Description
Car Magazine – February 1983
Mondial & GTBi: Fully-Fledged Ferraris (Cover Issue)
Good Condition – Plastic Protective Covering Included
This listing is for an original February 1983 issue of Car Magazine, featuring Ferrari’s Mondial and 308 GTBi Quattrovalvole as fully-fledged Ferraris—examined in depth by the magazine’s top writers. The item is in good condition, and the exact magazine shown in the listing photos is the one you will receive. Please review all pictures for condition purposes. Combined shipping is available upon request, and each item comes with a protective plastic covering.
This issue includes major Ferrari features, industry commentary, new-model analysis, global automotive news, and several hallmark Car Magazine series and road tests from the early 1980s.
Table of Contents (as printed in the magazine)
5 Agenda
How triumph and tragedy have visited Lotus Cars.
6 Sir!
Specialist car makers praised at the expense of volume sellers, an osteopath comments on car seats, and Gordon Kent gets a going-over in this month’s post.
11 Frontline
The ruminations of the columnist quartet.
25 Oracle
All about cars, from the corners of the world.
36 Blue Flash!
LJK Setright gets to grips with the fabulous Quattrovalvole Ferrari 308 GTBi—and explains how extra power lifts the car to a new level.
42 Proud To Be Fiero
GM enters the mid-engined sports-car world with the Pontiac Fiero. A full survey of its design, specification, and prospects.
44 Top Ten
While others pick irrelevant cars of the year, CAR unveils its regular list of the best-value—and nicest-to-drive—cars available in Britain.
48 Newcomers
MG Metro Turbo – GTi? Not quite
Rover Vitesse – Rapid
Honda City Turbo – Brilliant
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 SRi – Terrific
Lancia Prisma – Practical
54 The Romans In Britain
Alan Walker interviews Pietro Quaglia, tasked with improving Fiat’s fortunes in Britain—starting with the Uno.
56 Fiat’s Fighters ’83
The cars Fiat hopes will strengthen its market position: the Supermini Tipo Uno, the three-box Ritmo/Strada, and possibly an Abarth Turbo.
58 Quicksilver
Ian Fraser on the still-flawed but still-lovely Ferrari Mondial 8 two-plus-two, now vastly improved with the Quattrovalvole engine and 240bhp.
64 Four Over Eight
Inside Ferrari’s four-valve engineering. LJK Setright explains how Ferrari developed the Quattrovalvole—and the theory behind four-valve design.
66 Giant Test
Renault 18 Turbo v Audi 80 CD v Alfa Romeo Alfetta
Can Renault’s almost-new turbo take on the middle-aged Audi and the aging Alfa?
80 Land Of The Exotic
Britain’s love for fine cars—and its high ownership rate—examined through the selling system.
88 Willie’s Tale
The long-term Fiat 105TC had so much character it earned a nickname—and delivered the goods over 12,000 miles.
96 Il Topolino
Fiat’s most famous small car proved that minimal-cost mobility isn’t just an art of the 1980s.
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