Launching the 756-hp Missile
Chilly test conditions kept the Goodyears from delivering their last increments of performance. On our 300-foot skidpad, the Red Devil cornered at a still impressive 0.98 g with minimal b...
Fire-breathing Cars
If you should be attracted to the Shelby by a combination of its dazzling looks, pleasant interior and the general aura of its name, do not, I repeat, do not, try to race anybody with it. ...
1971 Chevrolet Corvette – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
TESTED
Steering gets plenty quick at 140 mph. And the suspension, which felt like flint on Sunset Strip, is supple, almost loose. In this high-velocity never-neverland all your senses need...
Rants and Raves
Think of it as ol‘ reliable, for those who like their excitement on a tight leash....
Nobody Will Ever Forget
On the line was a one-time women's clothing retailer and sometime Texan restaurateur and tow-truck operator by the name of Kenny Bernstein. Bernstein recognized that drag racing was movi...
The Porsche of SUVs?
Most complaints surfaced when not hitting the highway. The brake has to be applied to fire the engine. Why? It's in park. From there, the six-speed automatic's second-gear starts kill off-t...
2003 Subaru Forester 2.5X – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
The Forester is a truck. Never mind the carlike unibody or seat height, an arbitrary decision had to be made, and the Forester is our line in the sand: Anything this tall is a truck, anythi...
The Amazingly Simple Cobra
We tested the Cobra during the same Los Angeles heat wave that contributed to the tragic race riots and found the big car to be amazingly tractable. It refused to heat up, despite several h...
2001 Mazda Tribute – First Drive Review – Car Hutt Reviews
According to Yoshihito Nagamoto, the program manager of Mazda's Tribute, this new compact sport-utility offering from Mazda was designed to be "the sports sedan of SUVs."
To that end, Mazd...
1968 BMW 2002 – Review – Car and Driver
Originally published in Car and Driver magazine in April 1968.As I sit here, fresh from the elegant embrace of BMW's new 2002, it occurs to me that something between nine and ten million Am...