Performance Options

Higher-rate front and rear springs are fitted, along with a 7/8-inch stabilizer bar at the front and a 3/4-inch bar at the rear. The half-shafts and U-joints are shot-peened, and are const...

Drivetrain and Ride Quality

The Owner's Manual warns that normal operating temperature is 210°F and that's exactly where the temperature gauge stabilized on our test car. Apparently the combination of reduced grille ...

Absolutely No Trouble in Shifting

In explaining how all this works, Porsche encourages you to engage D when and if you choose to move forward. Use L when ascending or descending steep grades. Cope with ice and ennui as be...
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Ford Needed the Boss 302

Ford needed the Boss 302 for one other reason. The SCCA says that for any trick part to be legal in the Trans-Am it has to appear on at least 1000 street cars. That means that spoilers or...

This is No Ordinary Road Test

That is why tires are designed specifically for the Corvette — N44 nylon cord — good for sustained 140 mph driving and they are used on no other American car. Duntov knows it is against th...

Brakes and Handling

It is in the handling department in particular that the Corvette proves itself the only true American production sports car. The steering is far from perfect but it is fast enough to allow ...

A Terrific Ego Booster

Deceleration Unlimited The demand for stopping power with 265 bhp under the hood and a top speed of a century and a half assumes proportions not generally realized. Jaguar has solved t...