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Contents: Hardware – Road Test Mazda 6i Grand Touring (Mazda’s new family sedan offers more of everything, except excitement); Road Test Cadillac CTS-V (Cadillac makes the jump from knuckle dragger to sophisticate in one leap); Preview 2010 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 (The new Camaro is neither fish nor fowl); Comparison Test Beat Of A Different Drummond (Chevrolet Traverse LT AWD, Ford Flex SEL AWD, Honda Pilot EX-L 4WD, Hyundai Veracruz Limited AWD, Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring AWD, Toyota Highlander Sport 4×4) Drive Lines – Preview BMW 7-Series (The forward-thinking flagship is now less controversial and – surprise – more user-friendly); Short Take Mazda 5 Grand Touring (A space case, maybe, but efficient); Short Take Pontiac G6 GXP (All the subtlety of a death-metal band); Short Take Lexus LX570 (A perfect trifecta of bad timing); Short Take Porsche Cayenne GTS (One place where a stick shift isn’t beloved) Features – Lightning Lap 2008 (The pace picks up in the third installment of our ultimate performance blowout at Virginia International Raceway); The Centurions 1908 Buick Model 10 And 1909 Ford Model T (One car was the cornerstone of a vast automative empire. The other car would change the world); Sport In The Hot Seat (NASCAR’s drivers aren’t huge fans of the Car of Tomorrow. They say it doesn’t handle and it’s hot as hell, too. We drive a Spring Cup car to see what all the fuss is about) Upfront – What’s Up, Doc? (Sixth-generation Rabbit (a.k.a Golf) gets more style and refinement); Dirt Road (Porsche goes diesel, Aston has a $2.5 million car in the wings, highway death rate falls); Minitest Ford Fiesta (For once, a European Ford will make it to the U.S. market without compromise); On The Green Bandwagon (Nissan shows off some future tech tricks); Femme, Less Fatal (A driving school holds its version of ladies’ night) Columns – The Steering Column (If drivers aren’t allowed to watch TV in cars, why are texting and e-mailing legal?); Lifeboats For Rising Inflation (Trust me, honey, let’s drain the money-market fund and buy that collector car); Little-Known Fuel-Saving Tips (Has big oil screwed you again? No sweat. Here’s how to outwit them)
Issue: November 2008
Condition: Very Good