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COMPARISON TESTS

56 ROCKET SEDANS---Audi RS 4 Quattro vs. BMW M3 vs. Mercedes-Benz CSS AMG. By Barry Winfield

74 CHEAP SPEED, ROUND 23---Acura RSX Type-S, Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged, Dodge SRT4 ACR, Saturn Jon Red Line,

Subaru Impreza WRX---By John Phillips

PREVIEWS

42 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS---Dread alert! The digital rigmarole spreads to Stuttgart!---By Tony Quiroga

44 CHEVROLET HHR---GM plumbs its golden history for its own post-tense cruiser.--- By Aaron Robinson

46 SAAB 9-3 SPORTCOMBI---At lost the hatch is bock. Well, sort of By Ron Kiino

48 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 AND 4S---The aftershocks continue.---By Barry Winfield

50 ASTON MARTIN DB9 VOLANTE---A little something for the aesthetes. By Roy Hutton

52 SAAB 9-7X---Soob snobs, stand aside.---By Fred M.H. Gregory

66 MAZDA MX-5---Miracle at Mazda: The original recipe isn't fattened up.---By Lorry Webster

SHORT TAKES

124 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT 4X4 DIESEL---Ideal for those who like to keep track of combustion events. All of them--- By Tony Swan

126 AUDI A8L W-12 QUATIRO---Inquiries should be addressed to the acquisitions deportment---By Csaba Csere

128 NISSAN ALTIMA SE-R---The ultimate Altima.---By Aaron Robinson

130 MERCEDES-BENZ ESS AMG WAGON---The mother of all wagons. And just about everything else.---By Ron Kiino

132 DODGE MAGNUM SRT8---King Kong, only macho.---By Patrick Bedard

134 SUBARU FORESTER 2.5XT LIMITED---The little woodsman get! a. sharper ox.---By Fred M.H. Gregory

1J6 BMW 750i---A muscular makeover.---By Ron Kiino

FEATURES

40 10 BEST READERS' CONTEST

92 ALMOST PERFECT---Chip Foose is the hot-rod world's newest million-dollar man.---By Aaron Robinson

96 LONG-TERM TEST: MAZDA RX-8---Round and round with one stiff drinker.---By Aaron Robinson

109 SPECIALTY FILE: MRT INTERCEPTOR---Before the CT500 debuts, build your own CTO beater for about 30 grand---By Larry Webster

112 MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF ELDORADO$ AND E-TYPES---On a secret mountainside, Tom Merkel's curious life work takes

shape--1200 cars arranged as permanent large-scale art---By John Pearley Huffman

121 REQUIEM FOR MG---The remarkable little two-seater is down, but maybe not permanently out---By Ray Hutton

138 SPORT: GREAT- DANE---Tom Kristensen: The world's greatest racing driver you've never heard of.---By Ted West

COLUMNS

9 THE STEERING COLUMN World-doss Formula I fiasco at Indianapolis.---By Csaba Csere

18 BACKFIRES Ridgeline fallout techie brain teasers, engine directions.

25 PATRICK BEDARD---The war against Davins: What’s a blinger to do?

26 BROCK YATES---Hybrid issues, and a rising star at Indy.

28 JOHN PHILLIPS---Fads you should know about the Voice of Valletta.

30 UPFRONT---Lexus 3-series fighter, robot drama, Larry's back. in school.

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