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Contents: Preview: 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 (It’s name roughly translates to “ass-kicker.” Any questions?); Tech Features: Location, Location (Two of Porsche’s finest: one mid-engined, one rear-engined. Which handles better?); Road Test: – 2012 Honda Civic Si Coupe (Upsized and downrevved for the enthusiast of tomorrow); Preview: 2012 Honda Civic Full Line (Honda’s crowd-pleasing small car aims to further widen its appeal); Preview: 2012 Volkswagen Passat (VW supersizes its Passat for the wallets and waistbands of America); Feature: Freeways Aren’t Free (The American highway is broken. And broke); Feature: Ships Ahoy! (Newell makes the fanciest damn aluminim-clad bus you ever saw); Feature: 2011 E. Hardy & Fils Classic-Car Auction (Michael Jackson’s bumper car, bought fairly. Other gems, too); Long-Term Test, Part 2: The Second Book Of Genesis (We drove Hyundai’s luxury car for a record two years and 100,000 miles. Call it a torture test) Columns – Eddie Alterman (C/D vs the New Yorker); John Phillips (Ford’s executive director of design ignores my right foot); Aaron Robinson (Why are the feds bending over backwards for the unbelted) Upfront – The Mideast Gets A Piece (How (and why) Arab nations are buying into Europe’s car companies); Electric Ladyland (Rolls-Royce leaps into the future in a single battery-powered bound); How-To Import A Car (Step 1: see a shrink); Comic Relief (Danica Patrick for Dummies); Mini Gearbox – Bibs For Drivers (‘Cause your shirt ain’t made to repel special sauce); BMW’s Island Of Misfit Toys (A look at the M cars that never were); Tech Dept> – The Anti Anti-Roll Bar (Tenneco’s Kinetic suspension offers better handling through hydraulics) Drivelines – 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe (Expanding Mercedes’ C-class by shrinking it); Tested – Maserati Gran Turismo Convertible (Tight hindquarters on this supermodel); Tested – Kia Sportage SX AWD (Even sportagier); Lamborghini Gallardo Bicolore and Spyder Performante (As an American, you don’t need to pronounce them all funny-like); Tested – 2012 Nissan NV2500 HD (In which style takes a back seat to substance. A way-back seat) Etc. – Backfires (The Canadians revolt!); Road Test Digest; What I’d Do Differently (Peter Horbury)
Issue: July 2011
Condition: Very Good