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Car Magazine – February 1985
Fiat Uno 70, Honda Civic Shuttle & Fiat X1/9 (Cover Issue)
Good Condition – Plastic Protective Covering Included
This listing is for an original February 1985 issue of Car Magazine, featuring the Fiat Uno 70, Honda Civic Shuttle, and Fiat X1/9 among its Top Ten Cars of 1985. The magazine is in good condition, and the exact item shown in the listing photos is the one you will receive. Please review all pictures carefully to assess condition. Combined shipping is offered upon request, and all magazines ship with a protective plastic covering.
This issue includes major road tests, historical commentary, technical features, and in-depth discussion of the year’s best and most influential cars.
Table of Contents (as printed in the magazine)
5 Agenda
Why it matters to select the year’s best 10 cars.
6 Headlines
The things you need to know about the car game.
12 Sir!
Responses from readers—livelier than most.
15 Frontline
Carte blanche for four writers, not just George B.
29 Oracle
All the facts about the people who made the news.
54 Top Ten 1985
A selection of the year’s favourite cars:
Fiat Uno 70 – Thoroughly efficient, totally enjoyable, and inexpensive.
Honda Civic Shuttle – The one all saloons should be emulating.
Fiat X1/9 – Mid-engine advantages at a sensible price.
Volkswagen Golf GTi – Still the benchmark hot hatch.
Citroën CX25 DTR Turbo – Limousine style with remarkable economy.
Range Rover – Quite simply, the best on/off-road vehicle yet made.
Audi Quattro – Pioneer of road-going 4WD, still compelling.
Jaguar Sovereign HE – Old-world style paired with modern refinement.
Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio – Fast, fascinating, and surprisingly sensible.
Ferrari 308 GTB – Perhaps the most beautiful exotic car of them all.
66 Maserati’s Mighty 228
A new “Biturbo-and-a-bit” model with 255bhp and a claimed 150mph top speed. Expected price: £20,000.
68 Porsche’s Starship 959
A 190mph, four-wheel-drive supercar costing £107,000—order early. First reports say it’s worth every penny.
70 Newcomers
Peugeot 305 GTX – Smooth
Citroën BX19 GT – Not quite Gran Turismo
Citroën Visa TRS – More like an Escort
Honda CRX-Si – Neatest Japanese coupe gets twin cams
74 Born on the Wind
Not your usual bike-versus-car matchup: the Audi Quattro and Kawasaki GPz900 run 1000 miles nose-to-tail. Gavin Green and Dave Minton debate strengths.
82 Cars of Ten Decades
LJK Setright concludes his historical review of the relationship between mankind and the motor car since 1885.
86 Three to the Fore
Setright argues that the three-wheeler car’s importance has been underestimated and presents a design brief for an ultra-modern tricycle.
90 Morgan’s Living Legends
Ronald Barker meets a Morgan devotee with a remarkable collection of Malvern Link three-wheelers.
98 Giant Test
Volvo 740 GLE v Renault 25 GTX v Rover 2300 S
Executive middleweights from Sweden and France take on a seasoned British rival.
115 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
A candid survey of Britain’s new cars and their prices, pulling no punches.
132 Tech
A new battery breakthrough for potential EV gains, BMW’s latest anti-wheelspin device, and Opel’s new application for the Comprex “pulse” blower.
136 The Other Bug
Chris Harvey revisits the life and times of the Bond Bug three-wheeler—ambitious, iconic, but ultimately limited.
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