The First-Ever Road&Track Performance Car Of The Year
Thirteen cars, from the Ford Fiesta ST to the Ferrari F12berlinetta, met in Michigan two months ago for Road & Track‘s first “Performance Car Of The Year” shootout. Seven were eliminated around the “Motown Mile” concrete airport road course, one died an ignominious death in the hills of Ohio, three made it to the finals, one was crowned the 2013
Your humble E-I-C was permitted to attend the whole thing, annoy the other writers, perform a couple of double-yellow passes that will haunt the nightmares of the magazine’s editorial staff for years to come… and, oh yeah, I wrote the story that made the young girls cry. You can read it online if you like, but I’d really prefer that you buy the magazine on the 19th and read it there. Not because I need the money, although I do. It’s more for the fact that this 3,200-word barbaric yawp is meant to be held in your hands and read old-school. There’s very little concession to short attention spans or quick paragraphs. I wanted you to be right there with us as we drove the cars. So buy the magazine, okay?
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Don't you have to be an "at-risk youth" earning his way through college in order to properly sell magazines?
Well written. Might get me to re-think R&T. But one question: you all seemed to have nothing negative to say about Godzilla, but eliminated it early. Any particular reason? Is it simply out-shown by the 'Vette?
When does the 3 door version of the Fiesta arrive? It will be a hard sell but this sounds like the perfect replacement for the wife's Volvo C30 a few years from now.
...and the Jack Baruth C7 Corvette review is finally published! That was the longest wait ever. You're such a tease, Jack. ;)