Test Power 300 Ranking


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Table of Contents

Featuring

UNBRIDLED POWER…
The hardware and the hard cases

F-ing and blinding 50
Ferrari F50 and McLaren F1

More power to you 60
F50 faces Bentley Turbo RT, Dodge Viper – and Lotus Elise

Just routine 70
How do grand prix drivers spend the hour before a race?

Tracing caper 76
The factories credited with leading designs are not always the originators

The big players 81
The 300 heaviest hitters in the auto business

Not quite classics 98
Cherished vehicles that don’t quite make the mark

Write to reply 102
Root-esque letters to big car makers and their odd responses

Rod for his own backyard 106
Chrysler design boss Tom Gale and his special wheels

Tour of BTCC 112
Life inside the Donington Park BTCC round

The pits 114
James May sweeps the floor for the Audi team

No commentary 118
Lost for words in front of a microphone and a huge crowd

Swedespeed 120
Driving a selection of race Volvos from Amazon to 940

Boss Cog 126
David Richards, the man who puts the pro in Prodrive Honda

Racing uncertainty 128
CAR enters the difficult Vetra challenge race, and frankly, we wish we hadn’t bothered

Regulars

Newsdesk 14
Mercedes’ new S-class and its full embrace of a new dynamic future; the next 3-series BMW; Citroën’s ZX replacement – the Xsara, and full details on the imminent 911

Insider 22
Does the world need Saab? How Maserati will fare under new owner Ferrari, and Volvo’s new model plans unveiled

Newcomers 26
Mercedes M-class; Daihatsu Terios; BMW 523i Company; Passat VR5; Merc A-class; Rolls Silver Spur; F355; Mazda 323; Quattrope V8

Frontlines 41
LJK sets on telephoning and Radio 3; May on Lotus; Bayley on restaurants and bars; Gorner on his first spin on Pluto (Jason)

Giant test 130
New Corolla G6 faces Fiat Bravo 1.4SX and Peugeot 306 1.4LX

Inside line 144
Our Damon and his uncertain but unlikely to be unrewarding future

Multi-story 146
More scarcely believable details and broad impressions

GBU 157
They build ’em up and the knock ’em down (when necessary)

First drives 159
Ford Ka3; Audi A3 (Pro Test); Peugeot Speedfight (scooter); LTT Jags; Fiat Panda; Fiat Marea 1.6; V70 TDI2; LTT JP 106 GTi; Skoda Felicia GLX; Rover 623 GSi

Used notes 173
The dark world of dodgy trade-ins

Our rubbish 179
Rachel’s MGB Roadster V8

Long-term test 186
Peugeot 406: It got everything right except the badge

Sir! 192

Where Che Guevara and Oscar Wilde meet in a Chieftain tank

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