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Contents: Who would have predicted that Japan would ascend so easily and skillfully to the throne of sports-car production; that the heart and soul of enthusiasm for cars could be programed? We sent Dennis Simanaitis to Japan to discover the latest gifts from Mazda and Nissan. He profiles the new, lightweight Mazda MX-5 Miata on page 44, and the stunning 1990 300ZX on page 52 Features – Wrap-up: Long-Term Acura Legend Coupe L (The last word on a car so good we kept it in the family); Volkswagen Cabriolet (Canary Yellow VW Bugs, Suzuki Samurais and thou, Rabbit, for my daughter); Subaru Rex Combo Super Charger ECVT (This runt of the litter is, ounce for ounce, king-size fun); Munich’s Marvel (The BMW Z1 has come so far, goes so fast and feels so good, but not in the U.S.); Update: Long-Term Cars (Hello, Mitsubishi Galant GS; goodbye; GMC Safari Van & Pontiac Fiero GT); Reims Remembered (Innes Ireland returns to the scene of the climb (to fame) and a good bar fight); This Is A Test (A conceptual look at a screamer touted as the next Firebird; the Pontiac Banshee); Salon: 1951 Riley 2 1/2-Litre Drophead Coupe (The other car from Coventry nestled into modernity) Road Tests – Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais International Series H.O. Quad 4 (Long on name, and longer on performance); Volvo 740 GLE (No more nouvelle cruising for this solid Swede, it’s back on terra firma where it belongs); Mitsubishi Galant GS (When the market says “tech,” Mitsu asks “How high?” and then jumps to deliver) Competition – Japanese Grand Prix (Senna earns the World Drivers Championship with a wire-to-wire victory at Suzuka); Australian Grand Prix (McLaren winds up the season 1-2 as usual; the turbos wind up for the last time) Columns – Side Glances (Peter Egan stars as the troubled automotive pack rat in “Treasure of the Siesta Garaje”); Miscellaneous Ramblings (Two great men and the company they kept – Phil Hill and Jim Crow); About The Sport (R&T‘s best advice to aspiring race-car drivers: Stay in school and get a good education) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Road Test Summary; Time & Place; Years Ago; Market Place; Technical Correspondence; Ampersand; PS
Issue: March 1989
Condition: Very Good