Originally published in Car and Driver magazine in April 1968.As I sit here, fresh from the elegant embrace of BMW's new 2002, it occurs to me that something between nine and ten million Am...
This spring Ford is launching an expedition into deep space. Settle down, Trekkies, we're talking inner space here. Specifically, the neutral zone located under the third-row seat of the j...
When BMW owned Rover of Britain, Wolfgang Reitzle was No. 2 in the German parent company. His priority for the British subsidiary was the development of an all-new Range Rover, a vehicle t...
Jaguar's engineers are actually prouder of what they've done with the suspension of the XJ8, but to us it seemed soft to the point of feeling floaty at high speeds, and its lighter steeri...
Two different close-ratio 4-speeds are available on the Corvette, the normal one which Duntov says is plenty good enough for any kind of street use, and the M22, known as the "rock crusher...
As any astronomer will tell you, amazing things can happen when the stars line up just right. And in the early 1950s at General Motors, big stars were lining up behind a brand-new model de...
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Brake by wire may be the next big thing in car technology. Unlike in every other car on the market, when you pres...
True to its namesake, the Impala SS introduced at the 1992 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show created sufficient stir to warrant a limited production run. And to keep that...
The result is a range of adjustment adequate to let our test drivers (ranging in height from five-seven to six-four) find a nearly ideal seating position. Maximum effective leg room (to th...
Standard tire size is 6.50 x 13, with 6.50 x 14 optional. The body panels are made to allow 15-in tires to be used, and 15-inch wheels are available with the "handling package". These are...