Worthy of the Niche ? Photographed against a background redolent of fashionable Tuscany, alongside its Supra and Celica stablemates, the 1991 Toyota MR2 is promoted under the colour supplement banner…

Doyen of the dozen? When Eberhard von Kuenheim, Chairman of the Board of BMW AG, described the new 750i as "an aspirant for the leading position in the international automobile…

Turbocharging American Style From the Fifties to Today The use of turbochargers in European road or track cars has been a comparatively recent development, though the original principles of placing…

Looking at a top class hill-climb car, even with the most casual of glances, reveals that science has arrived in this formerly quiet backwater ot motor sport. The elongated cars immediately…

Vauxhall is advertising better safety standards (side beams and optional air bags) as the main element of 1993 improvements to its bestseller, the Cavalier. There is another bonus, however, with…

Sports cars were never really intended for the masses, but the bigger manufacturers have to think in terms of attracting the maximum number of customers if they are to hold…

Engines:As before in four- and six-cylinder inline SOHC, but with 5-series fuel injection 2-litre, November production of 316 with 1.766 c.c. (89 x 71 mm.) 4-cyls. of 90 b.h.p. @…

In which we talk to a cross-section of those involved in the now expanding World of 750 and 1300 Formula racing, including 1975 750F Champion, Kim Perry. We also drove…

A Dash of Cosworth Although the Ford Scorpio and Granada ranges in 4 and 5-door bodies have always been front runners in the British big car selling stakes, the German-built…

M Power Motorsport by name, mini manufacturer by nature, BMW Motorsport GMBH is the expanding specialist arm of the Bayerische Motoren Werke; the BMW M3 saloon which GC tests alongside…

The new Lotus era The New Lotus Era is not a new model to continue the Elite, Elan, Excel, Esprit theme, but a summary of Group Lotus plc as it…

A superb 110 m.p.h. VW The art of civilising the high-performance engine reaches new heights of excellence as each year of increasingly regulation-bound motoring passes. Jaguar have taken such high-performance…