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Contents: Comparison Test: Almost Supercars (Chevrolet Corvette Z51 vs. Porsche 911 Carrera) Road Tests – Audi A6 4.2 Quattro (Bye-bye, Bauhaus – hello, huge honker); Acura RL (No longer chasing Lexus, the Acura RL steers a new, twistier course); Ford Mustang GT (Mr. Ed sidesteps the glue factory to become Secretariat. Well, almost); Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD (After a million man-hours, Ford cranks out the first hybrid SUV); Honda Accord Hybrid (Haul ass and save gas) Previews – Maserati Gransport (Not a race car. And better for it); 2006 BMW M5 (Gets to you like white lightning); Porsche Boxster (Even after eight years, it’s still a lust object among the au courant); 2006 Audi A4/S4 (Audi’s A4 puts on a brave new face. Or is that rave?); Mercedes-Benz CLS550, CLS55 AMG, And SLK55 AMG (The Germans try thinking like Italians) Features – Tank vs. Crank (Stormin’ Norman’s 68-ton grunt meets Jay Leno’s tank-powered torpedo, for no particular reason); Speciality File: Kleemann 55SB (Really, really big things sometimes come in small packages); Virtual Absolution (You may be able to resolve that speeding ticket by taking your punishment online); Long-Term Test: Toyota Sienna XLE (Leave the driving to this minivan, but leave the nanny at home); Sport: Angela Does NASCAR (How a femme tatale hoodwinked stock-car racing, then skipped town, leaving behind a dead husband and an embezzling lover) Columns – The Steering Column (In this century, changing your oil still matters); Backfires (Frugal four, Evo blues, wascally wabbit); Brock Yates (‘Buy American’ doesn’t work with the rich); Patrick Bedard (Tires, like children, should be seen and not heard); John Phillips (Keep your hands off my job. Try this one instead); Upfront (Hot Daewao, big stinky comparo, Paris show); Road Test Digest; Last Page: Reader Sightings
Issue: December 2004
Condition: Very Good