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Car (United Kingdom) March 1997 (No. 415)

Car – March 1997 (No. 415)

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Cover Story
Are you experienced?
These 25 cars, icons from the rich automotive tapestry of the past 50 years, are all you need to drive to be a car expert,. From excellent to excrement, these cars tell you more about progress, stagnation and regress than anything else on four wheels

Regulars
Up Front
Newsdesk
Inside the new BMW 3-series, why Ford is forced to wield the axe again (and why others will follow), Rover sells a dummy with the 'new' Mini, and Daewoo's sub-B contender spied in Sussex
Around the World
Solihull expands apace, Ford aims Lincoln at UK market, BMW and Land Rover's one-way exchange of expertise, PSA and life after Calvet, Fiat cashes in on scrapping incentives and one man's supercar dreams near reality
Sir!
The great sidelight/headlight debate, the Cerbera is wonderful, so is the USA for nutso driving, and a man with a terrible paint complaint
Columns
LJK Setright praises aircraft culture to the skies, one May mows a meadow, God is in the details says Bayley (for the 15th time) and Bulgin tries (with heartening success) to place product, to place a Ford
Not a Lot of People Know Him
A man who specialises in helmet jobs using a surgical scalpel and a certain amount of imagination

Tests and Features
Detroit Techno
'Paperless' cars, ladder frames, New Edge gains momentum, the big bosses open up to Car, and Georg Kacher reads between the lines
Mercy Killing
Rover's dreadful 800 struggles on in a market that's left it way behind. Bremner makes a clear case for voluntary euthanasia
Jocks Away
Stewart Grand Prix beings the long, hard road to Formula One front-running. Gavin Green goes inside the team as they test with the rest at Jerez
Hatcher's Britain
They were big in the '80s and they're big again. Rover 200Vi, Seat Ibiza 16V and Alfa Romeo 145 Twin Spark 1.8
Trolley De Grandeur
Do we really need the Ford Explorer to do nothing more than visit the supermarket?
Run of the Mills
Straight-sixes by Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz are soon to disappear in favour of Vs. Is this a tragedy or welcome progress in a luxury sector hampered by tradition?
Jewels in the Town
Giovanni Bulgari, prestige trinket-maker and compulsive collector of American iron takes his tank collection for an airing in Rome
Tired Old Formula
Technological stagnation and failure to shape the future. Setright sheds light on the failings of Formula One
Universal Appeal
The new Galaxy 4x4 tried, tested and (largely) approved by people who'd worship a wheelbarrow if it was going there way - hitchers
Remembrance Day
Porsche is at great pains to eradicate memories of the hybrid 914 now that the Boxster is here. But we shall not forget it
King of the Roads
His nam eis Joey Dunlop; he is the best at racing motorcycles on street circuits. Legend is too small a word
Inside Line
The season of poles and podiums is upon us once again. Nigel Roebuck sorts the fleet from the naff
Long-Term Prelude
LJK Setright has had an eight-year obsession with one model of car. At last, he comes clean

Giant Test
Together at last. We capture the cars that have captured every driver's imagination and pit them against each other in the heat of the Arizona desert. Porsche Boxster, Mercedes-Benz SLK and BMW Z3 2.8 go at it hammer and tongs

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Newcomers
Ford Mondeo Sat/Nav
Daihatsu Avanzato
Ford Expedition
Hyundai Accent MVI
Citroen Saxo VTR
Volkswagen Polo 1.0
Second Thoughts
Saab 900 3dr
Long-termers
Ford Galaxy
Lexus GS300 Sport
The Lowdown
A mine of valuable information
Showroom Floor
Britain's top 20 best-selling cars in 1996
Top 10
Small-ad euphemisms, never raced or rallied (squire)

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