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Contents: Road Tests – Milsanne Missiles (Fairy tales…can come true…it can happen to you…you can run at Le Mans. We test Callaway’s GT2 race car and street-legal LM); 1996 Mercedes-Benz E320 (Mercedes-Benz orders up a fresh plate of styling with extra safety, spicy performance and an airbag on the side); V-12 Grand Touring (Heading north to The Weekend in a BMW 850Ci, Ferrari 456 GT, Jaguar XJS 6.0L convertible and Mercedes-Benz SL600) First Drives – 1996 BMW 328I (BMW talks torquey: Displacement is up on Bavaria’s inline-6, but the 328 should feel right at home in the American market); 1997 BMW 528I (M3s and Z3s are all well and good, but this is the BMW whose sales numbers are at least as important as its performance numbers) Features – Salon: Lotus Eleven (The Eleven’s success turned Colin Chapman’s name from a household word into a household worry among many race teams); Long-Term Wrapup: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Convertible vs. Ford Mustang GT Convertible (Our yearlong ponycar face-off peaks at the Peak); Long-Term Tests: Nissan Maxima SE and Mazda Millenia S (Life begins at 40,000 miles: the latest on our long-term sedans from Japan); Little Car, Big Man, Really Big Mountain (Simanaitis gleans the secrets of getting a Formula 3 Cooper to the top at the Mt. Equinox Hillclimb) Technical – Blood, Sweat & Gears, Part 2 (Concentrating on cutting corners (optimizing the suspension) and stopping quick (setting up the brakes)); Technology Update: A/C, Freon & You (Stay cool, Freon fans, the end of air-conditioned days is not upon us: the cold truth about R12 and R134a) Competition – Greg Moore: On The Road To Indy (Bob Judd sniffs the air in Indy Lights and comes up with the overwhelming scent of a future Indy Car winner) Columns – Miscellaneous Ramblings (Reports you may have heard or read of the death of the sports car were exaggerations, meaning: Don’t make me laugh); Side Glances (Fifty races on one set of tires? Fifty races on one engine? $3.50 of premium unleaded and a $15 entry fee? This is the stuff of legends); Ampersand (First look: the RX-01, the next RX-7? John Lamm covers the Frankfurt show; Paul Frere drives the ultimate BMW M3 in Europe); About The Sport (We have an Indy Car champ: Jacques Villeneuve. In Formula 1. Schumacher and Herbert are warring and winning) Departments – People & Places; Letters To The Editor; Years Ago; Technical Correspondence; Road Test Summary; Tech Tidbits; Time & Place; Showcase; Market Place; PS
Issue: December 1995
Condition: Very Good