2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Competition Group – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
Evolve or go extinct. That's the harsh choice Mother Nature gives her animal kingdom. Fortunately for GM, things are a little more relaxed in the automotive world.
Seven years ago we wrote about the then...
Refined Corvette
The brakes are also similar to the C5's, although the front rotors are cast with slightly thicker faces to improve fade resistance. Four-channel anti-lock brakes extract the maximum retardation from each ti...
2004 Toyota Sienna LE – Road Test
My, my, would you just look at our little Sienna. He has grown up and moved away from home. Empty-nesters Mama Camry and Papa Avalon may have shed a tear, but they knew deep in their combustion chambers tha...
2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4X4 – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
Thumbing through the Car and Driver archives, we have to look way back to April 1996 for the most recent comprehensive review of a Nissan Pathfinder. That was a comparison test between seve...
2001 Mazda Tribute ES V-6 4WD – Long-Term Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
At some point between the arrival of our long-term Mazda Tribute on April 10, 2001, and the passage of 13 days, our technical director dented the shiny green tailgate with what he described...
Acceleration and Transmissions
As always, the fuel-injected Corvette engine is a sweetheart to drive. Power is excellent, but even more impressive is the torque curve, which is as close to being flat as any we've seen. F...
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...
Area of Maximum Tuning
In 1963 we were a bit stunned by a Mercury Marauder that had 427 cubic inches, 425 horsepower, good handling, and performance that, to us, was absolutely breathtaking. The Tempest GTO is ...
Race Breeding and Engineering
The barrels have alloy cooling fins and shrunk-in "Hirai" (a special cast iron) liners. The bore and stroke, at 3.15 x 2.60 inches (80 x 66mm) are fashionably oversquare, with a ratio of...