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Contents: Road Tests – 1995 Ford Contour SE (A 170-bhp V-6, ABS, traction control and 205-mini-wide tires on 15-inch wheels? The Tempo will not be missed); 1995 Buick Riviera (What we have here is a Riv that loves to rev and a foreshadowing of neat things coming to the Buick’s engine bay) Features – Sneak Preview ’95 (Waiting in the wings, we have the Ferrari F355, the next generation Corvette and 300ZX, an all-new Aston, and more); Long-Term Wrapup: Mercedes-Benz 400E (After two years before the R&T mast, our long-term V-8 returns triumphantly to its home port); Salon: Bosley Mk. 1 (We’re Americans, by god, and Midwesterners to boot, and if we want to build a sports car, then we’ll build a sports car); Long-Term Tests: Honda Civic del Sol VTEC and Toyota Supra (Out on the road, this adventurous duo has found everything but trouble); Indy Lite (Alice gets into the mushrooms again and sees Nigel and Mario racing 1/10th scale, radio-controlled Newman/Haas Tamiyas) First Drives – Toyota Camry Coupe LE (If you’re too family-sized for a sports car, but too young for a sedan, try this V-6 coupe for sporty pampering); 1995 Mercedes-Benz S-class (Mercedes narrows the vision, lowers the price and widens the audience on its flagship sedan); Not Quite Cars: Ford F-150 Lightning and Stillen Grand Touring Surburban (A pair of specialty bruisers for the Nineties) Technical – G-Whiz (The Coroner’s report: two street cars, two race cars, two go-karts, an autocrosser and a motorcycle, all graded on a curve) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (The best way to see the Indy 500 is on television, but the best way to experience it is from the grandstand); Side Glances (Peter Egan wrestles with “special instructions,” like when the a/c works only when the windows are rolled halfway down); About The Sport (Celebrity-race update: our man in motorsports battles the fast and the furious at the Dodge Neon Challenge); Inside Indy Car (Al Jr. wanted his fourth in a row in Detroit. Unfortunately, teammate Paul Tracy was behind him 110 percent); Inside Formula 1 (Damon Hill helps Williams find its way back to the top of the podium in Barcelona, but Montreal was Michael’s) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Ampersand; Technical Correspondence; Road Test Summary; Reviews; Tech Tidbits; Time & Place; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: September 1994
Condition: Very Good