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Contents: BMW Z3 (The wait is over and the roadster has premiered, not 007’s BMW faces its toughest tests yet: 0-60, skidpad, slalom and braking) Road Tests – 1996 Ford Taurus (On its way to housing new engines and a refined chassis, Ford rediscovers the styling guts it displayed 10 years ago on the original); MGF 1.8I (Casting a hungry look across the Atlantic Ocean at the newest roadster baked up by England – a sweet piece, but not for U.S. consumption) First Drives – 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S (Porsche takes a little off the top of the 911 and creates a Turbo-look car for the cash conscious); 1997 Cadillac Catera (This midsize, entry-level Cadillac sedan is built by Opel, and fortunately, it hasn’t lost much of its strong German accent); 1996 Kia Sephia (A little bit of twincam action from Mazda’s 1.8-liter makes the Sephia a better playmate for neighborhood Civics and Corollas); Not Quite Cars: Toyota RAV1 (Cute, economical and fun to drive: The problem with this sport-ute is that it’s going to be wasted on the young) Features – The Goodwood Festival Of Speed (Art Editor Wm. A. Motta’s photo essay collects the sights and sightings at a most proper British hillclimb); Stirling Chats (Once a race driver, always a race driver: Stirling Moss offers insights – and no quarter – at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races); Long-Term Tests: Oldsmobile Aurora & Porsche 911 Cerrera (Midway through the long-term play, turning in two strong performances) Technical – Blood, Sweat & Gears, Part 3 (Douglas Kott whips his RX-7 Wankel engine into shape for SCCA racing with a little help from a few fast friends) Competition – 1995 Indy Car Review (The Penske-Mercedes was not mightier than the Reynard Ford of Jacques Villeneuve; Sam Posey wraps up the season) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (TLB takes a deep breath of the rarefied air at the Pebble Beach and Newport Beach concours and the Christie’s auction); Side Glances (Between NFL games and hot dog bites, Peter Egan cops to growing up in America and having the requisite itch to own a ponycar); Ampersand (All the highlights from the best Tokyo auto show in years, plus illustrated insights on a new VW for the masses and a Boxster racer); About The Sport (A new Gurney Eagle is landing in Indy Car; the Hills are alive with the sound of Ferraris; Derek John has father Phil’s race genes) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Reviews; Time & Place; Road Test Summary; Technical Correspondence; Tech Tidbits; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: January 1996
Condition: Very Good