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Contents: What goes around comes around. And when it comes around predictably, we say that it has good handling. And who better to ask about handling than the man who knows his way around F1 and Indy cars (sometimes 360 degrees around), the 1985 Indy 500 winner and 1988 CART champion, Danny Sullivan Features – Wm A. Motta & His Art (An exhibition by R&T‘s master of reflection, light and shadow, presented on the canvas of these pages); Salon: 1947 Bentley Mk VI Cabriolet (A postwar Franay with running gear created in Britain and a body that speaks fluid French); Long-Term Wrap-up: Mazda MX-5 Miata (After 50,000 miles, The Roadster retreats from our parking lot, but never from our hearts) First Drives – Ferrari 512 Testarossa (The masters of Maranello build a redhead for the Nineties: sexier, more powerful and a lot more assertive); Lexus SC 300 (The Lexus Coupe gets a twin brother with an inline-6 powerplant, a 5-speed manual transmission and a big price break); Audi S4 (The 100-series Audis have a new, turbocharged, all-wheel-drive standard-bearer to lead them into battle in the sedan arena); Acura Integra GS-R (Ninety-five bhp/liter and VTEC valve-timing and lift technology make this super sports coupe the enthusiasts Integra) Road Tests – Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe (GM returns “bigger,” “longer,” “wider” and other full-size terms to America’s luxury-coupe lexicon); Honda Civic Si (More wheelbase, engine tech and a new look highlight the new generation of the biggest-minded little cars in the world); Porsche 968 (The 3.0-liter 4-cylinder engine moves up, the 928 nose moves down and the 944 lives on, no matter what it’s called) Technical – California Dreamin’ (What happens to the rest of us after the Golden State takes the Low-Emissions-Vehicles medicine?) Competition – Australian Grand Prix (The final race of the season is a 24-minute, 14-lap washout with cooler, wetter heads (especially Senna’s) prevailing) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (You are what you drive, they say, so let’s shake out the R&T garages and see who these people are); Side Glances (Peter Egan’s musings about how an automobile enthusiast might have spent his time in the dark millennium B.C.(before cars); About The Sport (Royal ruminations: King Richard starts his farewell NASCAR tour, plus an interview with Danny Sullivan, a CART Prince) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Time & Place; Road Test Summary; Ampersand; Technical Correspondence; Tech Tidbits; Showcase; Market Place; Reviews; PS
Issue: March 1992
Condition: Very Good