W, 131 (Classified) Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) IS


ns from an 1108 iack with four


hrough to a 1 c.c. engined


arle Syke, Fair- irs still retain suring air of all family busi- id exude confi- ,he products of n which they


;he finish and o detail on cur- a models a stan- :ult to beat. I


icularly impre- my road test of ide, a stylish, inted driver’s .ccord has made •able reputation intry as a mid- ly car. Since its int in 197ft it continually re-


come one of the it-after models. •


of Burnley,


lice set-up in ■ Street where


ilise in “surpris- od a s . These •ehicles have insiderable re­ rally events,


p a class first in, sst rally of them


jpe — the Lom- (5. Skoda also 981 Manufactur- d in the Euro- ing Champion­


's claim to have orrosion, and lard of comfort •ed tremendous- t years. r 1984 is the V o ,” a vastly version of the stelle saloon, n extensive list features and ng has been nproved along ng. ‘ nodels tend to breath away,


danger here is | are so many of so many var-


J one can really |ly spoilt for -


|ngineering, at ; the scene here


| display of most ncluding one of |opular, the new


els range from itive 1,000 c.c.


[hrough to the nge, Carena, the new Space


They all have iants, to suit


fig


im of the cus- ach model has ing solidity of of the second manufacturer


tld.


I n g w a y r Shaw Motors,


|eld, for the cur- all/Opel range.


Ihich shook them. the past two


he Cavalier, and el is currently


Ihe


ie most prestigi- medium car


it the new Nova iarlton. are also con sid e ra b le says the en- sales staff. ,ke has come a since the first


was made way 903 — a single


itwo-speed, chain* odel which sold


I t ’ s the front- e Cavaliers and nch are setting with specifica-


rformances and ratings to whet ;ite of many of and tomorrow’s


Ists.


Martin Iroup


JRINGTON [BURNLEY I. 53731


SO . . . . WHAT’S NEW? The motorist may well


ask what lies behind the 1984 styling of the mul­ titude of models vying for his bankroll.


One thing is certain:


today’s—or should I say, tomorrow’s — beauty is a lot more than skin deep. The, new cars are ’ stiff.


with solid state electronic devices which are justifi­ ably there on merit. They do a far better, more pre­ cise, job than the prone- to-wear-or-mistune com-1 ponents they supercede and, along with the new “ quality” • plastics being used in car manufacture,; offer a more durable and


/more reliable vehicle .than anything 's e e before on our roads. • v Using lighter materials,


and paying great atten- , tion to aerodynamics, the latest tears are potent (but - miserly in terms of petrol consumption) performers. More and more man­


ufacturers are either adapting their top-gear ratios, or adding a further “ o v e rd r iv e ” gear, to squeeze more mileage from each gallon of petrol.


The more e s o te r ic


models boast computer­ ised petrol feeds which re­ spond to the slightest var­ iation of throttle opening. Many hav e e con omy gauges and tel l-tales which even warn-a driver . when he ought to be .. changing gear.


FURORE ■ One basic factor still re­


mains, among all the modern marvels of design and engineering. When-it comes to the economy stakes, the most dominat­ ing factor of the lot is the brain behind the- foot which presses the gas pedal.


Remember the_ first


talking cars? Like the first “Talkie” films, they caused something of a . furore. This country’s BL group was right in the forefront of this electronic “addative.” But that’s old hat these


days — and soon,' if we are to believe the German inventors, Siemens, ■


■ we


will have an electonic motoring device which will guide us to our desti­ nation. The invention, current­


ly undergoing, extensive trials before it s anti:; cipatedrelease1 •


motoring public in 1986,


' makes, use of micro com­ puter which aligns itself with the earth’s.magnetic field.


-! ' , North is found by a


magnetic.probe. You key your destination details — what point of the compass you intend to. head for, how 'fa r , etc — into a small keyboard, on the . car’s instrument panel and, i hey presto, a dash­ board display shows you the way. It tells you- whether you need to turn left or right at an un­ known crossroads, ;or whether you need to turn rou nd and go back . Another display tells you, how far you have to go to reach journey’s end. , . . . We’ve come a long way since a man used to run in; front waving a red flag. I can’t resist the temptation to tell'you-I can visualise yours truly parked in the middle of'Wiltshire with the wife patiently , saying: “L thought we'were head­ ing for the Highlands-of Scotland.” -


* to ‘tHev


■ ' Someone once told me that a computer is only as- good as the information


. fed into it. Perhaps .they ; might. insist we take a computer test, as well as a driving test! But the day is not far


off when even driver op­ erations will become com­ puter-controlled. We al­ ready, have the second, or even third, generation of solid-state “ cruise con­ trol” . This feature is ex­ tremely popular with the caravanning fraternity for / those long hauls along the motorway systems, home and abroad, at a steady, le g -a ch in g , con stant speed.


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. So . . . what IS new as we take on 1984? Ford .have launched a fuel-injection version of


• the Sierra XR4i, and a 2.8 litre engine to shoot you into the highly illegal 130 m.p.h. sector. We have a spruced-up


•version o f the Fiesta, with new 1.3 or 1.6 en­ gines, or the new 1.6 litre diesel with a mind-boggl­ ing 74.3. miles per gallon


, performance,1 at a steady 56 miles an hour, claimed for it.


. Ford of Europe’s first open-top production car for 20 years comes on the scene in the L3 and 1.6 litre Escort Cabriolet. Back among the Sierra


range, there is a three- door version with one- piece, side rear windows, and a choice of engines from' 1.3 petrol to 2.3 diesel.


INJECTION This year looks like


being the one in which the struggle for supremacy among the mini cars takes place. High up in the


'V


joisting lists is Vauxhall’s front-wheel-drive Nova. Its Spanish-built saloons’ and,, hatchbacks range from almost £4,000 for the two-door 993c.c.saloon to almost'£5,000 for the zest­ ful three-door 1.3 litre


SR. Vauxhall-Opel have


brought th e ir 2 - l i t r e ' engine into the current ul­ timate specification' with • the availability of Bosch; fuel injection. . . The Carlton 2000 CD


now hits 116 m.p.h. (you dare!) and, in manual ver­ sion, costs around £8,600. Sharing the _ same engine,


?the Mahtas";are-priced "at around £6,445 for the two- door coupe ■iyersiom and £6,645 for the three-door hatchback. Now'available in Skoda


with a fuel-ipjected engine . — the GTI version. The Peugeot 205, now


■ on: s'ale in the UK, is a fro r it -d r iv e f iv e -d o o r hatchback with a choice of 954 c.c.; 1124 c.c. and 1360 c.c. petrol engines or a 1796 c.c. diesel power


• plant. Currently top of the 305


range1 is ■■the GT version,' which, boasts a 1580 c.c. twin-carb engine giving a claimed 105 m.p.h. top: speed. Not ■ much news from


,■ this country’s BL plants ■; apart from soaring sales — but Austin-Rover are jointly producing, with Perkins, two high-speed, direct-injection diesel en­ gines based on BL’s “O” series petrol unit. , A new transmission


fitted to the 3.5 litre Range Rovers is said , to give a 10% improvement in fuel economy. The two- and four-door versions now have a five-speed box as standard.


STYLE Datsun still field one of


the most extensive model lists in the country. The “ field” swings from ■ the popular Cherry, in all its variants, through the Sunny, Prairie, Stanza, Blu eb ird and Laurel ranges. Truly staggering, with something for every price, and power need. Saab continue to many


Swedish durability with style. A two-door version of their 900 saloon is now on offer, There is also a design study for a turbo­ charged cabriolet version featuring separate electric controls for hood and rear window.


. Citroen claim 46,5 miles per gallon, at a steady 56 miles an hour, for their turbo-charged diesel ver­ sion of the CX — 2482 c.c; engine ' — and 109 m.p.h. top speed. It’s a diesel and 60 m.p.h. comes up in 13.3 seconds, so they say.


'


■ H it t ing - o u t 1 at the medium car market, Cit­ roen now have a five- m o d e l ' BX hatchback range featuring engines of 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre


, not forgetting that self- levelling suspension. Ooo, la la! :


Volvo have now got


saloon versions of their popular 300 series hatch­ backs.. A two-litre version is. now in the UK show­ rooms., . ;


A turbo-charged 2.3


showrooms is a vastly up­ dated ; v e rs ion o f the Super Estelle saloon — ■ the'“Estelle: Two” . The model has got it's


sales staff beaming at what is termed an “unpre­ cedented” rise in UK salesduring 1983.


[ 1 ; The top version boasts ‘ such esoteric' race ties as a ceramic radio aerial in­ corporated in the glass sunroof. Peugeot get a well-de-


■ served pat on the back by being voted second —


. with their 205 model — in the International Car of the Year judging. A car with a similar concept — a family hatchback — the Fiat Uno came first, with the VW Golf (the new version not to be seen in


•the UK u n t i l ab out March) third. ■.


' ■ ■ A sleek, three-door,


high-performance version of the 205 'is announced,


: litre model ' of the large 760 sa lo on b e com e s Volvo’s fastest-ever pro­ duction car. It’s a case of air- conditioning at 125 miles an hour.'


v Audi’ s 200 turbo is based oh the' 100 (five seater) saloon, but with a 2.2 -litre f ive -cylin de r


• engine churning' out 140 miles an hour “anywhere but in the L[K” , well almost everywhere. Apart from being a very fast car, it is also extremely sophisticated. So is the 80 Quatro —


same size engine, not quite so fast.


TROUBLE On sale next year, it is


said, is the Tetra, a four- wheel drive estate car — a development of the VW Passat, with a two-litre engine.


Third in the interna­


tional car o f the year voting, the VW Golf is


-destined to knock, all the pundits sideways and sell


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.like the proverbial hot ^cakes. The new version of. the front -wheel-drive hatchback' may look very much like ^ the original model, of which: six mil­ lion were sold over a nine- year per iod,-but-it’s a completely new animal,', boasting six engine op­


tions from 1.3’to 1.8 litre including two diesel?, one turbo-charged. Scheduled to come in the showrooms next March.' Have you. seen' the


turbo versions o f the 1.6 Renault Fuego?' Then


■


there’s the 105 mile an hour (there you go again,


just begging for trouble) editions of the R l l hatch­ back with 1.7-litre en­ gines. . The R l l came to the UK with five version^ with; engines from 1000 c.c. to 1400 c.c. •


:• - For. me, Honda- make ■ ■ ■;


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