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Vintage R&T Road Test: 1975 Buick Skyhawk – “It Isn’t A Finished Car”
Posted on November 8, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted 11/8/2016) GM’s Badge Engineering Department was working overtime in the early 70s. The energy crisis made Pontiac, Olds and Buick dealers desperate for small cars, so Chevy […] -
Vintage Comparison: 1975 Mustang II V8 vs. Chevy Monza 2+2 V8 – The V8 Shetland Pony Car Shootout
Posted on October 25, 2022 | 131 Comments(first posted 10/25/2016) CC reader Lee J. donated a couple of decades of his Road and Track collection to me, starting with January 1975. It’s been quite a trip down […] -
Vintage Reviews: 1978 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 – Right Number, Wrong Car
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 78 Comments(first posted 8/25/2016) Olds was alone among the GM divisions in continuously offering a variant of its 1960’s mid-sized Muscle Machine—the 4-4-2—all the way through the performance-challenged dark days of […] -
Vintage Review: 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ – Adding Options Makes The Petite Prix More Grand
Posted on July 19, 2022 | 65 Comments(first posted 7/19/2016) Joseph Dennis has a knack for capturing wonderful images when he visits his hometown of Flint, Michigan, like this Oldsmobile Delta 88 and this Pontiac Grand Prix LJ. […] -
Vintage Comparison Test: 1972 Super Coupes – Car and Driver Evaluates A New Class Of Small Sporty Cars
Posted on April 28, 2022 | 108 Comments(first posted 4/28/2016) As the 1970s unfolded, Car and Driver introduced new terminology to define an emerging class of cars targeting driving enthusiasts: Super Coupes. It was a far […] -
Vintage C&D Comparison: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Versus 1973 Mercedes 450SE – No Joke, Car And Driver Compares A Colonnade To An S-Class
Posted on April 4, 2022 | 111 Comments(first posted 4/4/2016) Rest assured, this is not a belated April Fool’s Day post. In the August 1973 issue of Car and Driver, the editors lined up a rather […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – “Underneath Baroque Architecture, Some Nice Chassis Engineering”
Posted on April 4, 2022 | 50 CommentsThis is the third and final of the three GM “mid-sized” cars that R&T tested in 1973, following the Grand Am and Cutlass Salon. Their motivation was to determine just […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Corvette – “Changes For 1973 Produce Mixed Results”
Posted on April 2, 2022 | 20 Comments(Note: the title is incorrect; it’s actually an L-82 engine) The C3 Corvette’s first significant change on what was to be its long life came in 1973, when it […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Chevrolet Vega GT – Improved, Up To A Point
Posted on March 26, 2022 | 51 CommentsThis review makes interesting reading, as it’s something of a counterpoint to our retrospective CC’s and such that we’ve used to trash the poor, cute little baby Chevy. Although certain […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – “Just How Much Like A European Sedan Is It?”
Posted on March 24, 2022 | 54 CommentsRoad and Track tested three of GM’s new 1973 not-so “mid-sized cars” that were clearly trying to be more European, or had some aspects of European qualities in their make-up […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Pontiac Grand Am – American, Yes; Grand, Not So Much So
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 51 CommentsGM’s new colonnade mid-size family was the biggest news for 1973. Their styling was a bit surprising–almost shocking–after the long run of their predecessors as well as the competition. The […] -
Vintage Feature: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – Motor Trend Car Of The Year
Posted on October 14, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 10/13/2015) Throughout the years, Motor Trend’s Car of the Year Award has had a mixed track record. With hindsight, some of their selections turned out to be […] -
Vintage Reviews: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – Downsized By Design
Posted on October 14, 2021 | 85 Comments(first posted 10/14/2015) I am always fascinated by the design development for car programs. Seeing the options, the decisions made, the struggle to develop a vehicle that meets engineering […] -
Vintage Reviews: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – A Whole New Ball Game
Posted on October 12, 2021 | 67 CommentsThroughout the 1960s and 1970s, the full size Chevrolet had ranked at the top of the charts in the U.S. sales race, typically earning the top spot most years. So […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1976 Cosworth Vega – A Better Vega (But Not A High Performance One) For Twice The Price Of A Mediocre One
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 40 CommentsHow did Chevrolet spend years working on the Cosworth Vega, and end up with nothing more than a Vega the way it should have been in the first place, with […]