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Contents: Road Tests – Bugatti EB 110 (In our exclusive test, we discover that this much-hyped exotic lives up to its legendary name…and could be the best of them all); Oldsmobile Aurora (This car don’t need no stinkin’ badges – it’s the finest new Oldsmobile to come down the assembly line in many a decade); Audi Cabriolet vs. BMW 325i Convertible vs. Mercedes-Benz E320 Cabriolet (Airing out the differences of three topless Teutons); Ford Windstar LX Wagon vs. Plymouth Grand Voyager LE (Will the new Windstar take some wind out of the Voyager’s sales? Find out here) Features – Long-Term Test: Toyota Supra and Mercedes-Benz 400E (A perfect “date” car and a brief lesson in Mercedes-Benz nomenclature); Owner Survey: 1990-1993 Infiniti Q45, Lexus LS 400 (Four years ago, they took America by storm. Today, we see how they’ve held up); Salon: Rover-BRM (Phil Hill takes a closer look at the fascinating turbine car he lapped (and smelled) at Le Mans in 1964); My First Trip To America (Times were indeed different in 1954, when Rob Walker journeyed to Sebring as a timekeeper for Aston Martin) First Drives – Ford Countour/Mercury Mystique (Forget the Tempo and Topaz; Ford has its sights set on the whole world with this new dynamic duo); Porsche 911 Cabriolet (Paul Frere samples the new 993 (911) Cabriolet and finds that it’s solid and as light as the coupe); Chrysler Cirrus/Dodge Stratus (Chrysler aims for the sky (and the Nissan Altima and Honda Accord) with its new JA models); Audi AB (The “A” stands for aluminum, lots of aluminim, found just about everywhere in this new lightweight sedan that’s soon bound for the States); Chevrolet Impala SS (It’s amazing what Corvette power, Corvette-size rubber and black paint can do for the much-maligned Caprice); Not Quite Cars: 1995 GMC Jimmy (GMC Truck’s long-awaited 2- and 4-door response to Ford’s overwhelmingly successful Explorer) Competition – On The Edge (He’s young. He’s fast. He’s brash. He’s Robbie Gordon, giving author Bob Judd a scary taste of life on the edge) Technical – GPS And The No-Longer-Lost Generation (Will the 24 NAVSTAR satellites of the Global Positioning System light our way home?) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings – While Shelby talks of a new Cobra, from Bryant’s Woodie Wagon emerges from the local high-school auto shop); Side Glances (Peter Egan looks back on his days in boot camp, when a Dodge Charger was a potent symbol of freedom); About The Sport (Joe Rusz has a typical work day: jetting to Indy (with Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy) for a surprise announcement); Inside Formula 1 (The Pacific Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher wins the debut race at Mr. Hajime Tanaka’s hard-to-reach playground); Inside Indy Car (Poor, poor Paul Tracy. Can the talented young Canadian driver experience any good luck this season?) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Tech Tidbits; Road Test Summary; Technical Correspondence; Time & Place; Showcase; Market Place, PS
Issue: July 1994
Condition: Very Good