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THE LIFE
MIGHTY MINIMULES • TASKED WITH BUILDING TWO BRAND-NEW V-12S FROM SCRATCH, COSWORTH STARTED WITH TINY THREECYLINDER PROTOTYPES THAT COMPUTER SIMULATION STILL CAN’T MATCH.
WOW AND FLUTTER • REWINDING THE LIFE OF THE CASSETTE TAPE.
MIXED SIGNALS • THE BRILLIANT (AND DOOMED) PIONEER OF FUEL INJECTION, BENDIX’S ELECTROJECTOR.
AMERICAN EVOLUTION • NASCAR’S NEXT GEN RACER IS A LEAP TOWARD THE FUTURE
2043 …(A TILLERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE) • THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE STEERING BELONGS TO STICKS.
PUMPING IRON • HOW GENERAL MOTORS MODELED THE FIRST MECHANICAL HEART AFTER A CADILLAC V-12.
UNSAFE AT ANY AGE • RALPH NADER, VINTAGE SAFETY GADFLY AND MORTAL ENEMY OF BROCK YATES, CAN’T SLOW DOWN.
FUTURE-PROOF • DISSECTING THE SPEEDMASTER’S QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD, FROM UNDER THE HOOD.
ACHTUNG BABY • WHEN MERCEDES BROUGHT OVERWHELMING FORCE AND COMPLEXITY TO THE PURSUIT OF COMFORT.
THE WELL
ANALOG VS. DIGITAL • FOUR OF THE MOST COMPELLING ENTHUSIAST CARS MEET THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN A TIME WARP TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT’S BEEN GAINED AND LOST IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS.
FERRARI
CORVETTE
BMW
ACURA
The Third Dimension • A trip inside Genesis’s top-secret design studio, where old-school clay model builders and new-school digital wizards combine to create cars of the future.
SPORTS-CAR BOOM(ER) • HOW THE MG TC IGNITED AMERICA’S POSTWAR ROADSTER OBSESSION.
IF MODERN CARS ARE GETTING SAFER, WHY ARE THEY KILLING MORE OF US?
ENDLESS SUMMERS • A STORY OF AN ALL-AMERICAN CAR AND THE FEARLESS FEMALE ROAD-TRIPPERS WHO DROVE IT.
THE “GYPSY COEDS” • On the trail of the Bradford Model T Girls—the trips, the highlights, the legacy.
Restoring Humanity • IN A MECHANIZED AND HOMOGENIZED WORLD, THE WORK OF A LONG-DEAD CAR CRAFTSMAN STILL SPEAKS CLEARLY.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM • Revisiting the Alfa Romeo that launched a racing dynasty, and also Road & Track magazine.
THE GRID
DOSSIER: PORSCHE 911 GT3 • THE 911 GT3 PRIORITIZES THE DRIVER ABOVE ALL ELSE. ISN’T THAT HOW IT SHOULD BE?
Foundation Stock • America’s first taste of the GT3 remains very sweet.
Whence It Came • The 911 GT3 has transformed while staying true to its original mission.
Backstory • How Porsche turned a homologation special into the heart of the brand.
DESTINATION: UTOPIA • HISTORY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE ACURA INTEGRA TYPE R.
CHEAP TRICKS • FINDING TOP-DOWN BLISS ON A BUSTEDBEATER BUDGET.
READER SERVICE • OUR COMPLETELY INSANE STEP-BYSTEP GUIDE TO THE THREE FIXES THAT ONLY THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC CAR ENTHUSIAST NEEDS TO KNOW.
How to: Tune the Carburetors on Your Ferrari Colombo V-12
How to: Remake the Fabric Body of Your Prewar Bentley
CRANK IT UP
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