CAR & DRIVER 2006 NOV - 550i vs M45 vs GS450h vs E550

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)         MAZDASPEED 3: Mazda's militant wing launches a rocket into WRX territory

2)         BMW 335i: Teddy Roosevelt, your BMW just pulled up

3)         COMPARISON TEST FASTER HORSES: BMW 550i, Infiniti M45 Sport, Lexus GS450h, Mercedes-Benz E550

4)         INFINITI M35 SPORT: Bigger isn't always better

5)         HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING: The Odyssey with all the toppings

6)         SATURN VUE GREEN LINE: Cheap, and so is the price

7)         CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT: A three-ton, $54,000 mullet

8)         SAAB 9-3 AERO CONVERTIBLE: Better in every way

9)         BMW Z4 3.0si ROADSTER: More power, but at a price

10)   THE LIGHTNING LAP: In which we inaugurate a new performance standard for cars. Think of it as our version of the Nurburgring benchmark

11)   THE UTTERLY UNSANCTIONED, COLOSSAL SHELBY RENTAL-CAR CHALLENGE: With Hertz offering the Shelby GT-H rental car for as much as $175 a day, we decide to get our money's worth. Which works out to four laps' worth

12)   TECH STUFF: THE PUMP POLICE--With gas at record high prices, Michigan keeps a sharp eye out for crooked filling stations

13)   SPECIALTY FILE: HEFFNER'S WILD RIDES--Twin-turboized Lamborghini Gallardo and Ford GT

14)   SPORT: OF BRAINS AND BRAUNS: America's most hard-core racing family produces one teenage driving savant and one teenage novelist

15)   THE STEERING COLUMN: What will be at Pebble Beach in the future?

16)   UPFRONT: Porsche makes a new 928, a Holden that would help GM in North America

Plus other sweet automobile items.