CAR OF THE YEAR • VICTORY GOES TO THE BRAVE The General collects the most prestigious award in Australian motordom (Holden Camira) - Staff
NEWS • SCOOP: GM‘S MID-ENGINED SPORTY Pontiac's P-car gets the final go-ahead (Fiero) - Hans Lehmann • TWO DOORS AT TWICE THE PRICE Yes, you can still buy a two door (Ford) Falcon though not from Broadmeadows - Staff
ROAD REPORTS • HONDA CHANGES THE PRELUDE SCORE High-tech mechanicals with a longer. more roomy body and new suspension - Hattori Yoshi • IS IT WORLD WAR THREE? Jaguar XJS HE versus Porsche 928S. Music both - Peter Robinson • VOLVO TACKLES THE LUXURY MARKET How good is the new 760? Perhaps not good enough! Gavin Green • SUBARU GETS A RIVAL AT LAST Toyota's Tercel 4wd takes on the established leader - Hattori Yoshi • PRISMA - LANCIA'S NOTCHBACK DELTA A pretty and good performance but those seats and dashboard - Gavin Green
FEATURES • WHERE TO VOLVO? A look at the philosophy and men behind Sweden's biggest car maker - Gavin Green • HOW A VOLVO GETS TO LOOK THAT WAY Meet the man responsible for the design of the 760 - Special Writer • FAREWELL TO A LEGEND The London taxi is dead but there's a new one on the road - Gavin Green • THE GREAT CARS: No. 4 AC COBRA The sports car of the '60s. Another fabulous gatefold -Bewley/Matano • VANISHING POINT IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Averaging nearly 150 km/ h in a Jaguar XK 120 from Darwin-Alice Springs - Noel Tuckey • THOSE THUNDERING (FORD) FALCON GTs The last chapter in the story of our greatest muscle car - John wright
COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS • WHEELS WITHIN - Peter Robinson • NEWS - Staff • JAPAN - Hattori Yoshi • USA - Ron Wakefield • KIWILAND - Donn Anderson • TO AND FROM - Steve Cropley • HIGGINS - Paul Higgins • QUINTS - ROMSEY QUINTS • DODDS - John Dodds • DIRTY WHEELS - George Ambrose • EYES - Latest motoring books • READERS WRITE - You • NEW CAR PRICES - Christine Jennens • CARS - A Russian story