Author Barry L.

Times are tough in the auto business. Companies everywhere are looking for ways to gain market share. Some European luxury-car makers-BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, even Porsche-have gone so fa...

From the May 1968 Issue of Car and Driver TESTED Chevrolet's Corvette ranks just one notch below immortality on America's list of mechanical achievements — and well it should. Like barbe...

Originally published in Car and Driver magazine in April 1968.As I sit here, fresh from the elegant embrace of BMW's new 2002, it occurs to me that something between nine and ten million Am...

In case you're wondering why the separate frame was retained, Ford answers that this arrangement is more robust for towing (maximum capacity is up from 5800 to 7300 pounds), and it's better...

At any rate, the bugs aren't yet out of Porsche's vented discs. True, they run cooler, making them less prone to fade, and lengthening pad life, but they are more difficult to modulate. I...

The only real handling fault of the 911S is a corkscrewing motion of the front end when cornering on an undulating surface. This appears to be a by-product of the Porsche's unconventional...