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

JUST DON’T CALL IT ARTISANAL • THE UNLIKELY CREATION OF A CRAFTSMAN.

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ELECTRIC SLIDE • A NEW-WAVE PORSCHE, REMIXED WITH TECHNO TESLA POWER.

HANDMADE’S TALE • THOSE “ONE MAN, ONE ENGINE” SIGNATURE NAMEPLATES ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE MOTORS DON’T MEAN WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK.

DR. DUTTWEILER’S OBSESSION • HE’S BUILT SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL RACE ENGINES. NOW KENNY DUTTWEILER HAS GIVEN LIFE TO A 3800-HP MONSTER IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK THE 500-MPH BARRIER.

BLOCKHEAD • LEGO’S SMALLEST CAR MODELS CREATE SOME OF ITS BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT • A MANIACAL FIVE-YEAR RESTORATION ILLUMINATES THE BEAUTY OF THIS PORSCHE 906, WARTS AND ALL.

SNIFFING GLUE • LOTUS DARED TO USE A BONDED-ALUMINUM CHASSIS FIRST. TO EVERYONE’S SURPRISE, IT WORKED.

VALUE ADDED • IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR TANGIBLE VALUE IN WATCHMAKING, THIS $385,000 GREUBEL FORSEY HAS YOU COVERED.

BAT CAR! • THE NEW BATMOBILE MIGHT LOOK ROUGH AND READY, BUT IT IS THE HANDIWORK OF A TEAM OF EXPERT BUILDERS.

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The Man Who Signs Every Car • JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM FERRARI AND LAMBORGHINI, HORACIO PAGANI CRAFTS ITALY’S TRUE CUSTOM-MADE SUPERCARS.

UNCOMMON OBJECTS • COACHBUILDING FOR FUN AND PROFIT (BUT MOSTLY FOR PROFIT).

IT CAME FROM THE SHED • FACTORIES CAN’T BUILD EVERYTHING. THE TRUE ESSENCE OF HAND-BUILDING, OF INGENUITY, OF CREATIVITY CAN BE FOUND IN GARAGES AND SHEDS AROUND THE WORLD. WHETHER THEY’RE REP-LICAS OF UNTOUCHABLE VEHICLES OR CREATIONS THAT COME FROM A DAY SPENT THINKING “WHAT IF,” THE MOST CREATIVE CARS IN THE WORLD MIGHT NOT COME FROM AUTOMAKERS. THEY COME FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR MAKING NOISE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.

THE METAMORPH

THE DEAD RINGER

THE ICON

HOM EB REW ED T • LONG VIEWED AS A SYMBOL OF PRODUCTION LINE UNIFORMITY, THE FORD MODEL T WAS ALSO A BLANK CANVAS FOR PERSONAL-IZATION.

THE CARS OF UNCANNY VALLEY • FOR A HALF CENTURY, JAPAN’S MITSUOKA HAS CRAFTED SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST CURIOUSLY FAMILIAR COACHBUILT AUTOMOBILES.

DEATH KARTS • HOW DO YOU PUT SOME JOY BACK IN RACING? DROP-KICK THE RULEBOOK AND GET SMALL.

PENCIL PUSHER • RGORDON MURRAY DESIGNED SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE RACE CARS EVER BUILT, FROM CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN-WHEEL CHARIOTS TO THE ICONIC McLAREN F1. WHAT CONNECTS THEM? ALL WERE HAND-DRAWN.

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DOSSIER: 2023 NISSAN Z • THE FIRST SIX GENERATIONS OF NISSAN/DAT SUN Z-CARS REFLECT THEIR MOMENT IN HISTORY. THE NEW SEVENTH GENERATION DOESN’T.

Backstory • How a Japanese car with European style and an American soul changed everything.

Whence It Came • The A to Z of the Z.

My Best Day • When a Nissan Z dominated at Daytona.

Foundation Stock • The first, slowest, and least luxurious Z-car is still engaging.

2023 Nissan Z

McLAREN’S RUNNING START • THE HYBRID ARTURA IS A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND’S FINEST SUPERCAR MAKER.

IT USED TO BE SO SIMPLE • THE HONDA CRX S IS WHERE ALL THE GOOD STUFF STARTED.

PORSCHE’S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 • THE 911 SPORT CLASSIC IS A COLLECTOR’S EDITION OF ALL THE COMPANY’S MOST BELOVED WORKS.

FOUR HUNDRED REASONS

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