2002 Lincoln Town Car – Instrumented Test

Of all the synopses we might employ to quantify the 2003 Lincoln Town Car, we confess that "addictive driving experience" never occurred to us. More composed, yes. More refined, yes. Bette...

Never Go Unnoticed at Night

Several visible changes have been made in the car for ‘68 so that they will comply with the federal government's safety and exhaust emission standards. The windshield wiper arms are now f...

Parking is Equal to Six Push-ups

The Mustang's new-found handling ability demanded a greater revision of the engineering department's philosophy than it did of suspension parts. Kicking the understeering habit is no easi...

2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom – First Drive Review

If Sir Henry Royce and the Hon. Charles Rolls had foreseen a day when stewardship of the world's most prestigious nameplate would pass to a company headquartered in Munich, they might have...

2002 Lexus ES300 Road Test – Review

"The IS300 lets us do this car." That's Denny Clements talking. He's group vice-president and general manager at Lexus, making him "the top dude." And with that single sentence he e...

Testing on the Riot Road

Originally published in Sports Cars Illustrated in December 1958. On the H-D brake kit, thirty-six pounds are eliminated by knocking out the air duct to the rear brakes. The front scoop...

Infinite Controllability

Luggage? Well, better bring a trailer if you are taking a long trip, but there's enough space in the trunk of the Elan for what any sports car owner would need for a long week-end. There'...

The Nearest Thing to a Real Racing Car

Apart from this piffling complaint, we were rather favorably impressed with Mr. Shelby’s latest. It is, if nothing else, certainly the most sporting street machine we have driven in a long...