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Contents: Hardware – Cover Story The Killer Z’s (How does the superfast ZR1 stack up against its ZO6 and Z51 stablemates?); Road Test Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (It achieves 60 mph in 119 feet. It costs $1.7 million. What else do you need to know?); Road Test Honda FIT Sport (Amazing space, how sweet thou art. Again); Speciality File HKS Fit Sport Turbo (A five-seat go-kart with room for groceries); Speciality File Road Race Motorsports Suzuki SX4t (The closest a Suzukui comes to a four-wheeled sport bike); Long-Term Test Mercedes-Benz GL320 CDI (Diesel power may be the perfect match for a luxury sport-ute) Drive Lines – Short Take Volkswagen Tiguan SEL 2.0T 4Motion (VW tries to take the middle ground between mainstream and premium mini-utes); Short Take Mazda RX-8 R3 (The entertaining eccentric signs up for another rotation); Quick Take Mercedes-Benz SLK350 (Really not a chick car anymore); Quick Take Volvo XC70 T6 AWD (It’s all about the cruise); Preview Ford F-150 (Right truck, wrong decade) Gas Pains – The Best Cars In A Bad Time – Mileage Myths And Misconceptions (Yes, get rid of the junk in your trunk. And the rack on your active-lifestyle roof); Destination: 35 MPG; Preview 2010 Nissan EV (Nissan plans to unkill the electric car) Feature – The O’Rourkes Do Utah’s Lower Left (The former National Lampoon writer takes his tribe on a National Lampoon Vacation. In a Ford Flex) Columns – The Steering Column (A sports sedan for the next decade: 3000 lbs, 300 hp, 3 liters); Save Energy, Take The Car (In the race for fuel effeciency between cars and mass transit, put your money on cars); Barn Door Opens An Okie Cult Car (Farmers cause a tempest in a sake cup with their tiny used trucks); Backfires (A lot of sound and fury about those new ’09 cars); Gear Box (What’s new in the way of stuff?); Franz Kafka’s Garage UpFront – 2010 Toyota IQ: Betting Big On Small (The automaker goes after econocar money); Dirt Road (VW’s entry-level cars will be front-drive but should look like the fleshy concept cars; the Irish like E85, the Brits seem disinterested); Minitest (2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Bluehybrid (The luxury German maker finally goes hybrid); Paris Auto Show Preview (Sacre bleu! Three very green cars debut); Minitest Zenn Electric Car (French minicar slips into Quebec, then across the border to fuel-conscious Yanks)
Issue: December 2008
Condition: Very Good