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Contents: Road Tests – Porsche 911 GT2 (Arguably the sharpest tool in Zuffenhausen’s shed, and certainly the fastest); Road Test Update: BMW M3 M-DCT; Dodge Charger R/T; Mazda RX-8 R3 (Muscle, handling and technologh, packaged in compellingly different ways) Features – Mission Mongolia (A recon run, we reckon, for the 2009 Land Rover G4 Challenge in a far-away land); Dinan S3 M6 (Mike Tyson in a Sean Connery suit, this coupe pairs explosive force with sophistication); Boxy Paradox: Ford Flex (A less numbingly utilitarian alternative to the minivan? Size-wise, it stacks up well); R & T Gift Guide (Watches, driving shoes, sunglasses and models – plus the year’s best car books); iRacing Simulator (A racing simulator so realistically rendered you might want to wear a HANS device); Pebble Beach – No Postwar Winner? (Pebble’s Best of Show usually goes to a car made before Hitler invaded Poland. Why?); R & T Trophies (‘Atta boys’ all around. Celebrating excellence in restoration of cars we’d like to drive); Long-Term Test (Journeys with the Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Infiniti EX35 and Lexus IS-F) First Drives – Mini John Cooper Works (Getting ‘the works’ results in 208 bhp, a locked-down chassis and elevated fun); Ford Fiesta (The party’s just getting started with Ford’s tight-handling, expressively styled B-car); Audi RS 6 Avant (Don’t let the wagon body style fool you – a fire-breathing 580-bhp V-10 lurks beneath); Volkswagen Golf (The Mk 6 version gets a mild reskin, a top-flight interior and the ‘twincharger’) Columns – The Road Ahead (Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish. Skimp on interiors, and the world will beat a path away from your door); Ampersand (Paris Show-Stoppers Lamborghini’s radical Estoque 4-door GT – a foil for Porsche’s Panamena?); Side Glances (The Resurrection Of The Body -Peter’s last restoration? Yeah, right, and Brett Favre’s retired); Side Glances (Toyota’s Grass-Roots Racing. Awakening a sleeping giant among Midgets, with TRD’s help); Pole Position (Gorillas In Our Midst – In ALMS endurance racing, Honda goes big-game hunting in LMP1); Tech Tidbits (Family News From The Monterey Weekend. Garage queens need not apply; Caddy’s cool wagon) Departments – Your Turn; People, Places & Things; Road Test Summary; The Finish Line; Tech Correspondence; PS
Issue: December 2008
Condition: Very Good