The Case For All-Independence
Before going further, some consideration of the rear suspension is appropriate. Wheel motion follows the pattern of wishbone suspension rather than swing ...
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...
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...
Those curious enough to peer under the GT350’s hood will notice, in addition to the Cobra goodies on the engine, a tubular brace bolted across the engine bay—over the engine and just ahead...
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 ...
From the November 1966 Issue of Car and Driver
TESTED
You'd think that dropping an anchor like the 390 engine into the Mustang would overload the front end and make it handle like a re...
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...
At 188.0 inches, the Pilot is 3.6 inches longer than the Highlander but shorter than the Explorer and the TrailBlazer, and at 106.3 inches, its wheelbase is the shortest of them all. The Pi...
The Pontiac Vibe and the forthcoming Toyota Matrix share Toyota's next-generation Corolla chassis, a world citizen that will be used in replacing North America's aging Corolla sedan and th...
From the May 1970 Issue of Car and Driver
The world's menu of powerful GT cars contains a few selections of uncommon merit. Almost invariably they are European, frequently Italian in ...