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...

The Grown-Up Sports Car

So we braced ourselves when we stuck our editorial foot into the first production GT 500. And when it only turned 15.0 at 95, we were a bit disappointed. That’s only 2/10ths of a second qu...

Trick Roof

Of course the champion of Corvette's trick stuff parade has to be the take-apart roof. We've put off talking about it almost to the end because we can't decide whether we like it or not. I...

Loves the Curves

Although respectable, the TT's straight-line speed is not its forte. Curves are what this Audi is all about. Bring a twisty mountain road to the table, and the TT will gladly carve it up....