Revisions to Wheels (Australia) April 1996
Added issue year:
1996
Added issue month:
April
Added contents:
news
• ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
Orbital's S2S Aussie designed and built sports car is here
• BMW'S SPORTS SPLURGE
Here come the six-cylinder Z3 coupes and an M3-powered Z3
• MIKEY LIKES IT
Herr Schumacher pilots the new Ferrari road-going twelve and Porsche's Boxster ?rms up
• TANK INVASION
New Chevrolet Corvettes tested in the Alice, a shocking Renault and your next Mitsubishi Lancer
• FIGHTING FORD
46 new Ford models in three years. Taurus wagon Australia-bound, plus Chrysler's return
• MELBOURNE MOTOR SHOW
Plenty of fresh models as Melbourne make a big splash in its new venue
features
• FAST FRIENDS
F1 veteran Jackie Stewart is keeping most of his cards under his kilt on the subject of that ?at F1 deal with Ford (Nigel Roebuck)
• PAST IMPERFECT
Leaky MG engine? Try a Lada. Leaky brake cylinder? Try shampoo - the Cubans do (Andy Wilman)
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...
...NO MORE
Japan's battered automotive industry struggles to regroup. Where did they go wrong, and how will they survive? (BH)
• TRUE GRIT
What's a Starred and Striped Hummer doing in the Sahara? Another desert storm, but this one's between Granada and Dakar (Cheryl and Christopher Jensen)
• INDYCAR 1996
It's that time again. Series overview, Robby Gordon, wheel time in a Reynard and a ?ying lap of Surfers with Michael Andretti
road reports
• OVALTHEME!
It's the ?rst US-built sedan in these parts since 1962. Ford's over-ovoid Taurus has arrived... (AM)
• FLASHING GHIAS
...but so's the Ford Fairmont. We drive both (Taurus) back-to-back on home soil and pass judgement (JC)
• OUT OF THE BOX
Funny, it doesn’t look like a Volvo. A steer in Volvo's new '3 Series-beating' S40/V40 range (PR)
• GRAND ELOQUENT
Could this be the grandest Jeep Cherokee of them all? A drive in Old North Wales tumbles the game (JC)
• THE GREATEST OF Es
AMG gives Mercedes-Benz's E-class a hit of anabolic steroids - for Robbo it's love at ?rst bite (PR)
• BEETLEMANIA
They called it the Beetle, but Volkswagen's Concept suggests the idea's as resilient as a cockroach (AM)
• TOYZ N THE HOOD
It's a Dodge. but it's no truck. The Viper GTS coupe is ready for the road at last and it's called a Chrysler here (John Lamm)
• COMPARO
Honda Civic VTi -v- Mazda Astina Hardtop -v- Peugeot 306 ST -v- Volkswagen Vento GL (MM)
• DRIVELINES
Audi A4 1.8 Turbo and Turbo Quattro (JC)
BMW 316i Open Air (BH)
Renault 19 Alize (BH)
Saab 9000 CS (BH)
departments
• OVERSTEER
Angus MacKenzie
• LETTERS
Send no money!
• AT LARGE
Peter Robinson
• INFOBAHN
Adam Porter
• CUL DE SAC
Non-fattening
• TO & FROM
Steve Cropley
• COCK & BULL
Paul Cockbum
• TEN TENTHS
Peter McKay
• DIRTY WHEELS
George Ambrose
• RETRO (Mini Moke)
Graham Howard
• Cover Photography:
Warwick Kent
• ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
Orbital's S2S Aussie designed and built sports car is here
• BMW'S SPORTS SPLURGE
Here come the six-cylinder Z3 coupes and an M3-powered Z3
• MIKEY LIKES IT
Herr Schumacher pilots the new Ferrari road-going twelve and Porsche's Boxster ?rms up
• TANK INVASION
New Chevrolet Corvettes tested in the Alice, a shocking Renault and your next Mitsubishi Lancer
• FIGHTING FORD
46 new Ford models in three years. Taurus wagon Australia-bound, plus Chrysler's return
• MELBOURNE MOTOR SHOW
Plenty of fresh models as Melbourne make a big splash in its new venue
features
• FAST FRIENDS
F1 veteran Jackie Stewart is keeping most of his cards under his kilt on the subject of that ?at F1 deal with Ford (Nigel Roebuck)
• PAST IMPERFECT
Leaky MG engine? Try a Lada. Leaky brake cylinder? Try shampoo - the Cubans do (Andy Wilman)
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...
...NO MORE
Japan's battered automotive industry struggles to regroup. Where did they go wrong, and how will they survive? (BH)
• TRUE GRIT
What's a Starred and Striped Hummer doing in the Sahara? Another desert storm, but this one's between Granada and Dakar (Cheryl and Christopher Jensen)
• INDYCAR 1996
It's that time again. Series overview, Robby Gordon, wheel time in a Reynard and a ?ying lap of Surfers with Michael Andretti
road reports
• OVALTHEME!
It's the ?rst US-built sedan in these parts since 1962. Ford's over-ovoid Taurus has arrived... (AM)
• FLASHING GHIAS
...but so's the Ford Fairmont. We drive both (Taurus) back-to-back on home soil and pass judgement (JC)
• OUT OF THE BOX
Funny, it doesn’t look like a Volvo. A steer in Volvo's new '3 Series-beating' S40/V40 range (PR)
• GRAND ELOQUENT
Could this be the grandest Jeep Cherokee of them all? A drive in Old North Wales tumbles the game (JC)
• THE GREATEST OF Es
AMG gives Mercedes-Benz's E-class a hit of anabolic steroids - for Robbo it's love at ?rst bite (PR)
• BEETLEMANIA
They called it the Beetle, but Volkswagen's Concept suggests the idea's as resilient as a cockroach (AM)
• TOYZ N THE HOOD
It's a Dodge. but it's no truck. The Viper GTS coupe is ready for the road at last and it's called a Chrysler here (John Lamm)
• COMPARO
Honda Civic VTi -v- Mazda Astina Hardtop -v- Peugeot 306 ST -v- Volkswagen Vento GL (MM)
• DRIVELINES
Audi A4 1.8 Turbo and Turbo Quattro (JC)
BMW 316i Open Air (BH)
Renault 19 Alize (BH)
Saab 9000 CS (BH)
departments
• OVERSTEER
Angus MacKenzie
• LETTERS
Send no money!
• AT LARGE
Peter Robinson
• INFOBAHN
Adam Porter
• CUL DE SAC
Non-fattening
• TO & FROM
Steve Cropley
• COCK & BULL
Paul Cockbum
• TEN TENTHS
Peter McKay
• DIRTY WHEELS
George Ambrose
• RETRO (Mini Moke)
Graham Howard
• Cover Photography:
Warwick Kent
Added image:
Updated contents:
news
• ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
Orbital's S2S Aussie designed and built sports car is here
• BMW'S SPORTS SPLURGE
Here come the six-cylinder Z3 coupes and an M3-powered Z3
• MIKEY LIKES IT
Herr Schumacher pilots the new Ferrari road-going twelve and Porsche's Boxster ?rms up
• TANK INVASION
New Chevrolet Corvettes tested in the Alice, a shocking Renault and your next Mitsubishi Lancer
• FIGHTING FORD
46 new Ford models in three years. Taurus wagon Australia-bound, plus Chrysler's return
• MELBOURNE MOTOR SHOW
Plenty of fresh models as Melbourne make a big splash in its new venue
features
• FAST FRIENDS
F1 veteran Jackie Stewart is keeping most of his cards under his kilt on the subject of that ?at F1 deal with Ford (Nigel Roebuck)
• PAST IMPERFECT
Leaky MG engine? Try a Lada. Leaky brake cylinder? Try shampoo - the Cubans do (Andy Wilman)
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...
...NO MORE
Japan's battered automotive industry struggles to regroup. Where did they go wrong, and how will they survive? (BH)
• TRUE GRIT
What's a Starred and Striped Hummer doing in the Sahara? Another desert storm, but this one's between Granada and Dakar (Cheryl and Christopher Jensen)
• INDYCAR 1996
It's that time again. Series overview, Robby Gordon, wheel time in a Reynard and a ?ying lap of Surfers with Michael Andretti
road reports
• OVALTHEME!
It's the ?rst US-built sedan in these parts since 1962. Ford's over-ovoid Taurus has arrived... (AM)
• FLASHING GHIAS
...but so's the Ford Fairmont. We drive both (Taurus) back-to-back on home soil and pass judgement (JC)
• OUT OF THE BOX
Funny, it doesn’t look like a Volvo. A steer in Volvo's new '3 Series-beating' S40/V40 range (PR)
• GRAND ELOQUENT
Could this be the grandest Jeep Cherokee of them all? A drive in Old North Wales tumbles the game (JC)
• THE GREATEST OF Es
AMG gives Mercedes-Benz's E-class a hit of anabolic steroids - for Robbo it's love at ?rst bite (PR)
• BEETLEMANIA
They called it the Beetle, but Volkswagen's Concept suggests the idea's as resilient as a cockroach (AM)
• TOYZ N THE HOOD
It's a Dodge. but it's no truck. The Viper GTS coupe is ready for the road at last and it's called a Chrysler here (John Lamm)
• COMPARO
Honda Civic VTi -v- Mazda Astina Hardtop -v- Peugeot 306 ST -v- Volkswagen Vento GL (MM)
• DRIVELINES
Audi A4 1.8 Turbo and Turbo Quattro (JC)
BMW 316i Open Air (BH)
Renault 19 Alize (BH)
Saab 9000 CS (BH)
departments
• OVERSTEER
Angus MacKenzie
• LETTERS
Send no money!
• AT LARGE
Peter Robinson
• INFOBAHN
Adam Porter
• CUL DE SAC
Non-fattening
• TO & FROM
Steve Cropley
• COCK & BULL
Paul Cockbum
• TEN TENTHS
Peter McKay
• DIRTY WHEELS
George Ambrose
• RETRO (Mini Moke)
Graham Howard
• Cover Photography:
Warwick Kent
• ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
Orbital's S2S Aussie designed and built sports car is here
• BMW'S SPORTS SPLURGE
Here come the six-cylinder Z3 coupes and an M3-powered Z3
• MIKEY LIKES IT
Herr Schumacher pilots the new Ferrari road-going twelve and Porsche's Boxster ?rms up
• TANK INVASION
New Chevrolet Corvettes tested in the Alice, a shocking Renault and your next Mitsubishi Lancer
• FIGHTING FORD
46 new Ford models in three years. Taurus wagon Australia-bound, plus Chrysler's return
• MELBOURNE MOTOR SHOW
Plenty of fresh models as Melbourne make a big splash in its new venue
features
• FAST FRIENDS
F1 veteran Jackie Stewart is keeping most of his cards under his kilt on the subject of that ?at F1 deal with Ford (Nigel Roebuck)
• PAST IMPERFECT
Leaky MG engine? Try a Lada. Leaky brake cylinder? Try shampoo - the Cubans do (Andy Wilman)
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...
...NO MORE
Japan's battered automotive industry struggles to regroup. Where did they go wrong, and how will they survive? (BH)
• TRUE GRIT
What's a Starred and Striped Hummer doing in the Sahara? Another desert storm, but this one's between Granada and Dakar (Cheryl and Christopher Jensen)
• INDYCAR 1996
It's that time again. Series overview, Robby Gordon, wheel time in a Reynard and a ?ying lap of Surfers with Michael Andretti
road reports
• OVALTHEME!
It's the ?rst US-built sedan in these parts since 1962. Ford's over-ovoid Taurus has arrived... (AM)
• FLASHING GHIAS
...but so's the Ford Fairmont. We drive both (Taurus) back-to-back on home soil and pass judgement (JC)
• OUT OF THE BOX
Funny, it doesn’t look like a Volvo. A steer in Volvo's new '3 Series-beating' S40/V40 range (PR)
• GRAND ELOQUENT
Could this be the grandest Jeep Cherokee of them all? A drive in Old North Wales tumbles the game (JC)
• THE GREATEST OF Es
AMG gives Mercedes-Benz's E-class a hit of anabolic steroids - for Robbo it's love at ?rst bite (PR)
• BEETLEMANIA
They called it the Beetle, but Volkswagen's Concept suggests the idea's as resilient as a cockroach (AM)
• TOYZ N THE HOOD
It's a Dodge. but it's no truck. The Viper GTS coupe is ready for the road at last and it's called a Chrysler here (John Lamm)
• COMPARO
Honda Civic VTi -v- Mazda Astina Hardtop -v- Peugeot 306 ST -v- Volkswagen Vento GL (MM)
• DRIVELINES
Audi A4 1.8 Turbo and Turbo Quattro (JC)
BMW 316i Open Air (BH)
Renault 19 Alize (BH)
Saab 9000 CS (BH)
departments
• OVERSTEER
Angus MacKenzie
• LETTERS
Send no money!
• AT LARGE
Peter Robinson
• INFOBAHN
Adam Porter
• CUL DE SAC
Non-fattening
• TO & FROM
Steve Cropley
• COCK & BULL
Paul Cockbum
• TEN TENTHS
Peter McKay
• DIRTY WHEELS
George Ambrose
• RETRO (Mini Moke)
Graham Howard
• Cover Photography:
Warwick Kent