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Vintage Reviews Archive
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Vintage 1976 R&T Review: Lincoln Continental Limo – By Henry N. Manney III
Posted on June 26, 2018 | 26 CommentsRoad and Track tended to be a bit dry and serious, but their writer Henry N. Manney III compensated for that with his antics and humor. Here he takes on […] -
Vintage R&T Auto Dictionary: T -Z – Want The Rest?
Posted on June 1, 2018 | 7 CommentsJohn Dinkel, R&T’s technical Editor, did a nice series of the explanation of common automotive terms. I didn’t scan the earlier ones when I scanned the reviews from the previous […] -
Road & Track Tested in Europe: 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo – “Watch Out!”
Posted on February 13, 2018 | 17 CommentsFour cylinder turbos are par for the course in so many cars, including BMWs. But it was an exotic novelty in 1974. -
Vintage R&T Technical Analysis and First Drive: Peugeot 604
Posted on June 3, 2017 | 40 CommentsThe Peugeot 604 has received its share of love here, but let’s go back to the time when it was just appearing. Road and Track does their usual thorough […] -
Vintage R&T Intro: New Jaguar XJS
Posted on June 2, 2017 | 18 CommentsWe’ve covered the XJ-S here a few times before, but it’s always interesting to read the perspective from a new car intro, when there are yet no accumulated experiences […] -
Vintage R&T Review: Panther De Ville – A Panther of a Different Sort
Posted on May 29, 2017 | 24 CommentsThe seventies were noted for the huge expansion in the automotive ne-classic retro movement, which started in 1963 with these drawings by Virgil Exner. It was a natural raction to […] -
Vintage Review: 1971 Buick Centurion – Road Test Magazine Evaluates The Roman Commander From Flint
Posted on April 4, 2017 | 55 Comments“When obscure cars are reviewed, Road Test Magazine will review them.” This riff on Buick’s famous tagline could certainly be applied to the January 1971 issue of Road Test Magazine, […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Datsun 280Z – Fuel Injection And More Displacement To The Rescue
Posted on March 23, 2017 | 17 CommentsIn 1975, there was a decided move towards adopting fuel injection—by the imports, that is—in order to mitigate the deleterious effects of the primitive emission controls of the time. Opel […] -
Vintage ‘Car’ Review: Lamborghini Miura – The First (and only) Modern Transverse 12 Cylinder Supercar
Posted on March 15, 2017 | 17 CommentsIn the February 1966 issue of ROAD & TRACK, writer Henry N. Manney, III, in describing the 47th Turin Auto Show, wrote, “The prize for the poker hand was […] -
Vintage Article: 1977 Domestic New Car Preview Sketches – Sometimes The Crystal Ball Was Clear, Sometimes It Was Murky
Posted on March 10, 2017 | 35 CommentsWhen I was a kid, one of my biggest automotive fascinations was imagining what changes were in store for the upcoming new car model year. I eagerly awaited the […] -
Vintage R&T Reviews: Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer and Lamborghini Countach, And Some Additional Eye Candy
Posted on February 23, 2017 | 26 Comments(Update: the missing last two pages of the BB review are now there) We don’t do exotics often here at CC, but these two deserve a backwards look, given how […] -
Vintage Predictions: It’s 2017 – Here’s What You’ll Be Driving
Posted on January 1, 2017 | 37 CommentsAttempting to envision the future is unavoidable for car enthusiasts; we just can’t help ourselves sometimes. Here at Curbside Classic, we usually look to the past, but often our minds […] -
Vintage Road & Track Review: 1975 Lotus Elite – Expensive and Slow Wedge
Posted on December 7, 2016 | 37 CommentsThe Lotus Elite was a big step for little Lotus, in an effort to expand its offerings beyond the ultra-light sports cars it had mostly built its reputation and […] -
Vintage Brock Yates: Playboy Mods a 1976 Honda Civic or a Hot Hatch Japanese Style!
Posted on November 17, 2016 | 24 CommentsThis morning’s post about the R&T feature on the ’75 Honda Civic triggered a memory from an article I’d read long, long ago in a lifetime far away. I searched […] -
Vintage New Model Intro: Fiat 131 Mirafiori (Brava)
Posted on November 14, 2016 | 32 CommentsThe Fiat 124 had a moderately successful run in the US, but its successor never quite caught on. Why? Toyota and Datsun, for starters. Of course, that’s not to say […]
![Vintage 1976 R&T Review: Lincoln Continental Limo – By Henry N. Manney III Road and Track tended to be a bit dry and serious, but their writer Henry N. Manney III compensated for that with his antics and humor. Here he takes on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Scans0008.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Auto Dictionary: T -Z – Want The Rest? John Dinkel, R&T’s technical Editor, did a nice series of the explanation of common automotive terms. I didn’t scan the earlier ones when I scanned the reviews from the previous […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/scans-20012.jpg)

![Vintage R&T Technical Analysis and First Drive: Peugeot 604 The Peugeot 604 has received its share of love here, but let’s go back to the time when it was just appearing. Road and Track does their usual thorough […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Peugeot-604-1.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Intro: New Jaguar XJS We’ve covered the XJ-S here a few times before, but it’s always interesting to read the perspective from a new car intro, when there are yet no accumulated experiences […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Jag-XJS-1.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Review: Panther De Ville – A Panther of a Different Sort The seventies were noted for the huge expansion in the automotive ne-classic retro movement, which started in 1963 with these drawings by Virgil Exner. It was a natural raction to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Panther-1.jpg)
![Vintage Review: 1971 Buick Centurion – Road Test Magazine Evaluates The Roman Commander From Flint “When obscure cars are reviewed, Road Test Magazine will review them.” This riff on Buick’s famous tagline could certainly be applied to the January 1971 issue of Road Test Magazine, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Centurion-Main-Image-e1753340006163.jpeg)
![Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Datsun 280Z – Fuel Injection And More Displacement To The Rescue In 1975, there was a decided move towards adopting fuel injection—by the imports, that is—in order to mitigate the deleterious effects of the primitive emission controls of the time. Opel […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ten-best-cars-20029-900-crop-a.jpg)
![Vintage ‘Car’ Review: Lamborghini Miura – The First (and only) Modern Transverse 12 Cylinder Supercar In the February 1966 issue of ROAD & TRACK, writer Henry N. Manney, III, in describing the 47th Turin Auto Show, wrote, “The prize for the poker hand was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MIURA.page1_..jpg)
![Vintage Article: 1977 Domestic New Car Preview Sketches – Sometimes The Crystal Ball Was Clear, Sometimes It Was Murky When I was a kid, one of my biggest automotive fascinations was imagining what changes were in store for the upcoming new car model year. I eagerly awaited the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RT77FirebirdRendering.jpeg)
![Vintage R&T Reviews: Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer and Lamborghini Countach, And Some Additional Eye Candy (Update: the missing last two pages of the BB review are now there) We don’t do exotics often here at CC, but these two deserve a backwards look, given how […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BB0001-900-crop-a-vert.jpg)
![Vintage Predictions: It’s 2017 – Here’s What You’ll Be Driving Attempting to envision the future is unavoidable for car enthusiasts; we just can’t help ourselves sometimes. Here at Curbside Classic, we usually look to the past, but often our minds […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2017-Intro.jpg)
![Vintage Road & Track Review: 1975 Lotus Elite – Expensive and Slow Wedge The Lotus Elite was a big step for little Lotus, in an effort to expand its offerings beyond the ultra-light sports cars it had mostly built its reputation and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Elite-1-crop-a-1.jpg)
![Vintage Brock Yates: Playboy Mods a 1976 Honda Civic or a Hot Hatch Japanese Style! This morning’s post about the R&T feature on the ’75 Honda Civic triggered a memory from an article I’d read long, long ago in a lifetime far away. I searched […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PB_10_75_87.jpg)
![Vintage New Model Intro: Fiat 131 Mirafiori (Brava) The Fiat 124 had a moderately successful run in the US, but its successor never quite caught on. Why? Toyota and Datsun, for starters. Of course, that’s not to say […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/131-a-900-crop-a.jpg)


