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Contents: Sneak Preview (From Paul Frere’s Technical Analysis of the Ferrari F50 to Mark Stehrenberger’s “Minis For The Millennium,” the future is here and now) Road Tests – Pontiac Firebird Ram Air vs. Ford Mustang Cobra (Horsepower still makes a horse race: a pair of elite 300-plus-bhp ponycars dukes it out); 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan ES (The 500-pound gorilla of the minivan market takes its seat, offering more styling, roominess and economy) First Drives – 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-class Sedans (The most radically styled new luxury sedan doesn’t belong to BMW, Lexus or GM: It has a 3-pointed star); The 1996 Saturns (GM’s successfully different line of sedans, wagons and sports coupes enters the new year revised, refreshed and refined) Features – Wine Country Classic (Carroll Shelby and a party pit full of Cobras help vintage racers celebrate at Sears Point during the Wine Country Classic); Salon: 1938 Alfa Romeo Bimotors (From the “if little is good, a lot must be better” school, Alfa tried packing two inline-8s into one historic car); Long-Term Tests: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Convertible vs. Ford Mustang GT Convertible (Our top-down duo meets the SoCal summer); Long-Term Tests: Oldsmobile Aurora And Porsche 911 Carrera (The Porsche rubber: new tires at 15K; the Aurora moves West for the summer) Technical – Sicilian Thrills (Engineering Editor Dennis “Il Ingegnere Superiore” Simanaitis polishes the Targa Florio with Pirelli’s new P7000 Supersports) Competition – Legends Of The Lakes (R&T legend Dean Batchelor re-creates Southern California’s dry-lakes-racing culture of the hotted-up Forties and early Fifties); 54eme Tour de France Auto Bruce and Dennis Play The Provinces (Two grown men having too much fun to come in out of the rain) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (TLB’s Day Runner: “Monday-Ferrari; drive F355 Spider; photograph F50. Tuesday – Lambo; drive 600-bhp Jota.” Hmmm); Side Glances (Maybe it’s the flawed beauty of Lotus ownership that makes it such a romantic occupation, but maybe it’s simply the elan); Ampersand (Audi’s 195-bhp Roadster comes one step closer; Mercedes-Benz and Swatch create a chameleon car; Mitsubishi’s super new engine); About The Sport (Schumacher is the master in Monte Carlo, Alesi celebrates his birthday in Montreal; In Indy Car, Tracy is the toast of Milwaukee) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Reviews; Tech Tidbits; Technical Correspondence; Road Test Summary; Time & Place; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: September 1995
Condition: Very Good