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Contents: 1994 Porsche 911 (A sneak preview and drive of the car that has to be good enough to see Zuffenhausen safely through to 1996); Confessions Of An Exotic-Car Enthusiast (It turns out that, in the Sixties, North Carolina was a near-perfect place in which to grow up); Long-Term Intro: Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan (Can the car that shook off Cadillac’s ill reputation sustain the magic for a year?); Miller’s Tale (Excerpts from Griffith Borgeson’s new book on “the greatest creative figure in the history of the American racing car”) Road Tests – Glorious Excess (Three aftermarket super-tuners turn the wicks up on a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, a Mazda RX-7 and a Nissan 300ZX); Lexus GS 300 versus Saab 9000 Aero (Kind of like being invited to spend the weekend at a party with Akira Kurosawa and Bjorn Borg) First Drives – 1994 Accura Integra Sport Coupe & Sport Sedan (More power, better handling and braking? Sounds like the evolution of an Accura, all right); BMW 325i Convertible (BMW builds the kind of car that the all-knowing Creator of the Universe had in mind when he invented summer); Vector Avtech WX-3 Prototype (Does the nomenclature stand for “Wretched Excess” or “Wild Excitement” (times three), or a bit of both); Ford Probe LX (You can tell a lot about a family by how it treats its meeker members, and the base Probe comes from a good family); Autozam AZ-1 (Another case of love at first shift: Our Engineering Editor meets a tiny car that carries an enormous fun factor) Technical – Technology Update: H2 4 U? (A Jekyll-and-hydrogen tale of the pros and cons of using the lightest of gases as an alternate fuel) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (The Monterey Historic Automobile Races: only 20 years old, but an event with excellent vintage nonetheless); Side Glances (As long as Paul Tracy and Bobby Rahal can keep winning races, eyeglass wearers can hold their heads up high); About The Sport (A quick history of Indy Lights, the AAA league for future IndyCar drivers, and a quick lap in the hardware); Inside Formula 1 (Team Ferrari keeps trying to break its losing streak as Michael Andretti finally loses his breaking streak); Inside IndyCar (Does that “T” stand for “Tenacity”? You bet it does – Willy T. Ribbs rebuilds a name for himself in IndyCar racing) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Reviews; Tech Tidbits; Road Test Summary; Technical Correspondence; Time & Place; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: August 1993
Condition: Very Good