AUTOMOBILE 2005 NOV - EVO, Z06 vs. FORD GT vs. VIPER

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)         CORVETTE Z06 vs. FORD GT vs. VIPER SRT10 COUPE: Three days, 1200 miles: On the road and at the racetrack, we find out which of America's automakers builds the best supercar.

2)         BUGATTI VEYRON: Getting to know the world's fastest, most powerful, most expensive production car.

3)         PORSCHE 911 vs. CAYMAN S: The Cayman S is touted by Porsche as its entry level coupe. But is it better than the 911?

4)         NEW B.A.T. ALFA ROMEOS: The Alfa Romeo-Based Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica concept cars of the 1950s were years ahead of their time.

5)         PANEL BEATING: New Yorker cartoonist Bob Mankoff reflects on automotive exaggeration.

6)         AUTO ART: Martin Heukeshoven makes barn-find-style miniature masterpieces from as-found materials.

7)         LEGENDS OF TRANSYLVANIA: Cruising Romania in a Dacia 1310

8)         Vile gossip: Three-dollar-a-gallon gasoline inflicts some pain when you're driving fuel-swilling high performance cars, but it's nothing like the pain we're witnessing on the Gulf Coast.

9)         AUTO NEWS: Lamborghini's top-secret plans for a modern Miura, Espada, and lM002; a first look at the next Mitsubishi EVO; Jaguar's XK 4.2, Volvo's C70 convertible, and Toyota's new RAV4 revealed.

10)   IN GEAR: A Ford GT40 you can take to work-or just about anywhere.

11)   DODGE CHARGER SRT8: An old name, a new car, and a familiar recipe.

12)   EVOLUTION X: The Mitsubishi Concept X is tantalizingly close to the nest EVO.

13)   JEEP COMMANDER: Jeep attempts to resurrect the grand old days of the Grand Wagoneer.

14)   JAGUAR SUPER V8 PORTFOLIO: The XJ moves uptown.

15)   SUZUKI GRAND VlTARA: Do you remember the old one? No? Good.

16)   BMW 530xi SPORTS WAGON: The performance of a S-series, the space of an SUV.

17)   LONG TERM TEST: A year with a Subaru Legacy GT wagon shows just how far its maker has come.

18)   AUCTIONS:  A sampling from Monterey's $79 million weekend.

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