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

GOT A FEEL FOR MY AUTOMOBILE • FOR THE FIRST-EVER R&T MUSIC ISSUE, WE STRAINED TO AVOID THE COMMONPLACE.

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10-PART HARMONY • THE LEXUS LFA MAKES THE MOST EXQUISITE MUSIC.

HE’S LEAVING HOME • PAUL McCARTNEY’S SUPERSECRET 1966 INCOGNITO GETAWAY AND THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF A SIMPLE ROAD TRIP.

ABOUT A VAN • THE KURT COBAIN–DECORATED MELVAN IS THE ARCHETYPAL TOUR VAN, IN ALL ITS FILTHY CHARM.

THE GONG SHOW • THIS WATCH ALLOWS YOU TO TELL TIME WITH YOUR EARS.

THE JOE WALSH EFFECT • ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHOUT-OUTS TO A CAR IN A SONG LYRIC HELPED MASERATI THROUGH SOME VERY LEAN TIMES.

MOTOCROSS MAMA • HOW THE COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER BECAME THE MOTHER OF DIRT-BIKE RACING.

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MILES DAVIS WAS THE CAR ENTHUSIAST WE ALL WANT TO BE.

LEGENDARY PRODUCER ELLIOT SCHEINER • IS ON A QUEST TO BRING THE METICULOUS DETAIL OF STUDIO RECORDINGS TO THE HYPER COMPETITIVE CAR-AUDIO REALM.

ROAD NOISE STATE OF THE DRIVING-MUSIC ART. • Music and driving are a powerful combination. Whether it’s a family singalong with this week’s Taylor Swift chart crusher, zoning out on a left-of-the-dial DJ playing Nina Simone studio outtakes, or memorizing Jay-Z’s rap from Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” because it’s the CD that was left in the player, music makes the hours spent driving fly by.

Here Comes Your VAN Life On The Road, Or How BLACK FRANCIS Learned to LOVE an ’86 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD.

VIGNETTES FROM THE LONG & PASSIONATE LOVE AFFAIR OF ICONS & THEIR CARS

I WANT MY MPV

DRIVING MR. WATTS

B IS FOR BOB

THE LONER

KIND OF RED

THE GILDED OUT LAW HIP-HOP SUPERSTAR KILLER MIKE LIFTS HIS COMMUNITY WITH FOUR WHEELS.

HUNTER S. THOMPSON BROUGHT HIS ASSISTANT ON A WILD ROAD TRIP TO FIND DRUMMER GINGER BAKER, THEY FOUND BAKER — AND THE ASSISTANT’S BREAKING POINT.

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2023 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR • THE TRACK THE ROAD THE CHAMP

From the Editor

THE TRACK • DISCOVERING THE TRUTH AND FICTION OF OUR CONTENDERS AT THE LIMIT.

THE ROAD • FROM REFINED TO SUBLIME, THIS MURDERERS’ ROW OF CONTESTANTS ASSEMBLES FOR BATTLE.

THE CHAMP • THE 2023 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 IS THE LAST AMERICAN HERO.

PRINCE OF LEAVES

FOUNDERS • Welcome to the inner circle.