Editing Top Gear Magazine/UK/May 1994

{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine = Top Gear
|publication = Magazine #8
|image = [[File:TGM 1994-05.jpg|280px]]We answer The Big Question
|issue = 8
|price = £2.40
|month = May
|year = 1994
|pages = 266
|editor = Kevin Blick
|publisher = BBC Worldwide
|prev = [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)/April 1994|Issue 7 (April 1994)]]
|next = [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)/June 1994|Issue 9 (June 1994)]]}}

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==Cover==
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==Contents==

===Nurse, The Tests===
*'''First Steer''': The latest on the most. Saab 900 coupe, Porsche 968, a squelch of off-roaders, a pile of Peugeots, awesome Audi RS2, new Fiat Puntos and Clio II.
*'''Hot, hot, hot!''': Is the hot hatch dead? Not judging by this excessively lively quartet - VW Golf, Fiat Tipo, Peugeot 306 and Ford Escort.
*'''Don't want a BMW?''': It's a boardroom blitz! Transport for the more individual executive: Saab 9000, Alfa 164 and Mazda Xedos. The full business lunch pudding-in-beard test.
*'''You take the high load...''': Three state-of-the-art family estate cars from Volkswagen, Citroen and Vauxhall are strung up and tortured.
*'''Rear View''': [[Quentin Willson|QW]] looks back at the recently deceased [[Vauxhall Carlton]] in all its many guises; fat-cat CDX, scarily quick GSi3000 and all the standard caravan pullers.

===Cover Power===
*'''The JD Power survey''': Car manufacturers and buyers have been waiting with bated breath for this, the results of the UK's first independent in-depth survey into how satisfied you are with your car. Our no-punches-pulled report tells you who wins, and who loses.

===The Classics===
*'''Nightmare dream cars''': [[Jeremy Clarkson]] peers closely at the reality behind every schoolboy's fantasy. Are classics worth squandering the pools win on or are they just a damp bedsheet in the laundry basket of life?
*'''Affordable elegance''': Quentin Willson shows us some cut-price classics. Talbots for a tenner, Sunbeams at a snip, ridiculously cheap Rovers and Panhards for pence.
*'''Experts advise''': Does your Blower Bentley short of puff? Is your Maserati Spyder lacking legs? Or do you need a new crown wheel for your Bugatti Royale? A posse of eminent experts are here to help with your classic.
*'''Berg goes Bentley bonkers''': Back in the days of dastardly deeds and derring-do, Data Dad [[Ivan Berg]] wrote thrilling racing adventures. Now, after all these years, he's had one of his very own.

===And There's More===
*'''The best of British''': A melange of motorsport - [[Tiff Needell]] and a whole bunch of up-and-coming track stars hurtle around in a miscellany of motors.
*'''Tatratastic''': Man, dog and machine in perfect harmony. The true story of a [[Tatra]] and a Pit Bull called Arnold.
*'''Mad Minis''': The Japanese are spending fortunes on odd little British cars like the tiny but quick Mini Sprint and the tiny but weird Mini Marcos. Who are we to stop them?
*'''The trouble with child seats''': Do you think your child is safe in its neat little seat? Think again. As a panel of experts prove, many of today's cars won't allow you to fit child seats securely enough.
*'''A fun MZ?''': It might seem like a contradiction in terms, but MuZ's British-designed [[MZ Skorpion|Skorpion]] is great-looking, excellent to ride and doesn't produce clouds of smoke.
*'''The power of ten''': Which car really is the biggest seller of all time? Is it the Volkswagen Beetle or the Datsun Cherry? It's a bit of a sore point.

===The Usual===
*'''First Gear''': No news is good news so this is bad news.
*'''Crank case''': A baby bore.
*'''Steering columns''': Jeremy, Quentin, Tiff, and, er, Matthew.
*'''''Top Gear'' Club''': Rally search and GP fun.
*'''Gearbox''': What's worth watching.
*'''Write turns''': Letters and fish-faxes.
*'''Car Chase''': Let Data Dad make up a motor to your spec.
*'''Auto Jungle''': A funny cartoon this time.

===Car Buying===
*'''Used car buyers guide''': The pick of today's used cars from perfect to pathetic.
*'''New car buyers guide''': Full spec, prices, figures and gubbins.
*'''New cars by price''': All the cars there are, quid by quid.
*'''Manufacturers directory''': Want yet more info? Look at this lovely lot.