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Consulier GTP – One Man, One Supercar Vision

Consulier GTP – One Man, One Supercar Vision

The Consulier is one of those ahead-of-its-time stories. Built between 1985 and 1993, the GTP had the specs, the street cred of a supercar.

By John Beltz Snyder | August 10, 2022
Driver Gear, Porsche
Porsche Factory Roof Tent!
Porsche Factory Roof Tent!

The new Porsche Tequipment two-person roof tent comes in a sleek hard case that was developed at Porsche's performance-oriented Weissach Development Center to be more aerodynamic than your average overlanding setup.

By John Beltz Snyder | September 12, 2022
Harley-Davidson, New Zealand
Dead Man Riding – The Legacy
Dead Man Riding – The Legacy

Disaster struck in early 2020 when Mike was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, with the COVID pandemic shutting off New Zealand from the rest of the world shortly after - effectively ending his booming tour business.

By John Beltz Snyder | September 29, 2022

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Graphed: BMW M5’s Evolution – Weight, Power, And Speed

As you probably are already aware, BMW recently announced the 2012 M5. Since the first-generation, E28 M5 came to life in 1985, the model has grown more powerful, faster, and heavier. This continues with the upcoming F10 generation, weighing well over two tons and boasting 560 horsepower. The graphs above show the various generations’ weights, horsepower, and 0-60 times throughout its evolution.

By John Beltz Snyder | June 22, 2011
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GM’s Next Big SUV: Why Should We Expect Efficiency?

There is a special kinship between those who drive well and those who travel well. But it’s not based on a shared desire for freedom or mobility. It’s not even a mutual passion for exploration. It comes down to the eventual realization that excess weight, expressed as anything carried without cause, is our enemy. That enemy is what binds us, and we’re willing to give up creature comforts to rid ourselves of our earthly trappings. We will compromise in order to maximize the things that are really important. Whatever isn’t weight is only there because we need it.

By Reilly Brennan | June 22, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: Cool $35K Crossovers

You’re not as young as you used to be. You may not be old, or even middle age, but whereas you once terrorized streets in a pimped out MkIV Golf GTI or atomized countless sets of rubber in a Camaro Z28, you now prowl the aisles of Home Depot looking for the proper shade of cranberry seat cushion for your seven-piece bistro patio set. That is, unless you’re packing the cooler with soda for the weekly little league game, or loading up the 2.2 kids, the dog, and four suitcases full of stuff for two days with the grandparents.

By Christopher Smith | June 21, 2011
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Blog: I’m Writing This From The Back Seat Of The Audi A7

I guess it shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise, after all, I can now wirelessly connect to the internet from the park down the street from my office, on a bus ride across the country, or from my cramped seat 30,000 feet above sea level. Why not the back seat of an Audi?

By Seyth Miersma | June 21, 2011
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Friday Video: Nissan 370Z With Akrapovič Exhaust

Akrapovič Exhaust Systems Technology has some darned tasty videos that help to show off the sound of their products. We like them for the aural experience, of course, but also for the beautiful scenery, photography, and choice of automobiles being caned for the camera. This video features a Nissan 370Z with Akrapovič exhaust.

By John Beltz Snyder | June 17, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: $25K Hybrids That Don’t Suck

As much as it pains us to say it, petrol north of $3.00 per gallon is looking more and more like the new norm, never mind the $4.00 per gallon prices most of us are paying right now. The good news is that, unlike the 1970s when manufacturers abandoned virtually all bastions of horsepower and performance in the name of emissions and fuel economy, today we live in what could well become the golden age of performance—a time when even family sedans and V-6 pony cars make 300 horsepower.

By Christopher Smith | June 16, 2011
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Blog: In Defense Of Keeping The Top Up

I’m kind of the oddball in the Michigan office of Winding Road—among other reasons, my colleagues would argue—in that I’m not as fond of convertibles as the rest of the team. I almost always prefer the coupe version to the droptop, if available. Heck, if they made an MX-5 coupe, and it was my money, I’d definitely consider choosing that over the convertible. Similarly, I don’t particularly care for sunroofs. I’m just not a big fan of the sun. It hurts my eyes, makes me itchy, and sometimes triggers a migraine. Perhaps my vampiric photophobia stems from growing up in the rainy, shady Pacific Northwest. Or maybe I’m just a freak.

By John Beltz Snyder | June 15, 2011
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Blog: Driving New England In The Dodge Challenger SRT8

Planning to see my fiancé Molly’s parents and extended family—stopping first in Boston, and then heading north to New Hampshire and Maine—I really wanted to borrow a car that was both fun and kind of laidback to drive. I’d always thought that the Challenger SRT8 would make a hell of a good GT car, so this seemed the perfect opportunity to try out that theory.

By Seyth Miersma | June 14, 2011
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Friday Video: Jaguar XKR-S On The Track

If you’re not excited that it’s Friday, maybe this will perk you up a bit. It’s the 550-horsepower Jaguar XKR-S at Portimão (Autódromo Internacional do Algarve) in Portugal. Make sure you have your speakers on or your headphones plugged in. The sound is beautiful.

By John Beltz Snyder | June 03, 2011
Features , Infotainment
CarTronics: Mapping The Landscape Of Premium In-Car Audio

The advent of the Winding Road Comfort Index has had some interesting results here in our Ypsilanti office. In addition to causing us take a different approach to our time in test vehicles (we’ve seriously never lavished so much time on getting into and out of the back seats of cars), the Comfort Index has made us listen a little differently.

By Seyth Miersma | June 01, 2011
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Video: Recon Lap Of Monticello Motor Club, South Course

Recently, we tested the BMW 1-Series M Coupe at the Monticello Motor Club in New York. We have that review up on our website, along with a track report of the South Course. For visual reference, we are sharing this video, which we took from the passenger seat on a recon lap before we were let loose to flog M cars.

By John Beltz Snyder | June 01, 2011
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Blog: Why Platforms Do and Don’t Matter, But Mostly Don’t

When an automobile company rolls out a new car there can be, from time to time, intensive scrutiny of the platform used. Generally, this scrutiny has seemed foolish to me because it detracts from the enjoyment of driving, so I devote most of this blog to articulating the reasons that “platform analysis” mainly counts as an annoying distraction. But there is a situation—applicable to some car people—wherein all this attention to platforms makes sense. I’ll get to that too, in the interests of (semi) fairness.

By Tom Martin | June 01, 2011
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Friday Video: Old Volkswagen Beetle With Unique Camper

Today’s video is a test of a camper attached to a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle (which we came across while searching for ways to live in a car—don’t judge). The trailer attaches to a ball on the car’s roof, and the Beetle can maneuver 360 degrees underneath it. Look at it go!

By John Beltz Snyder | May 27, 2011
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Friday Video: Nico Rosberg Explains His Formula 1 Steering Wheel

Formula 1 drivers make it look easy, but take a close look at Nico Rosberg’s steering wheel, and piloting one of these cars is clearly a lot more complicated than one would imagine. In this video, Rosberg gives us a tour of his tiller, and explains what all those buttons and dials are for.

By John Beltz Snyder | May 20, 2011
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Flip This Car Extra: 1991 Subaru Legacy Sport Sedan—Part One

Welcome to the next Flip This Car adventure, a 1991 Subaru Legacy Sport Sedan turbo five-speed. There’s just one problem—it’s not actually the next adventure. Well, it sort-of is, or rather was, because while I still have the 1994 Buick Roadmaster as of this writing, the Subaru has already been bought and sold. If you’re confused, it’s okay. I’ll explain this whole mini-adventure in a two-part Flip This Car series, starting right now.

By Christopher Smith | May 17, 2011
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How Not To Work On Your Car: In The Dark

I was determined to do this and to do it right so the first thing I did was to keep on working into the dark, guided by a couple incandescent lights on the garage (which, if you recall, does not have room for a car). When you detail a car in the dark, it’s always a gamble what you’re going to find in the morning. The plus side, I guess, is that paint doesn’t look half as horrible in the dark.

By Evan Frank | May 17, 2011
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Blog: Is Toyota A Luxury Brand?

When we think of luxury SUVs, we commonly think of Lincoln, Lexus, Infiniti, Land Rover, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, and the like. After all, these are the luxury brands, and when someone mentions luxury, the core brands such as Nissan, Ford, and Toyota aren’t the first to come to mind. When we wrote up our luxury three-row SUV comparison for the latest issue of Winding Road, we stuck with the names that people associate with luxury, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be found elsewhere. This is especially true when it comes to these larger vehicles, as we find they have the space and the available options to make them super comfortable.

By John Beltz Snyder | May 17, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: Tuner Cars For $20K

Remember the first car you ever owned? Perhaps it was a hand-me-down from another family member, or maybe you stockpiled some cash from the summer job at the local fast food joint to buy a rusty fixer-upper? Regardless of how it came to your possession, it was your first car, and if you’re a fan of this magazine then odds are you probably did something to it that—at least in your mind— made it better. Perhaps you went for a set of wheels or a loud stereo, or if you had delusions of mechanical ability as young car owners often do, you probably hacked up the exhaust in the name of less backpressure. And then there’s the favorite pastime of fabricating a cold air induction system from dryer ducting and zip ties procured from the local hardware store. You did that? Yeah, us too.

By Christopher Smith | May 17, 2011
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Secondhand Gems: Korea Vs. Japan: $25K Sport Coupe Battle

A few years back Hyundai unveiled a car called Genesis. The automotive world noticed, because it was arguably the car that took Hyundai to the next level as a primetime player in the automotive big leagues. Though it didn’t necessarily rewrite the rules of motoring nirvana, its four-door design, attractive accommodations, and robust V-8 engine were still plenty good enough to grab the attention of near-luxury sedan shoppers, even before the familiar, reasonable Hyundai sticker price was factored in.

By Christopher Smith | May 17, 2011
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Third Look: Ford Flex—The Most Fun Minivan In America

In the three-row world, what else comes close to having the chops to hang with the 355-horsepower, 350-pound-feet of torque turbocharged Flex?

By Seyth Miersma | May 17, 2011
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Blog: Car Shopping, Differentiation, And The Mazda6

If you have or are actually shopping for a mid-sized, mid-priced sedan, what are the “need to know” items that you want us to delineate in a review of a car like this? What are the “make or break” criteria you’re looking for? Or do you agree with the first impression that there isn’t much difference on offer here, and you decide by price and small personal preferences? Leave your answers below, in our comments section.

By Tom Martin | May 16, 2011

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