1964 Pontiac Tempest GTO Road Test – Review

TESTED Most knowledgeable enthusiasts reacted negatively when Pontiac announced that their new Tempest sports model was to be called the GTO. They felt, as we did, that Pontiac was swip...

2004 Scion xA and xB – Specs

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon BASE PRICE: xA, $12,965; xB, $14,165 ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 16-valve 4-in-line, aluminum block and head, Toyota e...

Shelby‘s Metamorphosis

Visually, a '66 is distinguished from the '65 by the rear quarter windows and the brake scoops, which weren't on last year's model. The hood and its scoop look the same as before, but last...

Everything is Perfect

If the car receiving surgery is a road­ster, the sportwagon top comes as one piece which covers the cockpit and bolts into the normal windshield hardware. If you start with a coupe however...

Relatively Poor Ride

Also (unhappily) it's this same lightness that contributes to the Corolla's relatively poor ride. On anything but a smooth road it pitches and bounces with vigor, fortu­nately at a frequen...

More than the Average Corvette

(9) It being a mass-class sports car, the Corvette's excellent engineering tends to be obscured by some rather garish styling gimmicks that make the uninitiated wonder if the car is a fake...

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...