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Contents: Nissan MID4 (A bold, affordable, high tech/high performance, 4 cam, 4-valve-per-cylinder mid-engine exotic with 4-wheel drive and 4-wheel steering) Road Tests – Honda Accord LXi (Improved in just about every way, objectively as well as subjectively); Saab 9000 (A prestigious European sedan engineered for the serious driving enthusiast); Isuza I-Mark (It’s a little small and a little slow, but just wait until the next energy crisis); Dodge Colt Turbo Update (A more modern, better finished, small 4-door than the Omni, minus the 2-door’s more sporting nature); Saleen Mustang (Improved agility, terrific grip and better acceleration for Ford’s popular ponycar); Dodge Omni GLH Update (Not verhy sophisticated, but still a relatively harmonious little screamer) Features – The Valor Of A Vanishing Breed (How Tony Brooks and his front-engined Ferrari left a lasting impression on the Grand Prix world); Chrysler-Maserati Convertible (First product of the new Iacocca-De Tomaso connection); Mission: Impossible (Renault retires from Formula 1 amidst championships never won); British Heritage Engineering “C” Type Jag (A little less (and a little more) than it appears to be); Jeeping Baja: Part II (Enough adventures to fill the average 7-minute Bob Dylan song); 20 Years Of Carroll Shelby (Ol’ Shel puts his boots on his desk and talks about the past, the present and the future); Yugo Your Own Way (At $3990 this little Tuo-tler is anything but a Slav to convention); Long-Term Update (Our Prelude, Tredia Turbo, Maxima and STE continue to perform reliably); Salon: 1915 Packard 5-48 (Phil Hill explains why he’s a Packard man); Great American Race (It’s certainly great and All-American, but it’s not a race, it’s really a rally); Index 1985 (R&T from A to Z, all laid out categorically) Competition – Austrian Grand Prix (Lauda leads til his McLaren breaks, leaving Prost to inherit all the stakes); Dutch Grand Prix (This time Niki has no trouble as he and Alain score a McLaren double); Italian Grand Prix (For Modena’s prancing horse all is lost; victory goes to Stuttgart’s stallion and Alain Prost) Columns – Side Glances (Pete’s new Chevy tow car may be plain, but it’s no van ordinaire); Going West (Flying in the face of adversity is okay as long as your radar detector works); Miscellaneous Ramblings (What’s new at Carroll Shelby’s, what’s old at Meadow Brook Hall); Letter From Europe (The Bentley Turbo R is the latest from Crewe, but Porsche, Mercedes and Opel also have a lot that’s new); Letter From Japan (Nissan’s new Skyline gets a good steer with HICAS at the rear); Letter From Detroit (Twin turbos, no waiting with Chrysler’s 195-mph M4S); Ampersand (A topless Sunbird is certainly fun, but so’s the FireAero, a 4-wheeler – minus 1); Technical Tidbits (Where does the energy in an engine go? Taxes? Charity? Dunno?) Departments – People & Places; Letters; Years Ago; Road Test Summary; Time & Place; Reviews; Market Place; Technical Correspondence; PS
Issue: December 1985
Condition: Very Good