ROADTESTS • HOLDEN BARINA: COMMUTER OR CULTCAR? The littlest lion packs quite a punch. • A PRETENDER NO LONGER Porsche's 944 comes of age. • MAGNA: MITSUBISHI REDEFINES THE FAMILY CAR Look out commodore and Falcon, here comes Japan! • NEW FOR YOU New releases from Alfa, BMW and Subaru, plus scoop photos of Mitsubishi's Minica.
FEATURES • FAST AND FASHIONABLE Vauxhall Astra GTE - the enfant terrible of the GT3 set. • STOLEN How safe is your car? • TYRES: FROM TREE TO TREAD A gripping yarn full of good pneus. • K70: THE FORGOTTEN VOLKSWAGEN And you thought the Passat was a trendsetter.
DEPARTMENTS • TRAFFIC What's news. • EUROPE More from Douglas Armstrong. • MAIL Your stories. • PRODUCTS Gadgets and gizmos. • BRASS TACKS Industry overview • NEW CAR BUYERS' GUIDE Cheque it out.
COLUMNS • AT THE WHEEL And he wasn't even scared... • ROD EASDOWN Nothing's that ugly. • WAYNE WEBSTER Move over, Tuckey. • GUTS AND BOLTS Say no more!