CAR & DRIVER 2007 MAR - S8, Z06 vs. 911 GT3 vs. EXIGE

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)         COMPARISON HARDCORE TEST: Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Lotus Exige S, Porsche 911 GT3

2)         ROAD TEST: GMC ACADIA SLT AWD--The division formerly known as GMC Truck shortens its title and expands its purview

3)         ROAD TEST: AUDI S8--Italian at heart

4)         SPECIALTY FILE: HENNESSEY GRAND CHEROKEE SRT600--The world's quickest SUV

5)         PREVIEW TEST: 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER GTS--An everyday sedan with a sporty demeanor

6)         SHORT TAKE: PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO S--A price tag to make you faint

7)         SHORT TAKE: KOENIGSEGG CCX--Only the Bugatti Veyron is faster

8)         SHORT TAKE: SUZUKI SX4--Bottom-dollar all-wheel drive

9)         NSX ABOUT-FACE: Honda abandons the NSX sports car to follow a front-engined GT path

10)   5BEST TRUCKS: A year of high gas prices fails to halt the steady stream of great new trucks

11)   SPORT: THE DAY (AND NIGHT) OF THE DIESEL--We team with BMW to go sparkless for the fourth NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Our trophy may have been for sheer persistence

12)   THE COSMIC CAMPERS: Desperately grasping for psychic meaning at Burning Man in the Nevada desert

13)   LEXUS IS-F: BMW has its M cars, Mercedes its AMG hotshots and now Lexus joins the luxury-performance segment

14)   DIRT ROAD: Busch bails on NASCAR, celebrities drive dogs, diesels on their way here

15)   DETROIT AUTO SHOW: Redesigned CTS goes macho, Viper roars to 600 horsepower, Chrysler spins one off the 300C and stuffs a V-6 turbo-diesel into the upscale Jeep Trailhawk concept

16)   THE STEERING COLUMN: General Motors gives a major endorsement to the plug-in hybrid idea

17)   C'MON, EVERYBODY, LET'S BLAME CARS: Global warming is California's latest excuse to sue somebody good and hard

18)   CIRCULAR LOGIC WINS OUT: We become dizzy in five roundabouts in a row-but like it

19)   TRACK TEST--THE OUTSIDERS:

A)   Ariel Atom 2

B)    Noble M400

C)    Superformance Brock Coupe

Plus other sweet automobile items.