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Contents: Hardware – Comparison Test: Long Rangers (We test four hybrid family haulers: Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Nissan Altima, Toyota Camray); Preview: 2010 Ford Mustang GT (It now offers better road manners and a vastly improved interior, but the underpinnings are very familiar); Comparison Test: Auto Pilots (Do push-button transmissions kill the fun? BMW M3 vs Porsche 911 Carrera); Road Test: Nissan 370Z (From minor but insistent Lamarckian enhancement does greatness accrue); Long-Term Test: 2007 Audi S8 (In which we verify the truth of an old song: You always hurt the one you love) Drive Lines – Preview: Ferrari California (Ferrari breaks tradition in a big fat way); Preview: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series ($300,000 worth of pure wickedness); Short Take: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 (Don’t let anything but money stop you); Preview: 2010 Audi S4 (Audi giveth, Audi taketh away); Preview: Volvo XC60 (A slick new crossover that’ll stop you in your tracks); Preview: 2010 Mazda 3 (One stirring 3 deserves another); Short Take: Jaguar XT (An athletic, persuasive luxury sedan) Features – A Dealership For The Ages (Founded in 1847, W. Hare & Son is America’s longest-lived family-owned purveyer of vehicles); Sport: The Quitting Game (For some NASCAR teams, starting a race-then parking after only a few laps-is a way of life) Upfront – Porsche’s 500-HP Sedan (Is the Panamera a sedan just a Cayenne SUV dressed as a four-door car?); Dirt Toad (Yugo is yogone. Maseratis light up the girls (surprise!), power to the polymer, Ford forced to sell off its stake in Mazda); Panic In Detroit (What the Big Three have in the pipeline that could possibly save their bacon); More Tickets In Hard Times (Cities hope cops can raise needed cash); Minitest: BRP Can-Am Spyder Roadster (Motorcycle or three-wheeled car? Columns – The Steering Column (If you want to improve your mileage, remember two words: lug and coast); Fish Stories From The Mother Road (You’ve heard about chumps, dupes, marks and patsies: along Route 66, they were fish); A Hybrid That Has No Batteries (UPS trucks get an all-American boost from hydraulics); Backfires (Endless mullets, Vette Geezers, G6 insult); High Fives (Cars for Drivers); Gear Box (Off the wall in Las Vegas); Last Page (Franz Kafka’s Garage)
Issue: February 2009
Condition: Very Good