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Contents: Road Tests – 1995 Porsche 911 Carrera (Three decades and 84 Porsche 911 tests later, the blood still boils, the mind still reels (but the rear stays planted)); 1994 Ford Mustang GT (Will Ford drivers be able to say “you-know-what to you and the ponycar you drove in in” to Camaro and Firebird owners); 1994 Saab 900SE (Still a Saab? Better than before. Still a Saab?? More solid. Still a Saab??? Plus a neat V-6 engine. And, yes, it is still a Saab); Honda Civic del Sol versus Mazda MX-5 Miata (Simanaitis and Reynolds put the (driving) gloves on and duke it out Siskel-and-Ebert style) Features – Innes Ireland, 1930-1993 (Stirling Moss posts a few final words for his friend, Innes Ireland – recer, writer, rogue and raconteur); Salon: Jaguar XJ13 (What really happened to Jaguar’s Le Mans effort during the Sixties and to the car that was to carry the company’s dreams); Long-Term Wrapup: Jeep Grand Cherokee Legend (After its one-year tour of duty, our long-term Jeep goes marching home with honors) First Drives – 1995 Buick Riveria (A roomier interior, a zoomier exterior, a stiff chassis (but not a stiff price), more power and (so Buick hopes) more sales glory); 1994 Ford Aspire (Ford’s intercontinental subcompact – U.S. designed, Japanese engineered, Korean-built – adds techno-flair to the box on wheels); MG RV8 (A limited-production British 2-seater with a V-8 engine, luxury interior and $40,000 price tag? Nostalgia was never like this); Not Quite Cars: 1994 Mazda B-Series Trucks (Same playbook, different uniforms: Mazda recruits a Ranger from Ford’s compact-truck team) Competition – Mansell (For one historic week last fall, Nigel Mansell laid legitimate claim to the office of the king in both Formula 1 and Indy Car racing) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Uncle Sam and his nephews at GM, Ford and Chrysler are planning a family reunion (a cooperative effort, that is)); Side Glances (Race preparation is a cross between sanctioned masochism, sanity testing and details, glorious details); About The Sport (A Porsche Carrera stomps the terra: Senior Editor Rusz experiments with the fast (and dusty) line in Jeff Zwart’s Pro Rally 911); Inside Formula 1 (Alain out, Aryton in: Another World Champion retires out from under the Williams team and a former champ takes his place); Inside Indy Car (How Rick Mears and A.J. Foyt break in a new pair of shoes (Paul Tracy and Robby Gordon), and how the old shoes are wearing) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Tech Tidbits; Road Test Summary; Time & Place; Technical Correspondence; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: January 1994
Condition: Very Good