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Contents: Comparison Tests – Introduction Four Mega Comparos (In categories ranging from frugal to fun); $20,000 Hybrids Mileage Maestros (Honda Insight EX, Toyota Prius, and, uh, Chevrolet Metro?); $30,000 Muscle Cars All-Beef Sliders (Chevrolet Camaro SS, Dodge Challenger R/T, Ford Mustang GT); $40,000 Luxury SUVs New Arrivals For Summer (Audi Q5 3.2 Quattro, BMW X3 xDrive30l, Lexus RX350, Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4MARIC, Volvo T6 AWD); $50,000 Roadsters Open-Air Cures (Audi TTS, BMW Z4 sDrive35l, Chevrolet Corvette, Porsche Boxster S) Drive Lines – Preview 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 (The most sporting 911 gets more power, more handling, and more braking); Preview 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder (No tantrums); Short Take Infiniti G37 Convertible (Stalking the BMW 3-series); Preview Ford Focus RS (This superb Ford has everything but an American audience); Short Take Volkswagen Routan SE (No surprise: German engineering improves the breed); Short Take Mazda 6s Grand Touring (The brawn of a V-6 scratches an enthusiast itch) Features – So You Want To Own A Racetrack? (Small-town tracks are on the skids, but folks with dreams are not); Lightly Used Cars: Porsche 911 (Porsche’s CPO program makes these iconic sports cars a little more affordable) Columns – Bourbon Fixes About Anything (One way to salvage the American dream); Cars To Be Cool By 2012 (Sunglasses for your car); And The Bears Get My Cookies (One lap of Lake of the Woods); Rick Transit Gloria (Waggoner’s out, but what’s in?) Upfront – Up, Up And Away (Will VW’s smallest car appeal to Americans?); Donkey Show Displacement Downsizing (Where’s the fuel economy gain?); Key Party! (A test of five key fobs); How To: Drive A Ford Model T; Tech Dept.: Porsche 911 GT3’s Dynamic Engine Mounts (Fluid ‘tightens’ the grip on the drivetrain’s mass); Backfores (As usual, we’re No. 1: Cheat grass and strippos; Kafka surfaces); Gear Box (Five steps to making more power in our Subaru WRX); This Car And Driver (An Isetta with a meter)
Issue: July 2009
Condition: Very Good