Author Barry L.

Cigarette butts in the ashtray of a rented car? Not when we rented a Shelby Mustang GT 350H from Hertz. No—sir we found cigarette butts in the rear brake scoop. What other rent-a-car ...

Think of all the worst excesses of current BMW design in a smaller package, and you can see why the styling of the compact 1-series is so controversial. But looks aside, the 130i M Sport we...

Everything comes into focus when you get it out on the public roads. Compared to anything you might come up against — unless you're unlucky enough to encounter a Cobra 427 — it's the wilde...

Higher-rate front and rear springs are fitted, along with a 7/8-inch stabilizer bar at the front and a 3/4-inch bar at the rear. The half-shafts and U-joints are shot-peened, and are const...

From the November 1965 Issue of Car and Driver TESTED Son of a Gun — just what the Corvette needed, more power! Chevrolet has replaced last year's top-of-the-line 396-cu. in. engine with ...

One might expect a Cobra with an engine displacing 427 cubic inches to be an absolute beast on the street. It is utterly to the contrary, with a positively placid disposition at low speeds....

Just to the tach's left is a simple ammeter-like gauge indicating battery charge when the needle drops below center and electric assist when it rises. To get mileage numbers along with va...

We tested the Cobra during the same Los Angeles heat wave that contributed to the tragic race riots and found the big car to be amazingly tractable. It refused to heat up, despite several h...

He should try the same trip in the 427. The new frame, still fabricated at AC Cars in England—but to Shelby specifications—is as stiff as a Redwood trunk and permits the equally-new coil sp...

Read the review and see photos of the 2005 Bentley Arnage at Car and Driver....