Author Barry L.

At 15,763 miles, we noticed a bulge in the sidewall of the left front tire (it turned out to be the result of a nail). The right rear tire had developed a slow leak. We had to replace both ...

Luggage? Well, better bring a trailer if you are taking a long trip, but there's enough space in the trunk of the Elan for what any sports car owner would need for a long week-end. There'...

If you haven't yet heard of the Subaru Impreza WRX, you're reading the wrong magazine. For years, the turbocharged hot-rod sedan was sold in Europe and Japan but not here. Then when Subaru ...

From the February 1964 Issue of Car and Driver One of the daily office bull sessions, a few months ago, got off on the nature of enthusiasm and other similarly esoteric subjects, and w...

Crankshaft design for this engine became the subject of a special study. The crank is made of precision-cast alloy iron and runs in five main bearings. About 70% of the total unbalanced c...

When friends ask us which SUV to buy, we often counter with an interrogation aimed at uncovering the inevitable truth that they never plan to go off-road and that they only need to haul a ...

Standard tire size is 6.50 x 13, with 6.50 x 14 optional. The body panels are made to allow 15-in tires to be used, and 15-inch wheels are available with the "handling package". These are...

Even if the "quick" steering is a little slow, the road feel is quite good, the power steering and its reduced feedback notwithstanding. Reactions to road unevenness in the wheel are very...

From the May 1964 Issue of Car and Driver TESTED It's easily the best thing to come out of Dearborn since the 1932 V-8 Model B roadster. But for all Ford's talk of Total Performance, i...

At the end of the shifter is a Toad Hall button (It's "Tow/Haul"—Ed.), and the 3.06 first-gear ratio means the EXT is useful for dragging the wreckage away from locomotive collisions. The...