Description
Car Magazine – January 1983
Lotus Reborn: Esprit V8, Revamped GT3 & Sport Elise
Good Condition – Plastic Protective Covering Included
This listing is for an original January 1983 issue of Car Magazine, featuring the reborn Lotus line-up on the cover including the Esprit V8, revamped GT3, and Sport Elise. The magazine is in good condition, and the exact item shown in the listing photos is the one you will receive. Please review all images to verify condition. Combined shipping is available upon request, and each item is shipped with a protective plastic covering.
This issue includes in-depth performance tests, feature stories, industry insights, motorsport perspectives, and automotive culture highlights from one of the most respected motoring publications.
Table of Contents (as printed in the magazine)
New Lotus line-up – Page 54
Elise Sport, revamped V8, reworked GT3, and a V8 GT. More than a reversal of fortunes—something of a full-on revival.
Hit the north – Page 68
By Renault Sport Spider to Norway, for no good reason whatsoever.
Alpine fresh – Page 76
Inside the hearts, minds, and factory of Alpine—Renault’s go-faster, look-prettier division.
911 v NSX v Skyline – Page 82
The Porsche is new, the Nissan nearly new, and the Honda not new. All have six-cylinder engines—but the similarities end there.
The stranglers – Page 92
As air-cooled cars quietly vanish under EC noise regulations, an “old” 911 meets the faces behind the faceless bureaucracy.
New TVR engine – Page 98
While every carmaker chooses a V6, TVR builds a straight-six—different as always, and with good reason.
Metrospective – Page 100
The long life and changing times of the car that saved the British motor industry.
Life with Minardi – Page 108
Qualifying at the back of an F1 grid isn’t for Frank Williams or Ron Dennis, but Giancarlo Minardi plays by different rules entirely.
Brochureworld – Page 136
Old car brochures aren’t just nostalgic—they showcase wild concepts and a strange economy of “actualités” that remain uniquely fascinating.
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