When we first drove the tiny Audi S1 almost six years ago, we called it the ultimate subcompact. Last year, we were unhappy to learn that the company decided not to develop a direct replacement. To make an S1 feasible, Audi would have needed its sister brands’ cooperation, and Volkswagen and SEAT decided to skip […] More
From the December 1961 Issue of Car and Driver. To the British motor industry, the name of Jaguar spells success: success on the most famous racing circuits in the world, and commercial success on every market where the make has been offered. What is the secret of this success? That question is probably best answered […] More
From the May 1965 Issue of Car and Driver Not content with his Cobra-Powered-by-Ford, Carroll Shelby has now come up with a Ford-Powered-by-Cobra. The Ford in question is the “fastback” Mustang, and Shelby’s merry men have stuffed a burr of some size and effectiveness under its metaphorical saddle. The result is that while the Mustang […] More
From the June 1999 issue of Car and Driver. Audi’s new TT, which goes on sale as you read this, is perhaps the most extraordinary and interesting vehicle we’ve driven since the Plymouth Prowler. Its sensual styling—vaguely retro in its streamlined Bauhaus cues—is completely fresh inside and out. Its turbocharged 1.8-liter, five-valve inline-four barks out […] More
From the March 1964 Issue of Car and Driver. Most knowledgeable enthusiasts reacted negatively when Pontiac announced that their new Tempest sports model was to be called the GTO. They felt, as we did, that Pontiac was swiping a name to which it had no right. Like Le Mans, Grand Prix, Monza, Spyder and 2+2, […] More
From the April 1984 Issue of Car and Driver Where were you in 1964? Dan Gurney whiled away the year racing a Formula 1 Brabham Coventry-Climax, winning both the French GP at Rouen and the Mexican GP in Mexico City; he spent his spare time in Southern California laying the foundation for his own All […] More
From the June 2000 Issue of Car and Driver. The Ferrari Challenge is a racing program staged by the company for its paying customers. It gives them the chance to compete against their fellow plutocrats whilst simultaneously putting their porky wallets on the Atkins Diet. Limited to race editions of late-model cars, the Challenge series […] More
View Photos Dick KelleyCar and Driver From the July 1991 Issue of Car and Driver. The editorial belly is having trouble digesting the BMW 850i sports coupe. Maybe it’s the price. Any car costing $90,000 ought to do everything but make coffee—maybe even that too. When it comes from Germany and wears the blue-and-white BMW […] More
