YOU SAID:
The sports car drove the long and winding road.
INTO JAPANESE
スポーツカーは長く曲がりくねった道を走りました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The sports car ran on a long, winding road.
INTO JAPANESE
スポーツカーは長く曲がりくねった道を走っていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The sports car ran on a long, winding road.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.