Road & Track

Road & Track includes technical features on automotive subjects, wide-ranging feature stories, spectacular automotive art and standard-setting new-car photography, humor, fiction, travel stories, book reviews and the most comprehensive racing coverage offered by a monthly magazine.Bonus: iPad Interactive

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WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE • CAR ENTHUSIASTS LOVE HITTING THE ROAD. BUT ESCAPE HAS MANY MEANINGS.

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ESCAPE IS IN YOUR HANDS • TO LOVE CARS IS DIVINE. AND IT’S OURS.

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE • JOHN DILLINGER, CLYDE BARROW, AND THE BIRTH OF THE CRIMINAL GETAWAY CAR.

A BUG’S LIFE • RESTORING A 1967 BEETLE IN A PLACE OF SOLACE.

BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF • THAT TIME MERCEDES PUT EXPLOSIVES IN THE ROOF OF A CAR. FOR SAFETY, OF COURSE.

COMING IN HOT • ONE MAN’S OBSESSION WITH A CHILDHOOD TOY BECOMES A LIFELONG BLESSING.

PUNCHING OUT • A WATCH COMMEMORATES AVIATION’S MOST EXTREME MOMENT: TRIGGERING THE EJECTION SEAT.

METAL MOUTH • THE SIMPLE GENIUS OF THE JAWS OF LIFE.

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK • A DECADE ON FROM HIS RENEGADE SPEED RECORD, ADAM TANG HAS BY LEFT AFRODUCK BEHIND.

HAMMER TIME • THIS AND METAL IS A LITTLE LIFESAVER. BASIC PIECE OF PLASTIC

GATE CRASHERS • STORIES OF ESCAPE ACROSS THE BERLIN WALL IN THREE OF THE MOST UNLIKELY VEHICLES.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY • A FORMER JEWEL THIEF DESCRIBES THE PERFECT GETAWAY CAR.

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MC 20 • MASERATI HAS CREATED SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE 10 YEARS AGO: A NEARLY PERFECT ENTRY-LEVEL SUPERCAR.

ESCAPE OF THE OLD PIRATE • SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, CHAMPION RACE-CAR DRIVER, ADMITTED TRIGGERMAN, AND FUGITIVE FROM THE LAW JOHN PAUL SR. MIGHT BE READING THIS VERY ARTICLE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AN ORAL HISTORY OF MOTORSPORT’S MOST MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFYING MAN.

IN FOCUS • Not only did Hal Crocker take all the photographs you see here, but man, does he have some stories.

BASQUE MASTER • EXPLORING A FOODIE MECCA IN THE DESERT TOWNS OF NEVADA, IN THE MOST POWERFUL PRODUCTION CADILLAC EVER BUILT.

MUST-SEE TV • WHY DOES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE A GHOULISH OBSESSION WITH TELEVISED CAR CHASES?

THE OLD MAN AND THE SUV • WE TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF ITALY TO MEET THE MAN WHO GOT AWAY.

BA JA • IT’S JUST IN THE BLOOD EXPLORING THE BAJA PENINSULA’S TWIN IDENTITIES, THE WHITE-KNUCKLED SANDBOX AND EASY-MOVING PARADISE.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE • BAJA OFFERS AN ENDLESS CANVAS FOR EXPLORATION. HERE’S A LITTLE FRAMEWORK TO HELP GET YOU GOING, STRAIGHT FROM THE STORY ON THESE PAGES.

STRATEGY EXIT • SOMETIMES AFTER A RACE CAR HITS A WALL, THE DRIVER’S PROBLEMS HAVE JUST BEGUN.

What Wickens Does • Robert Wickens is back behind the wheel. What does he do when he needs to get out?

Airhead • Simpson’s Eject system is a simple device that helps prevent secondary injury after a racing accident.

GIMME SHELTER • A GUY TRIES TO OUTRUN MIDDLE AGE IN AN AUDI E-TRON GT AND RUNS SMACK INTO A LUXURIOUS FALLOUT SHELTER—AND HIMSELF.

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DOSSIER: FORD F-150 RAPTOR • AFTER A DOZEN YEARS, THE RAPTOR IS STILL THE MOST POPULAR KID IN THE SANDBOX.

Whence It Came • The evolution of the Raptor.

The Competition • It took a decade, but Ram and Chevy finally responded to the Raptor.

2021 Ford F-150 Raptor

THE REPLICANT • FERRARI’S NEW PLUG-IN HYBRID SUPERCAR MIGHT APPEAR CONVENTIONAL, BUT IT POSSESSES SUPERIOR QUALITIES.

Clever Obtuseness • Ferrari’s engine of change.

SMASHING THE HIERARCHY • WITH THE GT4 RS, PORSCHE HAS FINALLY BUILT A CAYMAN THAT BEATS THE 911.

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