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Contents: The Monte Carlo GTB comes with a full portfolio of supercar credentials – a mid-mounted 720-bhp twin-turbo V-12, sleek carbon-fiber body and creators with a solid racing history. And as an extra-special touch for the hold-your-breath Nineties, the GTB is hand-built in Monaco, a principality synonymous with gambling. Features – Motown Magic (John Lamm’s photo essay of the 1992 Detroit auto show, where Number Three Chrysler wound up playing first violin); The Harvard Auctions (The ivy walls meet the rusty fenders as a proud alumnus repays his alma mater in the best way he knows how); The Grand Prix Circus, Hollywood Style (Veteran filmmaker John Frankenheimer recounts his Grand Prix season, 1966); Long-Term Update (Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 – a car prescribed for hard drivin’ is getting a dose of just that), (Pontiac Grand Prix GTP – late fall and early winter tales from our long termer in Detroit) Road Tests – Mazda RX-7 (The newest president of Mazda’s rotary club campaigns with class, not compromise – and performance, not pie in the sky); Pontiac Grand Am GT (A new face, a different platform and a high-output Quad 4 that still announces its presence); Runyan Racing 2001 (San Posey joins one of the top racing teams on the icicle circuit, where the blizzards roar and the engines howl) First Drives – Saturn SL2 (A first-anniversary exploration of GM’s small-car challenge to the Pacific Rim: smoother, quieter, getting better); Oldsmobile Achieva (The Cutlass Classic replacement sports a sharp new suit of clothes, a made-up name and a more youthful outlook); 1993 Cadillac Akkebte (Introducing the new 32-valve Northstar V-8 and “Road Sensing Suspension” in a Very Cadillac like Cadillac); The Miata Monster (It takes a pretty creative shoehorn to fit the Mustang’s 5.0-liter V-8 into Mazda’s 1.6-liter bay) Competition – Goin’ For It! (The NASTRAK Driver Search Competition delivers thrills you can take to the bank (and the banking) at Charlotte) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Calling on both Japan and Detroit to stop pointing fingers and spouting rhetoric and get down to business); Side Glances (Peter Egan enters the world of the single-marque enthusiast and finds him to be as handsome and familiar as a mirror); About The Sport (Welcoming two new monthly columns: Inside CART and Inside F1. Capelli joins Ferrari’s stable while Rahal starts his own) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Time & Place; Road Test Summary; Ampersand; Technical Correspondence; Tech Tidbits; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: April 1992
Condition: Very Good