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Contents: As the new year begins, a legendary sports car marque has been resurrected. As one editor remarked, “It’s strange to see the Bugarti name and logo on a press kit.” Indeed, strange and wonderful. Griffith Borgeson has documented the rebirth of Bugatti, the birth of the Bugatti supercar and the people responsible for the birth. Features – Exotic Update: Audi Quattro Spyder (Does Audi’s fantasy-roadster from the Frankfurt auto show have a future in production?); True Colors (John Lamm’s multihued photo essay from the Frankfurt auto show: a silver Mercedes, a red MX-6 and a green future); Long-Term Wrapup: Ford Explorer XT (A quart of oil, a tricky transfer case and 25,000 miles: Our Explorer hits the end of the trail); Long-Term Introduction: Lexus SC 400 (Our doors and smiles open to welcome this luxury/sports coupe to a year of spirited scrutiny); Zora And Monsieur Bugatti (The father of the Corvette recounts his meeting with the furniture maker’s son at the 1937 Paris auto show); Salon: The First Ferrari (Phil Hill tells the fascinating tale of the 1940 Ferrari/Auto Avio Construzione 815 – the legendary Ferrari 815) Road Tests – Ford Taurus LX and Mercury Sable LS (The two newest slices of the bread-and-butter sedans that were the toast of Ford’s recovery); Chevrolet Corvette LT1 (Don’t bother with the country stations, the Kentucky music these days is a 300-horsepower Corvette); Lexus ES 300 (The newest-generation ES sedan coming from Toyota’s luxury division is more engine, less Camry and all Lexus) Driving Impressions – Mitsubishi Montero (Mitsubishi’s well-rounded approach to picking up the kids and picking your way through the rocks and the hard places); Saab 9000 CS (Engineering Editor Dennis Simanaitis samples a new Saab car and takes the pulse of some Saab technology for the future) Technical – Technology Update: CART versus Formula 1 (Everybody loves a circus. Now: Do you love a methanol- or gasoline-burning circus?) Competition – Italian Grand Prix (Nigel Mansell may be endeared to the fans at Monza, but Michael Schumacher is the darling of the courts); Portuguese Grand Prix (If it isn’t one Williams driver, it’s the other one: Riccardo Patrese treats the team to its 50th Grand Prix win) Columns – Side Glances (Don’t raze the bridge, lower your resistance to a solution; Peter Egan gives a lesson in fiscal/emotional responsibility); Miscellaneous Ramblings (Green appears to be the operative color in Europe: It stands for the environment…and for jealousy); About The Sport (The SCCA’s American Sedan class gives Ford, Chevrolet and Pontiac owners a place they can go to flex their muscles) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Time & Place; Road Test Summary; Years Ago; Ampersand; Reviews; Market Place; Technical Correspondence; PS
Issue: January 1992
Condition: Very Good