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...
1964 Lotus Elan 1600 Archived Test – Review
From the February 1964 Issue of Car and Driver
One of the daily office bull sessions, a few months ago, got off on the nature of enthusiasm and other similarly esoteric subjects, and w...
2004 Chrysler Crossfire – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
It's been five years since the "merger of equals" led to the creation of the DaimlerChrysler Corporation, and whatever you may think of the founding fiction, this car represents the first r...
Performance Options
Higher-rate front and rear springs are fitted, along with a 7/8-inch stabilizer bar at the front and a 3/4-inch bar at the rear. The half-shafts and U-joints are shot-peened, and are const...
2001 Porsche 911 Turbo – First Drive Review – Car Hutt Reviews
The bad news about the new Porsche 911 Turbo is that its owners are probably going to get a lot of speeding tickets. The good news is that if they can afford its $110,000 price, they can p...
Drivetrain and Ride Quality
The Owner's Manual warns that normal operating temperature is 210°F and that's exactly where the temperature gauge stabilized on our test car. Apparently the combination of reduced grille ...
Absolutely No Trouble in Shifting
In explaining how all this works, Porsche encourages you to engage D when and if you choose to move forward. Use L when ascending or descending steep grades. Cope with ice and ennui as be...
Ford Needed the Boss 302
Ford needed the Boss 302 for one other reason. The SCCA says that for any trick part to be legal in the Trans-Am it has to appear on at least 1000 street cars. That means that spoilers or...
This is No Ordinary Road Test
That is why tires are designed specifically for the Corvette — N44 nylon cord — good for sustained 140 mph driving and they are used on no other American car. Duntov knows it is against th...
Brakes and Handling
It is in the handling department in particular that the Corvette proves itself the only true American production sports car. The steering is far from perfect but it is fast enough to allow ...