Car April 2004
Publication Details
| Type | Magazine |
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| Publisher | Car Magazine |
| Published date | 01/04/2004 |
| Pages | 228 |
Articles
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| 28 | Battle of the Baby Roadsters - Mini Convertible, Vauxhall Tigra, Renault Wind - Barring the sudden onset of a new ice age, the soft-top Mini looks certain to be a huge seller. And there's more to come, with Vauxhall's reborn Tigra also due this year, and Renault revealing a slinky show car. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 4 |
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| 32 | One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval's excellent Monte Caro result was no fluke, says Mark Walton. | Events | 3 |
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| 62 | Audi Le Mans V8 - Audi Le Mans - Like the Gallardo the Le Mans is both sensuous and pragmatic, stylish and sensible, hardcore and user-friendly. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 5 |
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| 70 | Race Riot - Porsche GT3RS and Ferrari 360CS - It's the racetrack that inspired the stripped-down Porsche GT3RS and Ferrari 360CS, but it's their on-road performance that counts. Head for the hills! | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 10 |
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| 84 | Mini Cooper S, Peugeot 206 GTI 180, Renault Clio 182, Seat Leon Cupra - Scorchio - Hot Hatches - Admission to the fast show is getting cheaper. With the new Clio offering 182bhp for £14,600, hatchbacks have never been hotter. Here we test it against £15k rivals from Mini, Peugeot and Seat. . | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 8 |
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| 96 | Lotus Elise 111R vs Vauxhall VX220T - VX220 Meet your Maker - 'Where the five-speed VX relies on turbo push, the Lotus goes for more involvement and thicker left thigh muscles'. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 6 |
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| 104 | The Secret History of Motoring - 500th Issue - There's the story. And then there's the real story: the one car companies didn't want to get out, or the stranger-than-fiction fact that's simply been lost in the mist of time. Like why Ford Boss Jac Nasser refused to reveal the name of the radical new Escort replacement to his own people until he unveiled the car to the world. How a group of Mazda product planners tried to make the MX-5 a modern-day Lotus 7. Why the car chase in Bullitt could never of happened in real life. The murder that changed everything at BMW. Until now, some of us here at CAR didn't even know these stories so read on. the truth is out there... | Features | 6 |
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| 112 | LJK Setright a contributor for 30 years, looks at the successes and setbacks in the car industry's quest for progress during the lifetime of CAR Magazine. | Features | 2 |
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| 114 | What's it like being a Scoop Photographer? Every day is the same: tedium and long, lonely waits. Your're living on your wits. Everyone hates you: locals, rivals, car manufacturers. Everyone except CAR, for decades champion of the car spy. | Features | 6 |
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| 122 | The Best Car in the World - Porsche 911 - And here's just 50 of the reasons why. | Features | 4 |
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| 129 | Monte Carlo & Bust! - Behind the scenes of Mitsubishi's return after a year out of WRC | Features | 6 |
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| 134 | Vauxhall Astra 2.0 Turbo - Meet the New Quality Small Family Car. So what's the badge? Vauxhall Astra. First drive in the car that must match the new Golf and Focus. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 6 |
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| 139 | Vauxhall Astra 1.9 CDti vs VW Golf 2.0 TDI - Oi, Golf! Outside now! Astra vs Golf. The new Focus doesn't arrive until December, but the Golf is ready and waiting to take on the diesel Astra. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 2 |
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| 142 | Newcomers - Rear of the Year - Jaguar X-Type Estate - Fifth door makes the baby jag so much more than just an expensive Mondeo. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 2 |
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| 144 | Newcomers - Raising the Interest Rate - Volvo V50 T5 AWD - If nothing else, Volvo's new estate is more memorable than the V40. The what? | Single vehicle -Reviews | 1 |
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| 146 | Newcomers - New Rumbles in the Tarmac Jungle - Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG/Saab 9-5 2.3T Estate - Mercedes has taken the naturally aspirated V8 route with its new C-class AMG, aiming for a more involving drive to rival the BMW M3 and Audi S4. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 2 |
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| 149 | Newcomers - Not to be Sniffed at - Audi A8 W12 1wb/Seat Ibiza FR - Big car, big engine, big price....and a massive conk. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 1 |
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| 186 | Robbie McPherson - Peugeot 307cc, Angus Fitton - Ford Focus RS, Kieren Puffett - Audi S4, Angus mackenzie - BMW 730D, Mark walton - Renault Espace, Tom Ford - Mazda RX-8, Paul Horrell - Vauxhall VXT. | Features | 6 |
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