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    Tested: 1992 GMC Typhoon is the Original Performance SUV

    From the March 1992 issue of Car and Driver. In the realm of four-wheeled conveyances, there’s a fine line separating the outrageous from the silly. For example, a Lamborghini Diablo is outrageous. A $1.6 million street-going Schuppan Porsche 962CR, on the other hand, is silly. An AMG Hammer is outrageous. So is a Dodge Stealth […] More

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    Tested: 1992 Ferrari F40 Meets Lamborghini Diablo

    From the April 1992 Issue of Car and Driver. “It’s like a train speeding up your spinal cord and coming out your ear.” —Minnesota Vikings safety Joey Browner describing a full-force collision in the NFL Which is pretty much how it feels to stomp the throttle of a Ferrari F40 or a Lamborghini Diablo on […] More

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    Tested: 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL550

    From the February 2011 Issue of Car and Driver. It’s big. With its S-class sedan underpinnings (on an 8.3-inch-shorter wheelbase), uninhibited dimensions, and too-long-at-dinner mass (4699 pounds), the new Mercedes CL550 (modestly face lifted, generously adrenalized) is one of the largest four-seat coupes on earth. Only the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé is bigger. HIGHS: Habit-forming power, elegant […] More

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    Tested: 1990 Porsche 911 Carrera 2

    View Photos WOLFGANG FALKCar and Driver From the January 1990 issue of Car and Driver. It’s a scene right out of a movie, a fanta­sy that only the Germans and a few lucky visitors will ever live. The headlights of a bright-red Porsche 911 Carrera 2 drill twin cones through the lifting morning mist. The […] More