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Contents: New For ’95 (The armchair automobile shopper’s delight: R&T‘s 22-page showroom of every new production car available in the U.S.); New For ’95: Sport Utility Vehicles (From the safari to the supermarket, here’s the off-road entertainment roundup for 1995); How To Drive A Bargain (The only dealers you ought to gamble with are in Vegas: Peter Bohr shows how to get the best price on a new car); Long-Term Introduction: Mazda Millenia S (Mazda’s work with Mr. Wankel’s engine went well; now we’ll try a year with Mr. Miller’s idea) Road Tests – Ferrari F355 Berlinetta (It has the highest normally aspirated bhp-per-liter in the production-car world. Check out the numbers); Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34 vs. Ford Thunderbird LX V-8 (GM’s 210-bhp six-shooter goes gunning for Ford’s modular V-8) First Drives – 1995 Dodge Avenger ES (A more aptly named car there never was if this Daytona replacement has its way with the sports-coupe market); 1995 Audi A6 & S6 (These slightly revised Audi 100 and S4 sedans – one suave, the other sporty – are still trying to adjust to American life) Technical – Technology Update: Tire Trends, Facts And Myths (On tire tech, tire-oglyphics (how to read a sidewall) and curbing overinflated claims) Competition – Millen Mountain (This year at Pikes Peak, the spotlight was on Rod the Rocket as the course record didn’t just fall, it collapsed outright) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (They’re still calling for “Bruuuuuce” in France, but it’s Meyers, not Springsteen, that the Le Mans crowd loves); Side Glances (Restoration versus reformation: an old Triumph TR-4 and a new Mazda Miata locked in a battle for Peter Egan’s soul); About The Sport (When push comes to shove, Mercedes takes on Alfa and Opel in the German Touring Car Championship); Inside Formula 1 (Mansell returns in the F1 scene in France with a shrug, and Damon Hill wins the British GP with a fist in the air); Inside Indy Car (Little Al – seels like the less he says, the more he wins – demonstrates his silent superiority in Cleveland and Portland) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Technical Correspondence; Road Test Summary; Tech Tidbits; Time & Place; Showcase; Maarket Place; PS
Issue: October 1994
Condition: Very Good