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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
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...