The Power of the V-8 Ford
John Tojeiro also designed the body, a sleek shape reminiscent of the Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia. Design work on Ford's Challenger V-8 engine began in 1958 under the leadership of Robert F. S...
2002 Audi A4 3.0 CVT – Long-Term Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
Audi redesigned its bestselling A4 sports sedan in 2002 and as an option added an automatic transmission that wowed even the staunchest dyed-in-the-wool stick-shifting staffers here at Hog...
No Map-reading Light
Directional stability at speed is unusually good, regardless of crosswinds and road surfaces. The car can be controlled with a fingertip on a good road, and gentle curves call for no extra ...
2001 Toyota Prius – Instrumented Test – Car Hutt Reviews
TESTED
A Toyota Prius looks as if it's rescuing the planet just sitting in the car park. The pudgy body is stripped of extraneous tinsel, and it tippytoes on four little donuts that look...
Feel of the Forces
The existence of an actual limit of adhesion on a dry smooth surface seems to be a purely hypothetical question with the wide-section flat profile Goodyear Blue Streak tires. Michelin X tir...
The Greatest C-Class?
Under the revised sheetmetal in front is a new strut suspension using two separate lower links instead of a control arm, which is said to provide better energy absorption in a crash. The r...
1963 Shelby AC Cobra 289 – Road Test
Very simply stated, the AC Cobra attained higher performance figures than any other production automobile...
Controllability and Roadability
The fully-reclining seats are firmer than they used to be, and not as cradling, but the range of adjustment remains enormous: fore-and-aft in small increments; seat rake angle in larger s...
1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super Archived Test – Review
From the October 1963 Issue of Car and Driver
Expensive? Only a few years ago you could pry a Porsche Speedster loose from a showroom for a shade under three grand. It seemed like a ba...
How Light Can it Get?
The bigger brakes, wheels, and tires; the dry-sump lubrication system; the various cooling upgrades; and the big-bore exhaust all add weight to the car. Offsetting these increases require...