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Contents: Road Tests – Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 vs. Nissan GT-R vs. Porsche 911 Turbo (Before the GT-R ruled the road. Will the ZR1 and 911 have something to crow about?); Road Test Update: * Kia Forte Koup SX * Mercedes Benz E63 AMG (A Korean that’s stylish if somewhat overeager, and the latest Blitzen-Benz from AMG) Test Drives – Audi R8 Spyder (Get your kicks above the waistline, sunshine, in Ingolstadt’s cloth-roofed R8 V-10); Jaguar XJ (A look at Jaguar’s brave new face – not to mention its chassis and 510-bhp V-8) Features – Small Wonders (Small things come in good packages: Mazda Demio, Suzuki Swift and Toyota IQ); Long-Term Test (Ahoy, Acura TL SH-AWD, plus updates on the rest of our long-term fleet) Competition – Electric Boogaloo – Tesla vs. Lotus (A battle of electron orbits and benzene rings around a 30-second autocross course); Formula I, Then & Now (Celebrating 60 years of Grand Prix via the lenses of Bernard and Pauyl-Henri Cahier); Where’s Tony George? (A tale involving squabbles, machinations and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) Technical – Ignition Systems: Lighting The Fire (Through flame, spark or combustion-chamber temperature, you’ve gotta light it) Columns – The Road Ahead (Lessons From US F1: In GP racing, the deck certainly seems to be stacked against a U.S. team); Ampersand (HPA Scirocco FT565: A twin-turbo VeeDub that’ll hang with a Corvette ZR1; plus the Focus RS500); Side Glances (A Car We’d Most Like To Drive Home: Give me a Jag XK120C, an open road and a whole lotta speed); Trackside (Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge: Where the race cars resemble their street siblings); The Podium (Jack Of All Trades: The versatile chameleon on finding the sweet spot in a variety of race cars); Tech Tidbits (Are You Smarter Than Pond Slime?: Plotting rail routes via single-celled organisms? Cool); Speed Zone (Ultimate Garage: A tool cabinet possibly larger than your bathroom, plus other essentials); Countersteer (Touched By The Tramontana: It’s wickedly fast. But if looks could kill, we’re all dead men) Departments – Focal Point; Revved-Up; Your Turn; Road Test Summary; The Finish Line; Tech Correspondence; PS
Issue: June 2010
Condition: Very Good