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Contents: Mazda RX-01 (Is it really the next RX-7? We’ve driven it and we hope so, but we need your help in persuading Mazda to bring it to the U.S. and see (see page 44)) Road Tests – Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport (As a last grand gesture before the next generation Vette arrives, the GS is a macho display of torque and tire); Saab 900 Turbo SE Convertible (Is $40,000 too much to spend on a liberating breeze? That depends on how much you value your free time) First Drives – Stillen Q45 (I’d rather have a bottle of nitrous in back of me than a noxious debacle in front of me: Here’s a better way for Infiniti owners to get ahead); 1996 Hyundai Elentra (Hyundai’s shooter in the compact-sedan market packs a new 1.8-liter engine to replace the hired guns from Mitsubishi); Not Quite Cars: 1996 Mazda MPV and Lexus LX 450 (Mazda restyles its import-leading minivan, while Lexus luxes the Land Cruiser) Features – The Devil Made Us Do It (Driving across the U.S. in a Lamborghini Diablo VT? A trip like this is why they invented car magazines in the first place); Salon: 1963 Corvette Grand Sport (When the Promise is broken, you go on livin’, but man it steals something from down in your soul – B. Springsteen); Louis Meyer, 1904-1995 (Our tribute to a three-time Indy winner and engine-builder extraordinaire who was part of the soul of American racing); Long-Term Tests: Plymouth Neon Sport Coupe & Mazdea Millenia S (The latest words on two impressive cars featuring two impressive engines) Technical – The Road & Track Skidpad Challenge (Participants in the 1995 Challenge haven’t gotten one to stick in the ceiling yet, but they’re working on it) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Thos L. Bryant reports on a staff infection: His staff is infected with an attachment to the interesting cars they own); Side Glances (Peter Egan continues to map the “enthusiast” chromosome, concentrating this month on the gene responsible for the hot-rodding instinct); Ampersand (Open-air-raid alerts from Europe: the first indisguised photos of the Mercedes-Benz SLK and Lamborghini Diablo VT roadsters); About The Sport (The oak watches the acorn bake the asphalt: Phil Hill on son Derek John’s involvement in racing; also: the 1995 F1 season finale) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Reviews; Technical Correspondence; Tech Tidbits; Time & Place; Road Test Summary; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: February 1996
Condition: Very Good