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Contents: Hardware – Cover Story 2008 Audi R8 (If Jacky Ickx says his 420-hp car is cool, who’s gonna argue); R8 vs. 911 S (An informal comparison); Comparison Test Pay Dirt (Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Ram, Ford F-150, Nissan Titan, Toyota Tundra); Comparison Test Winds Of Change? (Infiniti G35 and BMW 328i duel for size-medium sports-sedan laurels); Long-Term Test Lexus RX400h AWD (How green was our hybrid?); Specialty File Ford F-150 FX2 Extreme (For anyone lusting after a hot-rod F-150, Ford offers the bolt-on parts) Drive Lines – Preview 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class (Sportier looks, sportier behavior); Short Take Nissan Altima Hybrid (A very cautious me-too); Short Take Ford Expedition EL Limited 4X4 (Big as a spacecraft, and can tend to drive like one, too); Short Take Chrysler Sebring Limited (The power problem is solved. Now work on that suspension); Preview 2008 Smart Fortwo (The big thing in the little package)` Features – Busted From Cloud Nine (A day in the sky with airborne Ohio traffic cops suggests that tailgating and erratic driving will get you pinched more often than speeding); Checkered Past (Two legendary Car and Driver project cars spend the day in a match race of memories); Sport Juan Pablo, Good Ol’ Boy (The tempestuous Columbian seems sure to put some fire into the often-bland belly of stock-car-racing) Upfront – Aussieome Pontiac (Rear-drive G8 sedan from Down Under should give Chrysler’s 300 all the competition it can handle); Dirt Road (Automakers want battery subsidy from Uncle Sam, Chrysler to field two Nextel Cup cars, tough NHTSA crash rules are getting tougher); The 147-MPH Sunata (Arizona traffic camera nails a speeder, and will likely nail a whole bunch more) Columns – The Steering Column (After 30 years, the EPA finally issues realistic fuel-economy estimates); Betting Big On A Battery – Again (Dreamers, and the press, and dreamers in the press, go full-court cuckoo); A Million Little Pieces (Months of toll and a $125,000 budget barrel straight for the wall)
Issue: April 2007
Condition: Very Good