COVER STORIES • A VER FRENCH REVOLUTION Mould-breaking design, edgy styling, weird science. Have the French lost it? • LOTUS EUROPA: THE BIG TEST Usually it will take more than a carpet to outwit Porsche's Cayman or BMW's Z4 • THE MINI FACTORY MIRACLE How strike-ravaged Cowley was born again • BENTLEY GTC CABRIO IN AMERICA 'Eight out of ten voices in my head is telling me not to shoot.' Gulp... • MERCEDES-BENZ CL FIRST DRIVE It's both cool and uncool at the same time • THE MOST DANGEROUS RACE We relive the crazy Can Am, 40 years on • VOLKSWAGEN'S NEW SCIROCCP It's called Iroc, and we've driven it • THE BIRTH OF THE M25
• BULLETIN CAR's global new steam delivers its analysis of the major stories of the month • GIOGETTI GIUGIARO Inside story of the world's most influential car designer • ONE WEEK IN BONNEVILLE Up very close and very personal with the JCP landspeed record breakers • THE NEW FORD MONDEO First pictures, full story • INTERIOR The inside of your CAR • VOLKSWAGEN'S THREE-WHEELER We drive the doomed GX3 • THE CAR COLUMNS From Gavin Green, Mark Walton and guest columnist Mark Jones • UNION BOSS SPEAKS OUT Tony Woodley calls for help to save the UK's car factories • THE DEATH OF DIESEL? Fiat's common-rail genius on a bleak future for oil burners • FUEL: THE CHOICES We test the real alternatives • GAS-POWERED MAZDA RX-8 Another power altogether • IN A DRAGSTER Eyeball-squashing drama • GOODWOOD REVIVAL Classic race action • OUR CARS A life in an Ariel Atom • LETTERS It's your call