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Vintage Reviews Archive
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My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 6: A Voyage to Michigan for Bespoke Slant 6 Bits
Posted on December 10, 2024 | 23 CommentsFor Part 6 (links to previous entries at the bottom) we will be taking a trip in the venerable Dodge Aspen Wagon (The “Disco Wagon” as I lovingly refer to […] -
Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1966 Chevy II Nova SS 327 With Powerglide – Mild-Mannered Commuter Muscle
Posted on December 9, 2024 | 14 CommentsWhen we think of the mid-’60s Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova today, we tend to envision either a mousy schoolteacher’s car or a GTO-eating sleeper armed with the rare, ultra-hot L79 SBC […] -
Vintage Car Life Review: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – “Much More Than Just Another Bucket-Seated Luxury Car”
Posted on December 8, 2024 | 36 CommentsIn the summer of 1962, American car magazines were abuzz with the introduction of the radically styled, fiberglass-bodied Studebaker Avanti, a new sporty coupe combining European design themes (courtesy of […] -
Vintage Review: 1965 Buick Skylark Gran Sport – Buick’s Hot New GTO-Fighter Falls A Bit Short
Posted on December 6, 2024 | 28 CommentsPontiac’s 1964 GTO rocked the automotive world. Its formula elevated the intermediate car into an all-round performance car, one that not only scorched the pavement in a straight line […] -
Vintage AMS Review: How the 1964 German Cars Accelerate – Including the New Porsche 911
Posted on December 5, 2024 | 8 CommentsDifferent parts of the world often have very different expectations of power and performance. If you grew up reading American car magazines of the 1960s, you probably had a strong […] -
Vintage AMS Review: 1962 Ford Thunderbird – A German Take on an American “Dream Car”
Posted on December 4, 2024 | 15 CommentsSometimes, the most familiar objects can seem strange and even exotic when transplanted to an unfamiliar environment. In this 1962 review from das Auto, Motor und Sport (AMS) — which […] -
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Pontiac Royal Bobcat – Dry Run for the GTO
Posted on November 29, 2024 | 33 CommentsIn 2018, a juvenile bobcat nicknamed “Mr. Murderbritches” became the darling of the Internet for his incredible ferocity during a brief capture-and-release by Utah wildlife officials. Fifty-six years earlier, Car […] -
Vintage Road Test: 1957 Corvette 283 Fuel Injection 4-Speed – As Fast As A 427 ‘Vette And Faster Than A Lamborghini Countach
Posted on November 27, 2024 | 25 CommentsCars that create a paradigm shift don’t come often; the ’57 Corvette was one of them. With its sizzling-hot new 283 V8, especially the 283 hp fuel injected version, it […] -
Vintage Review: NSU Ro80 – The World’s First Rotary Engine Sedan – ‘Wonder-car with dark sides’
Posted on November 24, 2024 | 50 Comments— Back in 1968, the most popular auto magazine in Germany presented a comprehensive early test drive of a revolutionary new “Wunderauto”: the NSU Ro80. With its futuristic styling and […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1976 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow LWB Saloon – A House or a RR?
Posted on November 18, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 11/19/2018) The Silver Shadow, which arrived in 1965, was the most radically-changed RR ever. It abandoned the classic design language and traditional BOF construction for […] -
Vintage Review: 1954 Hudson Hornet With Twin-H Power – The Flathead Six That Spanked The V8s
Posted on November 17, 2024 | 17 CommentsGiven the brawny new ohv V8s that the Big Three and Studebaker had by then, it might seem odd that the Hudson Hornet with an old school flathead six utterly […] -
Vintage R&T Review: Lancia Scorpio (Monte Carlo) – “…a Scorpion without its stinger”
Posted on November 15, 2024 | 35 Comments(first posted 11/15/2018) Let’s follow up our look at that Fiat X1/9 with its big brother (or sister, depending), the Lancia Scorpion (Monte Carlo in Europe). […] -
Vintage Review: 1965 Buick Riviera GS – The Ultimate Riviera; In Looks And Performance
Posted on November 15, 2024 | 31 CommentsYes, I know it’s an endless point of debate, but let’s face it, the original (1963-1965) Riviera is the greatest of them all. It was an absolute styling sensation […] -
Vintage 48,000 Mile Test: 1976 VW Rabbit – How VW Handed Over The US Import Market to the Japanese
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 66 Comments(first posted 11/10/2018) Here’s the final installment of Road and Track’s long term test of a first year 1975 Rabbit. The plan was to test it only […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Lada 1500 – “…soon to be imported to the US”
Posted on November 11, 2024 | 66 Comments(first posted 11/11/2018) Here’s something a bit different. Road and Track drove a Lada 1500 in the UK due to the expectation that it “… is […]