Motor Trend - 1960

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January
In This Issue - Letters From Our Readers; Driving Around With The Editor (The Gaylord car); Detroit News And Views; Why Not A Turbine For Compact Cars?: Overseas News Reports; New Products And Ideas; Compacts Cross-Country (Three-car test); Corvair Road Test (The "one that's different" holds its own in performance and handling); Falcon Road Test (This one excels in gasoline economy, quality of workmanship); Valiant Road Test (Biggest engine, most horsepower mean fastest acceleration, top speed); Specifications Of '60 U.S. Cars; Guide To The '60 Imports; Showtime 1960; Chock-Ful Of Charge!; New Angle On The Anglia; Rolls For Breakfast At $17,500; New In The Sportscar Stable (Facel-Vega's Facellia and Daimler's Dart); Rootes' New Automatic Transmission; Prinz Of Sports; European Show-Stoppers; Use Test: Traction Master "Package"; Classic Of The Month - '38 Lincoln; Can You Fool Radar? (Is the little black box as infallible and foolproof as it is claimed to be?); Sell 'n' Swap; 56.5 Miles Per Gallon?!! (That's right - and official, too - in Mobil Mileage Rally results); Crystal-Balling The Coming Compacts; Project Ideas: Custom Car Contest
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March
In This Issue - Letters From Our Readers; Driving Around With The Editor (Making the Falcon fly); Glove Compartment; Detroit News And Views; Rumors; What's Next? (Corvair's cousins); One Horsepower Per Pound (German research, U.S. production team up to strive for magic formula); 3...2...1...FIRE! (Will principle of revolving cylinder pistol work on autmotive engines?); Racing: Proving Ground For Compacts (Little cars prove their stamina: racing will improve the breed); Small Size...Big Surprise! (Dynamite in small packages - two "hot" VWs); Plymouth Road Test; GM's New GEM (Taking a look at new Pontiac small car through our crystal ball); Oldsmobile Road Test; 344.7 Miles Per Hour (Athol Graham builds powerful contender for land speed title); Tale Of A New Comet (Will this "compact Merc" find a place in the automotive market?); 1280-HP Street Machine; Classic Of The Month - '30 DuPont; Sell 'n' Swap; Peerless Driversport; First Man In Space (Sportscar race drivers serve as guinea pigs in space experiments); Make Your Engine Sparkle; New Products And Ideas; More Fire For The Falcon; Project Ideas: Custom Car Contest; Custom Capers
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April In This Issue - Letters From Our Readers; Driving Around With The Editor (Iniation into Karting); Detroit News And Views; Rumors What's Next? Compacts From Olds And Buick; Glove Compartment; 1960 Car Of The Year - Corvair (Motor Trend presents award for most significant engineering advances); Daytona Demons (How the Valiants and Pontiacs blew off the competition); Corvair And Falcon (Modifications for Racing); How The Valiant Was Modified For More Go; Rambler Six Road Test; Mercury Road Test; Don't Change Your Tires - Just Change Your Treads; Pontiac Road Test; Dodge Road Test; Sell 'n' Swap; New Products And Ideas; Douglass Muffler; Classic Of The Month - '33 Rolls-Royce; Monte Carlo Rally; Project Ideas: Custom Car Contest; A "D" For Devin; "That's Just About The Size Of It" Special Section On Karting - The Where, When And Why Of It; The Anatomy Of A Kart; The Popular Karts
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May
In This Issue - Letters From Our Readers; Driving Around With The Editor (The ultimate in sports coupes); Detroit News And Views; Rumors; Falcon Ranchero; What's Next? New Car For American Motors?; Glove Compartment; Is Your Car Date Bait? (Sad but true - in the chick's eyes you're only as good as your car); Ohs And Ahs At Oakland (Outstanding customs show what can be done to make your car "different'); Base For A Bomb! (What over-the-counter modifications can do for a Pontiac); "It'll Never Work!" (But here's our actual road test of an NSU Prinz with rotary engine); A Study In Stude; Get More Go: Beef Up Your Suspension (Engine modifications are fine...but don't overlook ride and handling); XNR - Plymouth's "Idea" Sports Machine (Racing cars contribute to design of Chrysler's "answer to Corvette"); The Driver Walked Away! (...Thanks to seat belts. What to look for when purchasing yours); Volswagen Into Boatswagen; "I Rode With The Freeway Patrol" (...and came back convinced freeway drivers are idiots); Why Buy An Imported Car? (If variety is the spice of life, why not live a little); Fiat 2100 - Luxury Compact; Volvo P-1800; Porsche Abarth Carrera; $35,000 Custom; Classic Of The Month - '32 Lincoln KB; Sell 'n' Swap; Product Use Test: Brake Stabilizers; New Products And Ideas; More Air For The Corvair; Motor Sports
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August
In This Issue - Memo From The Editor; Letters; Detroit News And Rumors; Glove Compartment; Peugeot 404; New Wagons On The Way; The Myth Of Gas Mileage (Test proves that personal driving habits have little effect on mpg); A Bus For Pontiac (Along with its Tempest, will Pontiac also offer a compact utility bus?); The Sixes Come Back (Sixes enjoy new lease on life, road tests of Ford, Chevy, Plymouth show why); Monza Super Coupe (Will features introduced on this experimental model appear on the '61 Corvair?); Personality Plus - The Alpine (Sunbeam Alpine proves a worthy competitor of MG-A and Triumph TR-3); Know Your Car (Engine cylinder arrangements, the lubrication and cooling systems); Up And...Over (Far from the Freeway Grand Prix, a more rugged breed seeks new thrills); Compacts With Go-Packs (Superchargers, V8 engines transform docile compacts into dragstrip demons); Indy! (Thirty-three nearly identical cars - what was Rathmann's winning margin?); The Simple Facts On Spark Plugs (How to get the most out of this hard-working member of your ignition system); Senior Members Of A Junior Clan; New Products; Customized Compacts; Room At The Top; Classic Comments; Sell 'N' Swap
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