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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
The cars are the stars - Welcome to our annual gong-fest. We've sifted through all the vehicles we've driven in the past twelve months and now bring you the definitive low-down on the great and the good. The categories are Best Value, Small Car, Family Car, 4x4, Executive Car, Dream Car, Coupe, Roadster, Driver's Car, Specialist Car and Car of the Year. This is almost as much fun as the Craggy Island Lovely Girl Contest
Alternative awards The obverse and perverse
ROADTESTS
First steers - A murmur of Mercs: the C-class Sports Coupe and new estate models, plus all aboard the S-class Pullman. And the warm VW Lupo GTI, the cool Skoda Octavia 4x4 and seat's hot Ibiza Cupra R
Like you've just stepped out of a saloon - The new Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec throws down the driving glove to VWs 2.0 Passat SE and Renault's 1.8 Laguna II Dynamique. A hair-splitting result, surely?
New Lotus Elise v Vauxhall VX220 - The twin peaks of two-seater driving perfection scrap it out on road and track. And it's fun, fun, fun all the way
Tiny cars - Out on the town with the Daewoo Matiz SE, MCC Smart & Pulse and the new SEAT Arosa 1.0 S. Can any of them help us esape from the busy one-way system known as modern urban life?
Monte Carlo or burst - Our Angus, resident rally nut, checks out the first World Championship rally of the season with the kind of in-depth planning and attention to detail that would make you cry
Just Do It - Twenty events to go see for those with tyres on their pillow, oil in their heart and fuel on their mind
Clio patter - Point to point in the most pointy car in our long-term garage. All in a weekend's work at TG
The History Man - Sit up straight at the back! We take you on a two-wheeled journey through time on a Piaggio Vespa and a Honda C90. Pay attention, boy, and you might just learn something. Remember that?
REGULARS:
First Gear - All the latest tasty bangers served on a bed of fact-filled mash. Plus motors from Motown
Headroom - A three-seater F1 car, the Le Touquet beach bike bonanza, the luck of the Irish car industry, vinyl-spinner Alex P, ten winning cars, buying an F1 car bit by bit and around the world on a bike - twice
All torque - Nelson's got one, we've got three
Ride on - We max the Yamaha TMax
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Write turns - Missives world
Leftovers - The flotsam and jetsam of car mag life
Used car buyer's guide - Starts right here
Used car of the month - Fiat Brava/Bravo
Used car price guide - All priced up
New and used car reprints - Plunder our archive
New car buyer's guide - The brand new stuff
New cars by price - In order of expense
New car list - Every new car on sale in the UK
Mini tests - Snack-sized tests
Directory of manufacturers - Contact makers
Top Gear drivers club
Cars in this Issue:
Citroen Xsara Coupe VTS
Daewoo Matiz SE
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec
Honda C90
Honda CityFly
Lotus Elise
Maserati 3200 GT
MCC Smart & Pulse
Mercedes-Benz C-class Sports Coupe
Mercedes-Benz C-class estate
Mercedes-Benz S-class Pullman S600
Peugeot 406 HDi estate
Piaggio Vespa
Renault Laguna Dynamique
Renaultsport Clio 172
SEAT Arosa 1.OS
SEAT Ibiza Cupra R
Skoda Octavia 4x4
Vauxhall VX220
Volkswagen Passat 2.0 SE
Volkswagen Lupo GTI
Volkswagen Golf VI
Yamaha TMax
Alternative awards The obverse and perverse
ROADTESTS
First steers - A murmur of Mercs: the C-class Sports Coupe and new estate models, plus all aboard the S-class Pullman. And the warm VW Lupo GTI, the cool Skoda Octavia 4x4 and seat's hot Ibiza Cupra R
Like you've just stepped out of a saloon - The new Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec throws down the driving glove to VWs 2.0 Passat SE and Renault's 1.8 Laguna II Dynamique. A hair-splitting result, surely?
New Lotus Elise v Vauxhall VX220 - The twin peaks of two-seater driving perfection scrap it out on road and track. And it's fun, fun, fun all the way
Tiny cars - Out on the town with the Daewoo Matiz SE, MCC Smart & Pulse and the new SEAT Arosa 1.0 S. Can any of them help us esape from the busy one-way system known as modern urban life?
Monte Carlo or burst - Our Angus, resident rally nut, checks out the first World Championship rally of the season with the kind of in-depth planning and attention to detail that would make you cry
Just Do It - Twenty events to go see for those with tyres on their pillow, oil in their heart and fuel on their mind
Clio patter - Point to point in the most pointy car in our long-term garage. All in a weekend's work at TG
The History Man - Sit up straight at the back! We take you on a two-wheeled journey through time on a Piaggio Vespa and a Honda C90. Pay attention, boy, and you might just learn something. Remember that?
REGULARS:
First Gear - All the latest tasty bangers served on a bed of fact-filled mash. Plus motors from Motown
Headroom - A three-seater F1 car, the Le Touquet beach bike bonanza, the luck of the Irish car industry, vinyl-spinner Alex P, ten winning cars, buying an F1 car bit by bit and around the world on a bike - twice
All torque - Nelson's got one, we've got three
Ride on - We max the Yamaha TMax
Subscribe! You'll never see your newsagent again!
Write turns - Missives world
Leftovers - The flotsam and jetsam of car mag life
Used car buyer's guide - Starts right here
Used car of the month - Fiat Brava/Bravo
Used car price guide - All priced up
New and used car reprints - Plunder our archive
New car buyer's guide - The brand new stuff
New cars by price - In order of expense
New car list - Every new car on sale in the UK
Mini tests - Snack-sized tests
Directory of manufacturers - Contact makers
Top Gear drivers club
Cars in this Issue:
Citroen Xsara Coupe VTS
Daewoo Matiz SE
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec
Honda C90
Honda CityFly
Lotus Elise
Maserati 3200 GT
MCC Smart & Pulse
Mercedes-Benz C-class Sports Coupe
Mercedes-Benz C-class estate
Mercedes-Benz S-class Pullman S600
Peugeot 406 HDi estate
Piaggio Vespa
Renault Laguna Dynamique
Renaultsport Clio 172
SEAT Arosa 1.OS
SEAT Ibiza Cupra R
Skoda Octavia 4x4
Vauxhall VX220
Volkswagen Passat 2.0 SE
Volkswagen Lupo GTI
Volkswagen Golf VI
Yamaha TMax
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