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Change of publisher and name, although so well disguised that most miss the little "of". Coverage is good and articles are excellent, as usual. But there are some changes too, all of which are not so nice.
Book no longer sports rally itineraries and individual special stage winners and it has 56 pages less than previous edition. In addition, around dozen or so of the pages are taken up by advertisements, for a first time in World Rallying series.
Text again by Martin Holmes but Hugh Bishop no longer contributes so much in pictures apart from special section. Instead, pictures are by either Martin or Jim Holmes or by Kevin Gormley.
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Development of the Lancia Rally
Story of Lancia 037 Rally, starting from initial concept and going through various ideas and options that Lancia had before finalising the design for homologation. Most of the article is devoted to various modifications that were carried out during 1982 and 1983, all this while Lancia competed with the car.
Pictures from Hugh Bishop
Several pages worth of pictures taken by photographer Hugh Bishop, each chosen for the article by Hugh himself and with an accompanying story from him describing circumstancies and importance of the given picture.
The Rally Cars in my Career - Walter Rohrl
Walter Rohrl goes through all cars he has driven in his career, from Ford Capri to Opel Ascona and Kadett GT/E, from Fiat 131 Abarth to Opel Ascona 400 and finally to Lancia 037 Rally. Also mentioned are cars he drove less, such as Lancia Stratos or Porsche 911 and 924GTS or cars that he only tested like Ford Escort or Mercedes 500SL.
A Day in the Life of Audi Sport
Two-page pictorial peek into Audi Sport, nine pictures with short captions and no other text. This short article is understandable as this is first World Rallying book sponsored by Audi Sport but given that, article is too short and with no text at all.
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Foreword - Hannu Mikkola.........................................5
Development of the Lancia Rally..................................6
Pictures from Hugh Bishop.......................................14
The Rally Cars in my Career - Walter Rohrl......................20
A Day in the Life of Audi Sport.................................24
World class drivers.............................................26
Monte Carlo.....................................................38
Sweden..........................................................44
Portugal........................................................50
Kenya...........................................................56
France..........................................................62
Greece..........................................................68
New Zealand.....................................................74
Argentina.......................................................80
Finland.........................................................86
Italy...........................................................92
Ivory Coast.....................................................98
Great Britain..................................................104
World Championship Charts......................................110
The year in retrospect.........................................112
World Rallying - The year in colour............................113
Rally Cars - Prototypes........................................129
Rally Cars - Prototype Car Specifications......................133
Rally Cars - Groups B and A....................................134
Rally Cars - Groups B and A Specification......................140
European Championship for Rallies Results......................142
European Championship for Rallies - Leading Positions..........150
British Championship...........................................152
International Championship Rally Results.......................158
National Championship Rally Results............................161
Addenda........................................................173
Stop press.....................................................175
Errata.........................................................175
International calendar for 1984................................176
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Facts
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Published in England (1984)
by David Sutton Publications Limited
184 pages
ISBN: 0-9509286-0-7
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