Car Review

The dragstrip was also the place to find out whether the hood scoop had as much effect on acceleration as it did on appearance. Its operation is very simple. Whenever manifold vacuum drop...

Despite its tire weaknesses, the Corvette is a superior automobile in all departments of handling. Like the man said, the machine is excellent, but the car's functional applications are li...

Thumbing through the Car and Driver archives, we have to look way back to April 1996 for the most recent comprehensive review of a Nissan Pathfinder. That was a comparison test between seve...

At some point between the arrival of our long-term Mazda Tribute on April 10, 2001, and the passage of 13 days, our technical director dented the shiny green tailgate with what he described...

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...

Audi redesigned its bestselling A4 sports sedan in 2002 and as an option added an automatic transmission that wowed even the staunchest dyed-in-the-wool stick-shifting staffers here at Hog...

In 1963 we were a bit stunned by a Mercury Marauder that had 427 cubic inches, 425 horsepower, good handling, and performance that, to us, was absolutely breathtaking. The Tempest GTO is ...

The barrels have alloy cooling fins and shrunk-in "Hirai" (a spe­cial cast iron) liners. The bore and stroke, at 3.15 x 2.60 inches (80 x 66mm) are fashionably oversquare, with a ratio of...

Nor is there any significant difference between this year's Shelby Mustang and last year's, although there is a whale of a difference between Ford's stock $3500 Mustang and Shelby's versio...

The only real handling fault of the 911S is a corkscrewing motion of the front end when cornering on an undulating surface. This appears to be a by-product of the Porsche's unconventional...