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Archived Road Test
1968 BMW 2002

Turn Your Hymnals to 2002–David E. Davis Jr. Blows His Mind on the Latest from BMW.

Archived Comparison
1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR vs. 1968 Chevrolet Corvette 427

How did the GT500 and the Corvette stack up when the Rolling Stones were sex symbols, not grandfathers?

Archived Comparison
2000: Chevrolet ZL-1 Camaro vs. Ford Boss Mustang

Duke-out in Detroit: Imagine Ford and Chevy, side by side, throttles wide open. This ain't fiction.

Archived Comparison
1999: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 vs. Ford Mustang GT

No. 12 in a Long Series: It doesn't get much more all-American than this.

Archived Comparison
Battle of the Beaters

We give three editors $1000 apiece so that each may contest—in his own low-compression heap—our first-annual Special Olympics of Rust. One beater wins. The other two suffer general corruption and bad juju.

Archived Specialty File
Lingenfelter GMC Suburban

Chariot of Firepower. And then some.

Archived Road Test
Dodge Neon

A little car with a big motor and a big grin.

Archived Comparison
Ford Escort vs. Nissan Sentra, Saturn SL, and Nine More Compact Cars

The Econ Majors: From twelve competitive classmates—all priced under $10,000—we pick the dean's list.

Archived Short Take Road Test
Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

It oughta be on the autobahn.

Archived Comparison
Volkswagen Golf vs. Honda Civic, Mercury Tracer, and Five More Compact Cars

Eight for Ten: Can you find decent transportation for less than $10,000? We say yes.

November 1988

Archived Road Test
Toyota Corolla FX16 GT-S

A sixteen-valve pocket rocket, imported from California.

Archived Short Take Road Test
1986 Dodge Omni Shelby GLHS

An inspirational message for late bloomers.

Archived Road Test
Hyundai Excel GL

Forget the business coupe. The Koreans are trying for a business coup.

Archived Comparison
1985: Chevy Camaro Berlinetta vs. Ford Mustang SVO

A V-6 Camaro and a four-cylinder Mustang take on Mitsubishi, Toyota, Audi, and Merkur.

Archived Short Take Road Test
Honda Civic CRX 1.5Si

The CRX takes a giant step toward sports-car territory.

Archived Comparison
1983: Ford Mustang GT vs. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 H.O.

A title match for the 1983 heavyweight crown, one-on-one, winner takes all.

Archived Road Test
Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9

Fastest European Sedan: Mercedes Unleashes the Potent 6.9! Just as they're closing the gas station.

Archived Road Test
Dodge Colt GT

Dodge's Little Japanese Horse: No horsin' around.

Archived Comparison
1975: Chevrolet Monza 2+2 vs. Ford Mustang II

1975's skinny little new kid on the block takes on Ford's hot-selling bully—and comes out on top.

Archived Road Test
Honda Civic

Their previous offerings seemed like four-wheel motorcycles, but Honda is now definitely in the car business.

Archived Comparison
Chevrolet Vega vs. Ford Pinto

Return with us now to those nine hard months on the road as the C/D staff recounts the thrill of ownership and the agony of service.

Archived Road Test
1965 Shelby Cobra 427

Not long ago, the Cobra 427 would have been the hot setup on any race track. Now it's a civilized street machine!

Archived Road Test
Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5

Mercedes' fuel-injected, ohc, small V-8 debuts.

Archived Road Test
1965 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350

Shelby takes some Cobra venom, see, and injects it into FoMoCo's pony…

Archived Road Test
1966 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350-H

Yipes! Stripes!