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Contents: Road Tests – 1995 Land Rover Discovery (Dennis Simanaitis’ Bedlam and Breakfast tour of the Western U.S. brings new meaning to the term “Road Test”); Ferrari 333 SP (It ain’t pretty, but it sure is quick: Phil Hill tests one of the cars that Ferrari built for IMSA’s World Sports Car championship); 1995 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 (The idea of all-wheel-drive superiority is just a surface thing: superior on wet surfaces, dry surfaces any surfaces) First Drives – Ferrari 512 M (M for modified. M for Maranello. M for magic. The 1995 update of the Testarossa is lighter, livelier and more livable than ever); 1995 Toyota Tercel (One engine, two airbags, three compact discs in the dash and four transmissions add up to a 10 in the entry-level arena); 1995 Saab 9000 CDE (Saab puts a bit of Trollhattan trickery into its 9000: a variable-induction-resonance V-6 and a Low Pressure Turbo four); Not Quite Cars: 1995 Range Rover 4.0 SE (What’s big, ready for anything and eats rocks? A bigger, readier rock-eater from Range Rover) Features – World’s Fastest Cars IV: How Fast Is Fast? (Bugatti, Ferrari, Jaguar and Ruf meet, mingle and move at the world’s most exclusive speed party); Long-Term Tests: Volvo 850 Turbo Sportswagon and Mazda Millenia S (Summer jobs for the Volvo, summer vacations for the Mazda); Long-Term Comparison Test: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Convertible vs. Ford Mustang GT Convertible (A lap of the calendar, head-to-head) The Monterey Weekend – Red Mist (From behind the wheel, Phil Hill bears witness to the partying of the Red Sea of Ferraris at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races); Concours Italiana (From Modena to Monterey: The lawn at Carmel Valley’s Quail Lodge fills with sculptured steel, aluminum and carbon fiber); Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance (Stars from featured-marque Pegaso joined other historic gems on the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach) Competition – Arrivederci, Mario (People will tell you that Mario Andretti’s retirement from racing is the end of an era, but it’s more like the end of a monarchy) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Our Editor jumps at Chrysler’s theatrics at the Paris auto show; plus a call to all skidpad challengers); Side Glances (From Weekend Warrior to weakened warrior; from “all-star racer” in June to “also-ran” in July to “also-ran-over” in August); About The Sport (GT America brings oval-track ruggedness, affordability and flavor to Sports Car Club of America road racing); Inside Formula 1 (Team Williams is all smiles as its drivers run 1-2 in Portugal, a party lasting only as long as Schumacher’s two-race ban); Inside Indy Car (After doing hard time behind Al Unser Jr. at Penske, Paul Tracy finds that he is still a wanted man by Newman-Haas) 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: January 1995
Condition: Very Good