1964-1/2 Ford Mustang – Review

From the May 1964 Issue of Car and Driver TESTED It's easily the best thing to come out of Dearborn since the 1932 V-8 Model B roadster. But for all Ford's talk of Total Performance, i...

Omigod-We‘re-Going-Too-Fast

Were we to buy a GTO (and there's a good chance at least one of us will), our selection might go something like this. A GTO is basically a $2480 Tempest Le Mans with a $296 extra-equipmen...

A Car Not For Novices

He should try the same trip in the 427. The new frame, still fabricated at AC Cars in England—but to Shelby specifications—is as stiff as a Redwood trunk and permits the equally-new coil sp...

Sporty Yet Reliable

The interior drew criticism for the chronograph-style instrument cluster, which was hard to see and decipher, and for the chromed shifter, which on sunny days got way too hot to touch and ...

A Splendid Little Car

If it wasn't already German, I'd be tempted to say it could be as American as Mom's apple pie or Rapp Brown's carbine. Not American in the same sense as the contemporary domestic car, with...

2003 Chevrolet Silverado SS – Road Test

Put "Ss" side by side, and most people automotive will call up images of 1960s Chevy muscle cars-Impalas, Chevelles, and Camaros, big cars with big engines that delivered big power. But for...

Performance

Corvette coupes (they all have a removable roof section) and convertibles (see sidebar "C6 Convertible") come in three forms: base, F55 (add about $1700) with adjustable magnetorheological ...

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...