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Contents: Road Tests – Malice In The Palace (BMW 318is versus Honda Accord EX Coupe: The young Bavarian squares off against Honda’s new midsize sales heavyweight); The 300-Horsepower Club (Here comes the regulars: Chevrolet Corvette LT1, Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, Nissan 300ZX Turbo and Toyota Supra Turbo) Features – Collectable Cars: Affordable Once Again? (Get ’em while their cool: Your passion and your purse may finally have a collectable car in common); Fun, Funk And Function (When you’re out of glitz, your out of gear: John Lamm’s photo essay shows that the Tokyo auto show still has plenty of both); Triumphs And Other Disasters (“How I went from rational existanceism to the sainthood of slavery in ten easy British lessons” by Peter Egan); Long-Term Tests: Mercedes-Benz 400E and Dodge Intrepid ES (Our M-B goes on 18 months and our Dodge goes on a 7337-mile journey) First Drives – Lotus Esprit S4 (Doc’s holiday: 1992 IMSA Supercar champ Doc Bundy improves the latest Esprit’s handling; Lotus improves its look and feel); Not Quite Cars: 1994 Chevrolet S-10 Pickup and Mitsubishi Montero SR (Chevy gets personal while Mitsu gets more macho) Technical – Technology Update: Anti-Lock Braking Systems (Still stopping somewhat short of a miracle, ABS is, nevertheless, a good friend to have) Competition – Porsche’s Blast From The Past (Paul Frere indulges in a bit of Porsche GT race-car revelry in a 968 Turbo RS, Carrera RSR and 911 Le Mans Turbo) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Our Editor goes to heaven: the London-to-Brighton Veteran Car Run in a 1902 Mors Tonneau with Phil Hill at the helm); Side Glances (After great consideration, discussion, consultation, soul searching, smoking and meditation, dat Egan boy has bought himself a van); About The Sport (After nearly a quarter century at Road Atlanta, the SCCA National Runoffs are moving to a new, higher-profile home at Mid-Ohio); Inside Formula 1 (Ayrton Senna defends his Whiner-weight boxing title against Eddie Irvine and takes the top-podium spot in Japan and Australia); Inside Indy Car (Out with the Bow Tie, in with the Benz: Mercedes hijacks Ilmor Engineering from Chevrolet and hitches its star to a rising racing series) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Tech Tidbits; Reviews; Time & Place; Technical Correspondence; Road Test Summary; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: February 1994
Condition: Very Good