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Smithsonian August 2005 Preston Lerner |
Points of Interest - In The Fast Lane Drivers gear up to set speed records at Utah's desolate Bonneville Salt Flats. |
Popular Mechanics August 19, 2008 Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Mega-Speed Cars @ Bonneville Speed Week: Monday's Best From a rubber-band-powered racer to a 200-mph ethanol ride the races at the Bonneville Salt Flats are getting hot after Day One. |
Outside January 2007 Andrew Tilin |
Excuse My Thrust The land-speed record for motorcycles has stood untouched for 16 years. But last summer, California velocity freak Mike "Ack Attack" Akatiff announced that the other guys were doing it wrong. Can he back it up? |
Popular Mechanics December 2006 Emily Masamitsu |
Tech Watch: Diesel Redefined This record-breaking diesel car went 350 mph for a mile, after being pushed from behind at 30 mph to hit first gear. |
Popular Mechanics September 2, 2009 Larry Webster |
Top 10 Most Significant Land Speed Records of All Time Auto speed records from the last 100 years. |
Popular Mechanics August 22, 2008 Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More Shots of Record Setting Cars from Bonneville Speed Week '08 No steam car this year, but the cars at Bonneville Speed Week continue to impress. Today brings a record-breaking electric motorcycle and a Volkswagon/Hot Rod hybrid. |
Popular Mechanics August 18, 2008 Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 Hot Cars From Bonneville Speed Week 2008: Day 1 Gallery It's the legendary setting for falling speed records and road testing of alt-fuel super vehicles. Get a sneak peek at some of the world's top next-generation cars. |
Car and Driver April 2006 Larry Webster |
Road Test Review: 2006 Mosler MT900S After a five-year ordeal, Warren Mosler's $190,500 mid-engine, 405-hp dream car is ready for prime time. |
Popular Mechanics August 20, 2008 Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More 200+ MPH Record Setters From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Showing off record setting cars |
Popular Mechanics August 21, 2008 Warren Barbee, Jr. |
10 More Blazing Fast Cars From Bonneville Speed Week '08 Yesterday brought us some fast Bonneville eye candy. Today brings some older cars that can still leave most cars in their dust (or sand). |
Popular Mechanics December 2007 |
Ford's Hydrogen Record Setter: How It Works (with Video) In 2005, students at the Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research approached Ford Motor Company about collaborating on a hydrogen fuel cell car capable of setting a land speed record. The automaker jumped at the opportunity. |
Car and Driver December 2003 Aaron Robinson |
Fear and Losing Near Las Vegas Unlimited speed -- for a limited time only -- in this Nevada road race. |
Car and Driver June 2004 Larry Webster |
Specialty File: Dodge Viper Competition Coupe The next best thing to being airborne. |
Car and Driver October 2003 Larry Webster |
Nissan Pathfinder Armada LE It looks a lot like someone just declared war on Ford and GM with their common-platform trucks and SUVs. |
Car and Driver October 2005 Larry Webster |
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 With 505 horsepower, the Z06 may have introduced the golden age of the Corvette. It's the fastest, most powerful, most expensive and, interestingly, lightest Vette GM has ever produced. |
Car and Driver June 2004 Larry Webster |
Porsche Carrera GT It is an incredible car, with a plethora of juicy technical details and glorious thrust from a mid-mounted aluminum V-10 engine. We learned about both during a day of testing and driving at Italy's Adria International Raceway. |
Car and Driver October 2005 Csaba Csere |
Mazda MX-5 The prototypical entry-level sports car gets faster and better. |
Car and Driver February 2006 Tony Quiroga |
2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ General Motors couldn't have picked a more disagreeable time to launch its new line of large SUVs. Will gas pains hobble this automaker's cash cows? |
Car and Driver April 2005 Ray Hutton |
2006 BMW 330i The 3-series, although 30 years old and now entering its fifth generation, is still the car that made BMW what it is today. |
Car and Driver June 2005 Tony Quiroga |
Chrysler 300C SRT8 Chrysler's 300C SRT8 is the car we thought the American auto industry would not build again -- the high-performance family-sedan. While it's something the U.S. auto industry should have done long ago, it was worth the wait. |
Car and Driver July 2004 Barry Winfield |
2005 Subaru Outback 2.5XT Limited Turbocharging and elegant new styling put the Outback back out front. |
Car and Driver December 2004 John Phillips |
Ford Mustang GT The verdict? With it's vastly improved ride, slicker shifter, more power, and same old friendly price, it's the best Mustang since April 17, 1964. |
Car and Driver June 2006 Tony Swan |
Road Test Review: 2006 BMW M Roadster Proof that more is not a monolithic concept. |
Car and Driver July 2004 John Phillips |
Chevrolet Malibu Maxx LT The five-door extended sedan is less like Malibu than Atlantic City. |
Car and Driver January 2005 Aaron Robinson |
Ferrari F430 A taste of F1 tech in every bite, the world's slickest steering, and 483 horses that will prance a sub-12-second quarter-mile. |
Car and Driver November 2004 Aaron Robinson |
Porsche 911 Carrera S Where does the Porsche 911 go from here? It's a fair question, considering this is the 97th article this magazine has published since 1965 about roadgoing 911s. |
Car and Driver January 2005 Barry Winfield |
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Pedigree, power, and paradox find a home in the new SLR. |
Car and Driver November 2003 Larry Webster |
Morgan Aero 8 The old British groaner gets a stunning makeover. The Aero 8's combination of vintage looks, excellent performance, and rarity -- only 50 or so will make their way to the US in 2004 -- makes it undeniably cool. |
Inc. October 2005 Allen P. Roberts Jr. |
So You Want to Burn Rubber Get the family car out to the racetrack at one of the 1,300 amateur races held every year. |
Car and Driver April 2004 Barry Winfield |
Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata A Miata with muscles, for a pittance more. |
Car and Driver September 2006 Barry Winfield |
2007 Audi RS 4 Quattro - Road Tests The mid-size sports-sedan wars get kicked up a notch. |
Car and Driver October 2005 Tony Quiroga |
Pontiac Solstice The architecture of the new roadster from GM was inspired from the Corvette, but was designed to be a lot less expensive to engineer and build. |
Car and Driver March 2004 Tony Swan |
Cadillac CTS-V Is Cadillac's bad boy really a Bimmer beater? |
Car and Driver August 2003 Ron Kiino |
Volvo S60R AWD With three hundred horses and a chassis able to rein them in, a precise shifter, and Swedish good looks, the S60R AWD makes the S60 T5 obsolete, the S60 AWD mundane, and the Audi S4 take notice. |
Car and Driver May 2006 Tony Swan |
Road Test Review: 2007 Cadillac Escalade The 2007 Cadillac Escalade is unbeatable if your SUV needs include flash as well as function. And there's no question that this is a better Escalade. |
Car and Driver November 2004 Barry Winfield |
Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4WD 5.7L It's been a long time coming, but look at what Jeep has finally produced: a brand-new Grand Cherokee line with a choice of three engines (including a 5.7-liter V-8 Hemi). |
Car and Driver July 2005 Aaron Robinson |
2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V-6 In spite of Mitsubishi's recent financial troubles, nothing about the new Eclipse says "crisis car." |
Car and Driver November 2003 John Phillips |
Nissan Titan 5.6SE Crew Cab The best first effort in all of full-size truckdom. |
Car and Driver August 2004 John Phillips |
Cadillac STS V-8 The STS now rides on a wheelbase 4.2 inches longer than the old car's, yet in overall length the STS is 4.7 inches shorter. Glance at the car in profile and you can see what got chopped. The trunk's volume is down by two cubic feet. |
Car and Driver August 2004 Aaron Robinson |
Mazda 6 Wagon Mazda kept its head in the game and delivered both a wagon and a five-door hatchback with as much amusingly youthful performance as you're entitled to get for this price. |
Car and Driver February 2004 Aaron Robinson |
Lamborghini Gallardo An Italian bull with German horse sense, the $170,000 Lamborghini Gallardo borrows Audi know-how to emerge as a supercar that's also a good car. |
Popular Mechanics September 2007 Ben Stewart |
New Crossover Cars: Comparison Test Crossover vehicles try to offer the best of three seemingly contradictory worlds: the attitude of an SUV, the practicality of a minivan and the sophistication of a sedan. |
Car and Driver July 2004 Larry Webster |
Audi S4 Quattro Cabriolet A sports car without compromises. |
Car and Driver August 2003 Dan Neil |
Porsche Cayenne Turbo We weigh the Porsche against other SUVs and give ourselves a hernia. |
Popular Mechanics December 2007 Ben Stewart |
Ford, Dodge and GMC: Diesel Pickup Truck Tow Test (with Video) These rigs can tackle the dirtiest jobs while providing downright luxurious surroundings for up to six passengers: Dodge Ram 3500 Mega Cab, Ford F-350 King Ranch, and GMC Sierra 3500 Crew Cab. |
Car and Driver January 2004 Tony Swan |
Mazda 3 Mazda's entry-level offering has lost the lightness of being that made the Protege so appealing, which is the price of the 3's clear improvement in substance and quality. |
Car and Driver June 2004 John Phillips |
GMC Canyon SLE Crew Cab 4WD Z71 Maybe not one of the world's seven wonders, but certainly a grand Canyon. |
Car and Driver June 2005 Dave Vanderwerp |
Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG The Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG is a stylish roadster that's not afraid to perform. |
Car and Driver December 2004 Patrick Bedard |
Honda Accord Hybrid The hybrid that always could have happened finally did. The Honda Accord Hybrid is a performance car that gets excellent mileage, too. |
Car and Driver October 2004 Aaron Robinson |
Toyota Tacoma Double Cab SR5 4x4 V-6 The durable pickup is thoroughly reborn. Longer, wider, smoother, stronger, and a whole bunch of other "ers." |