News - We reveal MG Rover's plans to go M5-hunting with a newVS-engined supersaloon, and Audi RS4 owners are up in arms because their alloy wheels keep buckling. Plus the inside line on F1, World Rallying and the BTCC from our columnists David Tremayne, David Williams and Jason Plato

Driven - Our first impressions of Subaru's new-generation successor to the RB5, the Prodrive-enhanced, limited edition Impreza WRX UK300. We've also tried the comprehensively face-lifted Renault Sport Clio 172 and the earth-shattering Ultima Can-Am, 530bhp's worth of roofless road-going race car

Letters - One reader reckons we've had a good-taste bypass, another thinks Caterham should build an R700, and someone else is offering his own back issue service

Opinion - Russell Bulgin has been converted to dieset, lan Fraser isn't convinced by new Mini, and guest columnist Robert Farago believes that you've got more in common with Max Power readers than you thought

Mini - We've waited an age to drive the new Mini, but was it worth it? John Barker puts the successor to everyone's favourite small car through its paces in the Italian hills, then pitches it against Peugeot's own Mini Cooper, the 106 GTI

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