John Phillips

Alfa's best—and maybe last—chance to make its marque.

We drive from sea to shining sea in a Ferrari 512TR, with interim stops for Ham the Astrochimp, human fingers in a jar, and dueling albino squirrels.

Definitely not a smoke-free zone.

From the Archive: Stand back. The jellybean ovoid has come of age.

It's the world's heaviest minivan. Also the fanciest.

We took CBS's 'On the Road' motorhome for its last on-the-road fling before its final destination, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

It seemed peculiar that this one weighs only four pounds with a battery pack of mere ounces.

From the Archive: The two latest mileage maestros—Honda Insight and Toyota Prius—vie for fuel-sipping supremacy. And we toss a 1998 Chevrolet Metro into the mix to make it, uh, interesting.

From the Archive: We test the mettle of eight $50,000 SUVs—Acura MDX, BMW X5, Cadillac SRX, Land Rover LR3, Lexus GX470, Mercedes-Benz ML350, VW Touareg, Volvo XC90—on two-track, snow-covered roads.

From the Archive: We send a one-man posse off in an outlaw wagon with orders to shoot daylight through the legend and myth of Billy the Kid.

From the Archive: Where else can you get the Aktion Gesunder Rücken's seal of approval?

From the Archive: We gallop through Bluegrass Country, exercising eight SUVs—Honda CR-V, GMC Terrain, Mercury Mariner, Mitsubishi Outlander, Subaru Forester, Suzuki Grand Vitara, and Toyota RAV4—that are not so much quarter horses as miniature ponies.

From the Archive: Astonishing as it is, the Murciélago is about as civilized as you can expect a 572-hp V-12 Lambo to be.

From the Archive: Two unruly, unearthly Italians eat up the streets of Miami (and one racetrack) to answer, at last, the $1,255,000 question: Which is the performance Don?

Four high-powered utes—BMW X5 M, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Mercedes ML63 AMG, Porsche Cayenne Turbo—get put to the test, because who doesn't want a 175-mph SUV?

From the Archive: It achieves 60 mph in 119 feet. It costs $1.7 million. What else do you need to know?

From the Archive: Slinging mud with nine Lilliput utes from Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Saturn, Suzuki, and Toyota.

From the Archive: The 1992 Chevrolet Astro, Ford Aerostar XL Plus, Dodge Caravan SE AWD, Mazda MPV, and Toyota Previa All-Trac take on Alaska's Dalton Highway.

From the Archive: A quintet of $50,000 luxo-sports sedans—Audi A6 3.0T, BMW 535i, Infiniti M45, Jaguar XF, Mercedes-Benz E350— that really haul in the hills.

From the Archive: Some people get picked up by airplanes. Some people pick up airplanes.

Rock-hopper SUVs—Hummer H3, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Nissan Xterra, Toyota FJ Cruiser—on Mengel Pass, over hill, over dale, over Carl's grave.

From the Archive: A larger, more powerful engine helps Saab's quirky hatchback 9000 deliver more of a good thing.

From the Archive: In search of fulgurites with Jeep's first-ever three-row SUV and Ford's refreshed V-8-powered Explorer.

From the Archive: The Dodge Viper may be 10 years old now, but its edges are still appropriately rough.

From the Archive: The Dodge Viper may be 10 years old now, but its edges are still appropriately rough.

Cheap Speed: We compare five $25,000 tarmac torpedoes—Acura RSX Type-S, Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged, Dodge SRT4 ACR, Saturn Ion Red Line, Subaru Impreza WRX—and discover five new ways to induce arrhythmia.

From the Archive: Chevrolet and Nissan yank off the gloves, and a surprise victor emerges—bloodied but smiling.

From the Archive: Representing five countries are the Acura NSX-T, Dodge Viper RT/10, Ferrari F355, Lotus Esprit S4S, and Porsche 911 Turbo.

From the Archive: Lotus builds a British Racing Green supercar with a four-cylinder engine to honor a legendary Formula 1 driver.