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Motor Trend Magazine - Issue 01 (January) 1971

ROAD TESTS

YOUR TARGET FOR TODAY: VOLKSWAGEN. By A. B. Shuman -
Three car road test to determine if the Red Baron can survive Vega and Pinto. p 22
THE CAPRICIOUS CITROEN -
GS with 60 cubic inches. p 28
HOW TO BUY A NEW MONTEGO -
Custom ordering your new Mercury. p 30
RANGE WAR By Chuck Koch -
Road testing the Boss 351, the Mach I, and the surprising 302 2-bbl. p 32
A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE -
MT compares the 340 Demon, 360 SC Hornet, Nova SS 350 and the Comet GT. p 58

FEATURES

OR, MORE PRECISELY, THE LEGEND OF BARNEY OLDFIELD -
Come on folks, let 's hear it for old " 999." p 38
WHY THE REST OF YOU ARE LOSERS. By Jim Brokaw -
The secrets behind Al Unser's win-everything Johnny Lightning Special. p 52
CAR OF THE YEAR - Round three.
The CARS panel members. p 63
MUSTANGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT. By Wally Wyss -
The Mustangs in Ford's closet are among the most interesting of all. p 54
PAT MOSS CARLSSON Interview -
Wife of Erik Carlsson, and perhaps the world's greatest woman rallye driver. p 59

TECHNICAL

EVERY MAN HIS OWN REACTOR. By Karl Ludvigsen -
Making the internal combustion engine ecologically pure. p 44

COLUMNS

INSIDE DETROIT: p 12
IMPORT REPORT: p 16
RAP 'N PINION: p 14
TRACK SIDE '71: p 80

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COVER: We shot a VW into the air, it fell to the ground in the middle of a target art director Terry Bratcher set for it. Fred Enke helped some, too.

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