News • Mazda Joins the Luxury Chasers: upmarket car heads new range (Eunos Cosmo) • Walkinshaw Sees Red: last-minute colour change for HSV SV90 • Dodge Viper Keeps Its Venom: V10 in for keeps says Iacocca • Alfa Romeo's New 75 Caught on Test: scoop photos reveal all Features • Roger, Over and Out: profile of Roger Smith/Phil Scott • Hailing a Trab: the agony of a Trabant purchase/Andrew Yeadon • Rolling Your Own: how to conduct a DIY road test/Paul Cockburn • Desert Booting: freeloading while sampling the Peugeot 604/John Carey Road Reports • Raw vs Refined: comparing the HSV SV5000 with Europe's best (BMW 535i E34, Mercedes-Benz 300CE-24, Vauxhall Carlton GSi 3000)/Peter Robinson • High Weigh Toll: BMW's new techno flagship 850i (E31)/Peter Robinson • Solid Gold: the 500SL Mercedes-Benz civilised to a fault/Angus MacKenzie • Sort of Is: a second entry level BMW, the 318is (E30)/Michael Stahl • The Laser's Edge: Ford Laser v Nissan Pulsar v Toyota Corolla/John Carey • A Canned Loser No More: Toyota's new 80 series 4WD (Landcruiser VX Sahara)/Ian Glover Departments • On Line/Phil Scott • Letters: Readers' views • At Large/Peter Robinson • Ten Tenths/Peter McKay • Cock & Bull/Michael Stahl • Grand Prix/Nigel Roebuck • Books/Graham Howard • Dirty Wheels/George Ambrose • Auto Boutique/Michael Stahl • Price Watch/Ann Jenkinson • Retrospective: Volvo P1800/Graham Howard