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038
FEATURE
25 CARS
WORTH
WAITING FOR
Our guide to the
most compelling
vehicles due
to arrive over the
next three years.
vol. 60, no. 11
F E AT U R E S
066
ROAD TEST
VOLKSWAGEN
GOLF R
Wolfsburgs
champion square
dancer gets faster.
by Aaron Robinson
082
COMPARISON TEST
SENIOR PASSES
Audi S5, Cadillac
ATS Coupe 3.6,
Lexus RC350
F Sport.
by Don Sherman
ON THE COVER
The Ford GT is huge.

photography
by Paul Barshon
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All in Americas smallest, lightest SUV.
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Full-size capability based on features and functions full-size SUVs offer. Smallest, lightest SUV comparison based on small 4-door 4x4 SUVs. BIC 4x4 capability based on Renegade offering low
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caranddriver.com
EDDIE ALTERMAN
The 911 epoch.
030
JOHN PHILLIPS
The original crossover.
021
032
AARON ROBINSON
The most exciting thing
on display in Detroit
was Detroit.
034
EZRA DYER
The temptation of the
overkill truck.
U PF RON T
021
REVEAL OF THE MONTH
AUDI R8
Linear thinking.
024
CHASE FINANCIAL
Pricing out Tinseltowns
hits and misses.
100
026
110
BMW X6 M
Vindicated, the heretic
returns.
114
TESTED JEEP
RENEGADE SPORT
4X4
Stick in a box.
116
BMW M235i
CONVERTIBLE
Slower but somehow
more interesting than
a real M car.
ETC.
009
BACKFIRES
A man from Weed,
California, is confused.
Also, what Vanna White
does in the shower.
128
WHAT ID DO
DIFFERENTLY
Lord March.
ON THE W EB
SLICKS ON A
BRICK
We head to the drag
strip in search of the
Dodge Challenger SRT
Hellcats true potential.
FIRST DRIVE
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Discos back in a
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TESTED FORD F-150

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although it didnt make much power by

modern standardswas available to the
public in basically the same trim it used
to dominate NASCAR, back when they
still raced actual cars.
their speeds for any law-enforcement agency to record. This

month it was a $106,000 electric car that, in most places,
takes more than 10 hours to recharge on a 240-volt source or
more than four days on 110, and a $25,000 Ford whose
headlights cost 16 percent of its total price or more than 50
percent more than those of a $70,000 Cadillac CTS Vsport.
The automobile world is going mad.
JOE BULLMER
HORSE SHOE, NORTH CAROLINA
KLEBERT L. HALL
FOSTER, RHODE ISLAND
Your claim that the 1955 Chrysler 300

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father of the Pontiac GTO, Jim
Wangers!
JIM MOEGGENBERG
CINCINNATI, OHIO
FOUNDING DETROIT
LIT AND IN FOCUS
Please tell me that it was a misprint in

your long-term Ford Focus ST test
[Juvenile Delinquent, February 2015].
You meant to say in your what bits and
pieces cost that a replacement
headlamp was $19.81, not $1981?
RANDY PETERSON
AUBURN, INDIANA
No misprint, Randy. Ford charges $1981

for that replacement partEd.
I L LU S T R AT I O N S BY B R E T T A F F R U N T I
FOUR AMERICA
Page 43 of the February issue mentions

the 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS four-door
as Wild in the Streets. The streets of
America did not see a four-door Impala
SS until the mid-90s. The SS package
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two-door hardtop and convertible
during the 60s.
JON GRIFFIN
LATHAM, NEW YORK
The $54 SS package was available on

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dealer installationEd.
I was very excited to read about U.S.

supersedans on the February cover. I
abandoned the Cadillac article
immediately upon news of automaticonly. The Hellcat article unfolded with
no news of the all-important Third
Pedal. All this from the Save the
Manuals people; I grunt and shake my
head at you in a disappointed and
imperious manner.
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gimcrackery, draft horses, and some
bubble-wrapped nonsense from the
Gauls. And then . . . on the penultimate
page, a chrome-gleaming ray of hope:
Chevy by way of Oz. But an honest-to-
My mom saw the nifty new Caddy on the

cover [February 2015]. She asked me to
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whitewalls like on her DTS. Grandpa
says hell trade in the 75 Coupe DeVille
if the answer is yes. But he doesnt want
that little black thing on the trunk.
KENNY SOVEY JR.
LAKEWAY, TEXAS
So hes saying he doesnt want the

Continental tire kit?Ed.
CATNIP
Don Sherman, I enjoyed your article on

the new Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
[Satan Made Them Do It, February
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2015], but really what dredged up some

good memories was the Hemi History
sidebar. I didnt know that your father
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Valiant driver that he was, but I was glad
that I got a ride in your Hemi. I recall
riding in the back seat on Interstate 80
outside of Iowa City one night. You kind
of goosed it a little, and I thought it was
pretty much like my moms 68 GTO. But
then the transmission downshifted and
the other four-barrel dumped in and all
hell broke loose. We broke traction and
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I was going to get sucked right into the
trunk. Bet you wish you still had that car.
Better yet, that would be a great
retirement car for me.
WAYNE A. FISHER
MILTON, DELAWARE
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ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
Pretend for a moment that you are

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$105,670 Tesla S P85D [Shock Therapy,
February 2015]. But wait, its the
American taxpayer to the rescue, with a
$7500 check to ease your pain!
As the Most Likely To Succeed in
the Class of 1993, you plan a 300-mile
one-way trip to your class reunion.
Unfortunately, you must make a short
stop after 220 miles. Plan on a 73-hour
stay at the Bates Motel in Nowheresville
to get you to the reunion and back to
Nowheresville. About 73 hours at 120
volts ought to do it. Another 73 hours to
get juiced up on the way home, and your
three-day reunion trip somehow feels
more like 10 days.
Poor old classmate Nerd, voted
Least Likely To Succeed, shows up at
the reunion in a Volkswagen Passat TDI.
Dumb sucker made the reunion round
trip without stopping once for fuel
[because hes a townieEd.]. Worst thing
is, he bought four of those contraptions
instead of saving the planet like you did,
and didnt get the $7500.
MARK ROBINSON
SALEM, OREGON
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editors letter
I ran into McKeel Hagerty,

of Hagerty Insurance, at
the Detroit auto show a few
months ago, and talk
turned, as it so often does,
to old carsspecifically the
collectible kind, more
specifically Hagertys own
1967 Porsche 911S.
McKeel, natty in a trim blue suit and accompanied by his diminutive bombshell
of a wife, Soon, recounted to me how he was ridiculed when he told people how
much hed spent on his Porsches restoration. He originally paid $500 for the 911
back when he was 12 and the car was a wreck. He got it roadworthy with his dad,
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ago, and, back then, nearly everyone whod heard what hed spent thought McKeel
needed to be sent immediately, via pneumatic tube if possible, to Bellevue.
I started looking at prices for excellent 911Ss like McKeels. Theyre half a million bucks now. Even some late-60s 911Es have crept past $150,000. The rush to
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bubble everyone says it is.
Because, to begin with, the car hobby is generational by its very nature. Guys
my age (Im 19) can appreciate prewar Rolls-Royces, Duesenbergs, and Packards,
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caught in their chromed grilles. We want to own the cars that made us enthusiNà`V[aUR_à]YNPRA\P\[S_\[aN`\PNYYRQORQ_\\Z]\àR_PN_a\QNfVà\
confront our adolescent selves, and it is a powerful trigger for associations long
forgotten. To my age group, the car most evocative of youth and vigor and, lets
be honest, illicit activity is the impact-bumpered, air-cooled Porsche 911.
What else from the big-hair epoch is both as practical and lustworthy as that rear-engined dumpling?
McKeel talked about how the Malaise Era was an emotional dead zone, with emissions-choked cars worth
owning now only for their comedio-ironic value. But
the 911 never needed a ton of power to be fast and fun.
.[QZN[f N[Q!fRN_\YQ&`N_RàVYYN\_Qable, not like the Ferraris and Countaches whose very
service bills reach into second-mortgage territory.
Money spent on an air-cooled 911 is money in the
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see what things used to be like.
Eddie Alterman
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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WIND AND GHOSTS
Regarding Ghosts in the Machines

[February 2015]: John Phillips is
unthreatened by and accepts the
inevitability of the autonomous car. Im
assuming the hate mail is clogging the
mailbox. But I applaud him. He not only
had the cojones to admit his unpopular
opinion on this depressing subject, but
also to admit that it is our own fault, as
unskilled drivers, that got us to this
point. Rather than attack robots on
wheels, lets attack unawareness behind
the wheel.
the whims and

vagaries of some
nerdy programmers
pox on Google and anyone else working

on self-driving automobiles.
PETER I. VOLNY
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
So what caused the Kia K900 to believe a

crash was imminent and slam on the
brakes? The article left me hanging.
JACKSON L.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA
RAY MIGNOGNA
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
Phillipss pet llama ShempEd.
John Phillipss Ghosts in the Machines

column was without a doubt the best
story on the ever-increasing automation
in cars and the inherent dangers they will
inevitably create. Im anything but a
Luddite when it comes to new
technology, but there are some things
that many of us simply do not want. I
want to drive my own car, at the speed I
want, and have the freedom to overtake
when and where I choose. To sit in a box,
even a very comfortable one, subjected to
HAIR DYER
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challenging perhaps, but a far greater
chance of encountering another Ferrari.
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Connecticut) have plenty of exotics.
H. FIELDS
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK
If there were a Wheel of Fortune episode

with C/DàN\[R]bggYRd\bYQOR?\PX
n Roll Before and After. Solution:
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late to get your money back?
MIKE
PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
Maybe Phillips was lonely. But for

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his writing is a welcome addition!
MARC LUCENTE
PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA
L E T T E R O F T H E M ON T H
DAN JAKEL
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
In Vanna Whites bestselling book, Vanna

Speaks, White suggests opening your
mouth in the shower so that the water acts
like a WaterpikEd.
LINE ART
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track speed was phenomenal. I am a
nationally licensed instructor with the
Porsche Club of America for our highperformance driving schools. I plan to
make continual copies of this and use it as
an ongoing teaching tool for my students.
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copyright laws. Thanks.
MIKE KLING
WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Our Samoan lawyer will be paying you a

visit shortly, KlingEd.
KEEP ON TRUCKIN
RICHARD E. NEGRO
WEED, CALIFORNIA
Count yourself as very lucky if

you in 30 yearsEd.
I appreciate the timely comparison

ORadRR[aURSbYY`VgRa_bPX`H9Ra`4\
Places Built Tough Like A Rock and Grab
Life By The Horns, February 2015] and
continue to hope for increased truck
coverage, as the U.S. market share of
trucks sold versus cars would dictate. In
any case, without a brand in the race to
defend, it does seem misguided that the
Ford F-150s score for fuel economy
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fourth-place Toyota Tundra. Isnt fuel
economy still about economy? The Ford
owner will, even with a 2-mpg advantage,
YOU DRIVE INTO A

DOWNPOUR. TIME TO:
take cover
take control
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
still pay more per mile when considering

the octane-grade requirements
(nationally, about 25 to 30 cents more per
gallon for 91 versus 87).
No doubt Ford has the specs to lead,
and I support the continued innovations,
but the fuel cost coupled with the
additional $195 a month in payments
(calculated sans interest for 60 months
versus the Tundra) should give additional
real-world fodder for the often-intense
truck debate.
MR. ZAPKO
INDEPENDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA
Ford recommends 91 octane in the

3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6 to achieve full
performance, but lower-octane fuel is
acceptable if thats not the priorityEd.
I loved the February issue about good-old

American muscle. Your truck comparison
test was right on the mark. While I agree
with the results, I have a couple of
questions. Why not use the V-8 in the
Ford? Why use the air-suspension
system on the Ram thats not available
on the other three?
R. SIMMS
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
According to Ford, the twin-turbo 3.5-liter

V-6 now outsells the V-8, so we went with
it. The Rams air springs are indeed an
advantage, and if you can have them in a
truck at roughly the same price as the Ford
and the Chevy, why not opt for it?Ed.
Great story, but it seems as if we always

focus on the most loaded versions. So,
now please follow up this great story with
another story looking at the same trucks,
but in the lower trimsand Im not
talking about the naturally aspirated V-6
versions. I just bought a 2014 Ram Big
Horn Hemi crew cab with a 6.5-foot bed,
and though it stickered at $45,000, I paid
$40,000. It still seems loaded to the hilt
Eddie Alterman
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to me, just minus leather and the air

suspension, but it was $18,000 less than
the truck you just tested, and my truck is
lighter, too.
KURT DZINICH JR.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
My only comment is about the Towing

Capacity line item on your Final
Results. You cant tell me that a 3.5-liter
V-6 scores a 5 compared with a 6.2-liter
V-8 with a score of 2. I think somebody
got the scores backwards. By the new
calculations, the Chevy Silverado beat
the F-150 by three points. You cant be a
good scientist if you manipulate your
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JACK ALBERS
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
No mistake. The F-150as tested with the

3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6has an 11,500pound tow rating versus the Silverados
9200 poundsEd.
On page 61 of your full-size pickup-truck

comparison, it states that the F-150 with
the 3.5 EcoBoost V-6 engine produces

420 pound-feet of torque at 4250 rpm.
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2500 rpm.
KEVIN RICCI
DELAWARE, OHIO
Ricci, in hopes of restoring our honor,

someone in the tech department is falling
on their sword right nowEd.
Im curious about how you arrived at a

curb weight of 5577 pounds for the 2015
Ford F-150? Please see attached invoice
for a near identical vehicle showing a
shipping weight of 4864 pounds. I realize
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fuel, but even so, 36 gallons at 7 pounds
per gallon, which is on the high side [Yes,
actually more like 6 pounds per gallon
Ed.], would be 252 pounds for a total of
5116. The truck must have shipped with
10 to 12 gallons?
DEREK FISCHER
INTERNETLAND
Shipping weights, like manufacturerprovided weights, are not always accurate,
They satisfy your right foot

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backfires
that it violated the vulgarity policy for

reading material that our ministry at a
Michigan jail/detainee facility has had in
place for my 31-year tenure. We restrict
other publications for matters of violence,
weaponry, nudity, sexism, racism, etc. I
didnt think that in my scanning of such a
high-class publication I would be
required to check every word, but car
fanatic that I am, thats how I read C/D!
Thankfully there are black Sharpies that
allow for me to still put your otherwise
excellent publication in the hands of
some avid readers in need of something
to pass the time. Couldnt you just use the
word expletive or the artistic #!\*<!
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whose vocabulary is so limited?
Working in such a facility, Ive
obviously heard everything, but please
not in C/D.
DAVE MASON,
CALHOUN COUNTY JAIL MINISTRY
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
I do not know Jason Vines and, in fact,

had never heard of him until I read the
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any insight that I gleaned from this
article is completely undermined by his
abhorrent language. I am not a prude, but
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crude picture of the individual
and cheapens all his many
accomplishments. I might also
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written out in your magazine,
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interviewee, is crude and
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February issue was brilliant. If
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SCRUTINEERING
LOST IN TRANSLATION The Italian cavallo
vapore (CV) and German Pferdestrke (PS) are

equal to each other but less than SAE horsepower.
Lamborghini converts the Huracns 610-CV rating
to 602 horsepower. But Audi will advertise the
610-PS R8 V-10 Plus at 610 horsepower, granting the
R8 its rst-ever edge over its Lambo platform-mate.
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IN A WORLD OF
TURBOC HARGED
FERRARIS , AUDI , OF
ALL COM PAN IES , IS
STIC KING WITH
NATURAL
ASPIRATION .
. R EV EA L OF TH E MONTH
Linear Thinking
AUDI GETS ANGULAR WITH ITS NEW, INCREMENTALLY
ADVANCED R8. by Jens Meiners
THER ES A LOT OF UPHE AVA L and excitement going on in
for better or worse.

CHASSIS
The sideblade
rate MSS (Modular Sport System) architecture, which is shared with the Lamborghini Huracn. As with its predecessor,
the new models backbone is an aluminum
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the doorsills, central tunnel, and fronttrunk tub, among other structural applications. Compared with the outgoing
model, the gen-two R8 is roughly 100
pounds lighter, according to Audi.
T H E U S UA L S U S P E C T S
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car, at 174 inches long. At 76.4 inches, its

0.4 inch wider; the 48.8-inch height is 0.5
inch lower. There is a relatively spacious
front trunk, and the space behind the seats
is designed to accommodate the all-important golf bag, in case you tire of your
mid-engined supercar and want to do
something really thrilling. The standard
tires measure 245/35-19 front and 295/35-19
rear. Step up to the 20-inch wheels and the
fronts maintain their footprint while the
rears stretch the gap by nearly half an inch.
P OW E R T R A I N
6[VaVNYYfaUR[Rd?%dVYYP\ZR\[YfV[C
and V-10 Plus models; lesser versions will
be added later. Both V-10s are slightly
Z\QVRQ cR_`V\[` \S aUR [Nab_NYYf N`]Vrated 5.2-liter in the outgoing R8, an
aggressive high revver that is old school
in the best possible sense. Redline is a lofty
8850 rpm, and even the basic V-10 cranks
out a healthy 540 horsepower and 398
pound-feet of torque. Thats equivalent
twist to, and just 10 horses fewer than,
ADJUSTABLE
MAGN ETORH EOLOGICAL
DAM PERS WI LL AGAIN
BE AN OPTION .
. REV EAL OF
TH E MONTH
The R8 has always been a bargain among midengined supercars, but its never had competitive
power. Thats no longer the case, although its
naturally aspirated torque curve peaks well below
those of the turbocharged Ferrari and McLaren.
AUDI
R8 V-10 PLUS
$190,000
610 horsepower
413 pound-feet
3550 pounds
BASE PRICE
what the outgoing Plus
POWER
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TORQUE
new generation, the
CURB WEIGHT
uplevel V-10 is rated at
610 horsepower and
413 pound-feet. Audi
predicts zero-to-62-mph sprints of 3.5 and
3.2 seconds for the regular and Plus,
respectively. But seeing as we hit 60 from
a standstill in just 2.5 seconds in the Pluss
mechanical twin, the Lamborghini Huracn, well call those estimates sandbagged.
Top speed is rated at an ungoverned 201 or
205 mph, 6 and 8 mph faster, respectively,
than the 2015 cars performance.
As before, the torque is transmitted to
all four wheels. The default front/rear distribution is rear-biased and fully variable,
able to shuttle anywhere from 0 to 100 percent of the power to either axle. We are sad
to report, however, that the R8s manual
transmission is dead. The only transmission is a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Blame the R8 buyers who passed up
the gorgeous and tactile open-gate six-
FERRARI
488GTB
$250,000
661 horsepower
561 pound-feet
3400 pounds
LAMBORGHINI
HURACN
$240,000
602 horsepower
413 pound-feet
3500 pounds
McLAREN
650S
$270,000
641 horsepower
500 pound-feet
3050 pounds
Prices and curb weights are approximate.
speed in the previous-generation car. Audi

tells us that only 20 percent of coupe and
35 percent of Spyder buyers opted for the
third pedal in the U.S. Thats actually not
bad, but global totals were certainly lower.
TH E GATED MANUAL SH IFTER

IN TH E OUTGOING R8 WAS ON E
OF TH E AUTO IN DUSTRYS
GREAT TACTILE DELIGHTS . SO,
NATURALLY, IT WILL DIE WITH
TH E FIRST- GEN CAR.
INTERIOR
AS EXPECTED,
TH E ENTI RE
DASH BOARD AN D
CONSOLE
ARRANGEM ENT IS
ULTRAC LEAN AN D
STRICTLY
ORDERED.
Like the new TT, the

R8 features Audis new
virtual cockpit. A large TFT
monitor directly in front of the
driver replaces all mechanical
gauges with digital animations that
can be customized to the drivers
liking. Regardless of whether that
strikes you as interesting or
distracting, the HVAC
controlsthree knobs
with integral
displaysare an
inarguably cool
design
embellishment.
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DESIGN
Think of the new R8s body as the old one
rendered by a designer who misplaced his
French curve. Wed call that a missed
opportunity, especially considering what
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and how much it did to vault Audi into the
upper echelon of luxury-performance carmakers. To see this kind of incrementalism befall the brand strikes as curious at
best and timid at worst. The chiseled lines
do work well with the R8s proportions,
but now that the Audi has the power to
match the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini,
and McLaren, its comparatively conservative look is cast into stark relief.
AUDIS DRIVE SELECT

BUTTON OFFERS TH E FOUR
MODES OF TH E OUTGOING CAR,
PLUS A N EW PERFORMANC E
SETTING THAT ALLOWS FOR
FURTH ER ADJUSTM ENT ACCORDING
TO TH E ROAD SURFAC E .
SHOTGUN BL AST
A RIDE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE
Audi wouldnt let us drive the R8 but did
offer us shotgun position alongside one
of its development drivers, DTM racer
Frank Stippler. We can report that the
610-hp V-10 Plus is extremely fast, with
linear power delivery and a soundtrack that
reminds us of Formula 1s sonorous years.
With the R8s rear-biased four-wheel-drive
system, Stippler had no trouble coaxing it into
oversteer, even on dry pavement. Audi has
managed to engineer high limits into the car,
yet the transitions are reasonably gentle and
appear to be easily controllable. We look
forward to our turn in the left seat.
GERMAN SUPERSUPPLI ER ZF
PROVI DES TH E ELECTRIC
POWER STEERING, WH IC H
OFFERS VARIABLE- RATIO
FUNCTIONALIT Y.
T H E R OA D A H E A D
Besides another Spyder and a less powerful entry-level version, there will also be an
electric R8 e-tron with up to 280 miles of
range as the target. We drove the V-12 TDI
concept of the previous generation, and we
know Audi built prototypes with diesel
V-8s as well. Either alternative powertrain
could lure new customers, though neither
is likely to replace all of them as R8 sales
have now slowed to a trickle. Without the
previous generations groundbreaking
styling, this one will have to rely on its
8850-rpm, 610-hp, naturally aspirated
V-10Audis most powerful engine ever
and one of the last in the segment without turbos. While those shopping for
$200,000 supercars arent known for
their reserve, that engine and $50,000 in
savings make for a heavy pros column.
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Chase Financial
PRICING OUT TINSELTOWNS HITS AND MISSES. by John Pearley Human
was all it took back in 1968 to create what is still considered the greatest chase scene in Hollywood history. A Dodge
and a Ford were all Bullitt needed to conjure celluloid magic, if you
dont count also needing half of San Francisco. Last years Need
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cars that didnt yet exist, and nobody cared. When it comes to
chase scenes, excellence doesnt require expensive sheetmetal or
BULLITT (1968)
Dodge Charger R/T,
Ford Mustang GT
Total: $50,000
RTR: 97%
GOLDFINGER (1964)
Aston Martin DB5,
Ford Mustang convertible,
Mercedes-Benz 180 (2)
Total: $170,000
RTR: 96%
100%
TWO-LANE
BLACKTOP (1971)
Chevrolet 150,
Pontiac GTO Judge
Total: $40,000
RTR: 94%
SMOKEY AND THE

BANDIT (1977)
Pontiac LeMans sedan,
Pontiac Trans Am
Total: $40,000
RTR: 81%
ROTTEN TOMATOES RATING (RTR)
VANISHING
POINT (1971)
Dodge Challenger
R/T 440 Six-Pack
Total: $20,000
RTR: 75%
50%
THE BLUES
BROTHERS (1980)
Cadillac Sedan DeVille,
Dodge Monaco Police,
Fleetwood Southwind
RV, Ford Country Squire
wagon, Ford Pinto wagon
Total: $150,000
RTR: 87%
AGAINST ALL
ODDS (1984)
Ferrari 308GTS QV,
Porsche 911 SC
Cabriolet
Total: $220,000
RTR: 67%
GONE IN 60
SECONDS (1974)
Ford Mustang Mach 1
Total: $20,000
RTR: 38%
exotic engineering. It just

takes brave driving and
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were taking a look at how the total value of the hero cars in a
selection of pursuit scenes compares with each movies goodness,
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A\ZNa\R` A\ TRa P\Z]N_NOYR cNYbR Tb_R` dR a\\X aUR a\aNY
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so-greats, and a couple of major stinkers.
The original gadgetladen DB5 from the

lm was stolen in
1997 and never seen
again. In 2010, an
Ohio collector paid
$4.6 million for
another of the cars
used in the lm.
RONIN (1998)
Audi S8, BMW M5,
Mercedes-Benz
450SEL 6.9
Total: $330,000
RTR: 68%
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (2013)

BMW M5, Dodge Challenger
SRT8, Dodge Charger Daytona,
Dodge Charger SRT8,
Ford Escort RS1600, Anvil
Ford Mustang, International
MXT-MVA, Jensen Interceptor,
Lucra LC470, Nissan GT-R
Total: $2,590,000
RTR: 68%
The International
MXT-MVA and the
highly customized
vintage Charger
and Mustang are
each individually
worth more than the
entire collection of
vehicles from the
original F&F lm, even
adjusted for ination.
THE ROCK
(1996)
Ferrari F355 Spider,
Hummer H1
Total: $270,000
RTR: 66%
THE FAST AND THE
FURIOUS (2001)
Dodge Charger,
Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi
Eclipse GSX, Toyota Supra
Turbo, Volkswagen Jetta
Total: $460,000
RTR: 53%
Today, you can get

both cars from the
epic race along
Sunset Boulevard
for what youd spend
on a new 911.
THE GUMBALL
RALLY (1976)
Ferrari Daytona Spider,
Mercedes-Benz
300SL roadster,
Shelby Cobra 427
Total: $250,000
RTR: 22%
GONE IN 60
SECONDS (2000)
BMW 540i,
Shelby GT500
Total: $120,000
RTR: 24%
BAD BOYS (1995)

Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6,
Shelby Cobra 427
Total: $480,000
RTR: 43%
NEED FOR SPEED (2014)

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, Ford Mustang GT,
Ford Torino GT, Koenigsegg Agera, Koenigsegg
Agera R, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento,
McLaren P1, Pontiac GTO, Saleen S7 Twin
Turbo, Shelby GT500, Spania GTA Spano
Total: $10,490,000
RTR: 22%
0%
10 million
1 million
500,000
250,000
TOTAL VEHICLE COST ($)
TO P I L LU S T R AT I O N BY T I M M c D O N A G H , G R A P H I L LU S T R AT I O N S BY P E T E S U C H E S K I
ONE FOR D MUSTA NG and one Dodge Charger. That
Jerry Seinfeld owns the Porsche

917 that Steve McQueen drove
in Le Mans. Regular 917s are
going for around $20 million.
Add the McQueen premium, and
Seinfelds 917 is likely one of the
most valuable cars on earth.
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WE HEAD TO THE DRAG STRIP

IN SEARCH OF THE DODGE
HELLCATS TRUE POTENTIAL.
by Aaron Robinson
MOPA RS R EPUTATION AT
the drag strip has been secure

for more than 50 years, ever since Chrysler
CEO Lynn Townsend told his engineers to
get busy building a modern Hemi to rule
them all. If not a lineal descendant, the 707hp powder keg in the Challenger SRT Hellcat is a spiritual scion of the 426 Hemi, and
its in a car that will turn mid-11-second
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Hmm, mid-11s? Thats quick, but not
nearly as impressive as the blown eights
output. Power is nothing without traction, and the stock $60,990 Hellcat is
somewhat lacking in the latter. There are

a few reasons, starting with the same slabsided sheetmetal as lesser Challengers,
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TH E H ELLCATS
STOCK WH EELS
ARE BIG, BUT
TH EYRE FORGED
ALU M I N U M , SO
TH EYRE LIGHT,
TOO.
a tire-pressure recommendation that is

safe for everything from a Minnesota winter to a high-speed run through Death
Valley in July all add up to a compromise.
and his dad, Ron, are veteran SoCal racers

who run a roaring 2011 Challenger Drag
Pak with a Viper V-10 in regional NHRA
events [see right]. Ron ran the pit for us
while Andy did the driving. Also in attendance was Challenger SRT development
manager Jim Wilder, a drag racer in his
spare time. Unfortunately, Mother Nature
showed up, too, with Santa Ana winds that
blustered at up to 15 mph right into our
Hellcats face, slowing it down. But it was a
handicap that applied to all of our tires,
and when the time slips were spit out, the
results were surprising.
photography by SEAN RICE
The Stockers
The Intermediates
The Slicks
027
Pirelli P Zero 275/40ZR-20 (106Y)
Nitto NT555R 275/40R-20 102V
Hoosier Drag Racing 28.0/10.0-17
PRICE: $517 each

TIME SLIP: 11.5 sec @ 119 mph
PRICE: $325 each

PRICE: $244 each

Choosing tires for the Hellcat was no easy

task, says factory man Wilder. Because of
the torque level, grip was a huge priority.
In the spotlight were the Pirelli P Zeros
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tires Y speed rating (186 mph) was deemed
too low for the Hellcat, which has no limiter
and can run close to 200 mph. Pirelli
massaged the compound and cut the treadblock height for the Hellcat to create a (Y)rated version, the parentheses denoting
tested at speeds greater than 186 mph.
The 275/40 rear tire is not wide, but width
only helps lateral grip, not longitudinal
traction. To enhance the latter, you need to
lengthen the longitudinal contact patch
without dropping the pressure so low that
aURaV_RS\YQ`\cR_\[Va`RYS6[NaRQa\
psi, the Pirellis put the Hellcat through the
quarter-mile in 11.7 seconds. We dropped
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out and roasted them a bit in the burnout
box to warm them to the desired 150200
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the elapsed time, but Andy still had to
feather the throttle on launch. As Wilder
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You have to be gentle. If you slip the tire,
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it back on. Not an ideal way to drag-race.
These grooved street-legal tires are made

in Japanit says so right on the sidewall
and what do the Japanese know about
burnout boxes and Christmas trees?
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That wheel sounds like silly equipment for
drag racing until you learn that this giant
aluminum forging weighs a mere 28
pounds. We set the Nittos at 20 psi, Andy
did a burnout similar to the one he performed on the stock P Zeros, and the
Christmas tree lit its lights. Right away, it
was obvious that the car had better footing
as the Hellcat moved out with a bawl not
normally heard from cars with 100,000mile powertrain warranties. Two-tenths of
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his return. The time slips agreed, even if a
head wind cut the expected trap speed by
at least 5 mph. The Nittos are expensive
(though mid-pack here), but they can be
installed at home and driven to the track,
and their performance proved the best.
These bias-ply meats are standard equipment at any serious drag meeting, and
with raised white lettering and treads as
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Hoosier doesnt make the tire for a
20-inch wheel, so we had to go with a steel
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Hellcats massive brakes. The Black Rock
942 17-inch all-black rim, at $90 each, is an
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terribly lightweight at 40 pounds. The
bias-ply Hoosiers on steel wheels outweighed the Nittos on aluminum rims, the
reason we think the quarter-mile times
slowed by a couple of tenths. Andy
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run, but once he got accustomed to the,
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heavier. The 60-foot time, at 1.685 seconds, nearly matched the Nittos 1.676
seconds, but the gap grew after that even
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winds, and not with these tires.
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SNAKES ON A LANE
Bankruptcy shmankruptcy. In the dark days of 2011,

Dodge demonstrated that the show must go on by offering 50 Challenger Drag Pak cars
to the public. Gutted of such amenities as rear seats and windshield wipers, and tted
with a two-speed slam-bang automatic parked behind an 8.4-liter Viper V-10, the
Challenger Drag Pak could launch a team into NHRA Stock or Super Stock contention
for a price starting at $85,512. Roush Industries assembled the units for Dodge, and
Arcadia, Californiabased racers Ron and Andy Durham took delivery of the rst one off
the line. Ron gures it makes 850 horsepower and 740 pound-feet of torque, and his car
has run a 9.10-at-145-mph quarter while winning three Super Stock class victories at
NHRA national events. Dodge has already shown a 2015 Drag Pak running an aluminumblock 426 Hemi Mopar crate engine. The show goes on. AR
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D E PA R T M E N T
We tried out InnoDrive in

rally ace Walter Rhrls
Panamera Turbo.
Think Porsche charged
him $2415 for the
personalized carbon
doorsills? Because thats
what the custom work costs.
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Corner Worker
PORSCHES INNODRIVE CRUISE CONTROL WILL
MAKE LAZINESS A VIRTUE. by K.C. Colwell
TODAY S ACTI V E CRUISE- CONTROL systems can read the
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All the driver needs to do is steer.
InnoDrives aim is to deliver the driver to a destination as quickly as possible while consuming the least
amount of fuel. Those goals are not mutually exclusive,
Porsche says, claiming that InnoDrive can diminish
real-world fuel consumption by 10 percent while shortening drive time by 2 percent. The keys are minimizing deceleration for corneringhence the high g-loadingand accelerating
quickly, sometimes even at wide-open throttle, over short periods
of time in the most frugal part of the engines operating range [see
sidebar]. Incremental fuel-economy gains come from speeding up
ever so slightly just before an inclinerather than reacting to the
grade after the car has slowed a bitand braking or coasting when
entering cities to perfectly match the car to the speed limit. InnoDrive operates with the precision of a dual-clutch downshift,
except that doing its job takes longer than a quarter of a second.
We sampled an early InnoDrive prototype over a 14-mile loop
and can say that it is the most entertaining cruise control ever conPRVcRQ=bYYV[Tf\b_SRRa\aUR]RQNY`V`Na\aNYYfNYVR[Re]R_VR[PR
on a winding two-lane, but its something the La-Z-Boy jockey in
us could get used to. Plus, we welcome any sign that the encroaching automation of automobiles wont be totally boring.
road, spot impending collisions, and automatically apply the cars

brakes. A few even steer to some degree. Seemingly every new luxury car boasts an incremental upgradenow with gopher detection!but by decades end, Porsche will debut an active cruise
with one feature that no one else has mentioned: excitement. Its
InnoDrive system will allow for cornering at up to 0.70 g. Thats
more sustained lateral acceleration than most casual drivers have
ever experienced and the kind of g-force that has even seasoned
lappers reaching for the oh-crap handles.
Currently under development by Porsche on winding two-lane
roads outside Weissach, Germany, InnoDrive enlists all the usual
suspects of semi-autonomous driving plus two extra pieces of
data: the grade of the pavement and the radius of the turn, both of
which are stored in the navigation systems database. This helps
the car paint a three-dimensional picture of the road, allowing the
onboard computers to set the speed for
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MODERATION IN ALL THINGS
turns (the approximate lateral limit in
MAXIMUM LATERAL
ACCELERATION IS AN
the middle of the three driver-selectable
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION
FOR MOST DRIVERS.
INNODRIVE OPERATES IN
THE 0.50O.70-G RANGE.
PLEASE BE SPECIFIC
Nothing is more important to
efciency-minded engineers than
an engines brake-specic fuel
consumption (BSFC), except possibly
Star Wars. Unlike mpg, which indicates
the distance traveled on a gallon, BSFC
is the measure of how efciently an
engine makes its power. The lowest
BSFC is the point at which the engine
is making the most power from every
gram of fuel, which is rarely at the
engines power peak. BSFC is always
best at wide-open throttle near max
torque. Engineers hunt for efciency
via maps like this, which plot torque
versus engine speed versus fuel
consumption. The rings are different
for nearly every engine.
RADIUS
WITH TURN
RADII AN D ROAD
GRADES STORED
ON BOARD,
IN NODRIVE AC ES ALL
TH ROTTLE AN D
BRAKE INPUTSEVEN
ON A TWIST Y
TWO -L AN E ROAD.
GRADE
BSFC EXAMPLE
TORQUE (LB-FT)
115
GOOD
92
69
BAD
46
FASTER IS MORE EFFICIENT

BY SLOWING DOWN AS LITTLE
AS POSSIBLE FOR A CORNER,
LESS FUEL IS CONSUMED ON
THE FOLLOWING STRAIGHT.
GOOD LUCK CONVINCING
YOUR PARENTS OF THIS FACT.
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1000
2000
3000 4000
ENGINE RPM
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Then there was the 68 Buick LeSabre
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bridge and a stern adorned with a plaque
stating LONG TIME, NO SEA in rope lettering. It was, and still may be, in the
Petersen Automotive Museum.
Ms. Garner next focused on a series of
Human Powered Vehicles, of which her
most famous was a 72 Honda N600 sideT H E O R I G I N A L C R O S S OV E R .
by-side recumbent quadricycle, dubbed
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was a major hit at Burning Man 06, she
claims, and has been in storage since
being displayed in the Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica.
She appeared once on The Tonight Show
Seventeen years ago, I was rather reluctantly serving as this
and twice on Jesse Jamess Monster Garage,
magazines executive editor. I remember one day making 57
where she had just commissioned a onephone calls. But a highlight of my tenure was Pippa Garner, the
passenger stretch limo when the show was
illustrator for our Last Page. Her assignment in February
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1998 was Mass Transit for Car Nuts, and she came back with
situated about three-quarters of the way
illustrations of a Self-Propelled Parking Structure (Drive to
back, she says. The vast enclosed space
work, even if your car doesnt run!) and of an Auto-Nomy
could be used for human contraband, la
Privacy Pouch, a car pod that slides into your subway seat,
Trojan Horse.
allowing you to do anything(?) you could do in your own car.
Her view of autonomous cars? Win6adNàUR_àaVZR6QURN_QaURaR_ZNba\[\Z\b`PN_
dow blinds will make a big comeback and
Today if you ask Pippas age, shell tell you, Its compliso will those suction-cup steering wheels
cated. Everything in her life is complicated. She (then he)
they used to have for kids. In the meanunderwent transgender surgery in Brussels in 1993. I should
time, shes made a series of satirical Youhave rented the video and done the surgery myself and saved $5000, she says. One reason
Tube videos, one of which was shown at a
she went from being Phil Garner, a Vietnam veteran, to Pippa Garner, an acutely creative
Paris museum in March.
illustrator, was because I no longer wanted to be the same sex as God. Plus, Phil
I once toured the Detroit auto show
was kicked out of three art schools. So, Phil/Pippa is now 72, but my tits are only 25,
with Pippa, whose shirt bore the legend
she reminds, so I guess you could
The Original Crossover (versus
her previous days shirt that said, I
average that out to late 40s.
was on life support, but I got
When Phil was young, hed cry
away). Nowadays its harder to
at accident scenes. Not for the
turn heads, Pippa admits, but
human casualties but for the
there are subtle ways. Clown shoes
twisted sheetmetal, says Pippa
still raise an eyebrow. When the
today. I began drawing as soon as
time comes, she plans to donate her
I matured enough not to eat the
remains, but for culinary purcrayons. Wheels and objects in
motion were my themes, not unlike
poses only.
the Italian Futurists a couple
Fifteen years of C/D illustradecades earlier.
tions (1995 to 2010) was evidently
Phil was on The Tonight Show, Pippa on Monster Garage.
enough. Right now, Pippa resides in
Unlike the Italian Futurists,
Los Angeles, hoping to land a few
Phil went on to load axles at the
35 mph and a 1977 AMC Pacer whose roof
acting roles. Im happiest when Im makChrysler Lynch Road gear-and-axle plant
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ing an ass out of myself, so I might be star
in Detroit. My personal car at the time
material, she says. But Im bound to test
Next came a 1959 Chevy Biscayne
was a 1950 DeSoto, which cost $40. A
whose nose replaced its tail and vice versa.
the validity of William Blakes immortal
feature was an organic air horn that conOnce it existed in sketch form, the
words: If the fool would persist in his folly,
sisted of a large funnel behind the grille
and 10 feet of garden hose leading into the
he would become wise.
momentum to bring it to life was overpassenger compartment, capped with a
If Hollywood embraces Pippa, youll
whelming, she recalls. The car epitotuba mouthpiece. I could play reveille on
likely know it. One of her legs is tattooed
mized the phrase Looks like its going
it. Phils dream cars included a 1941
to resemble American oak, and she has a
forward when its standing still. The
Ford two-door convertiblecars of that
tattooed red bra with $600 of Monopoly
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era actually looked like they were intended
money tucked in the strap.
of inversion of todays distracted drivfor carrying peopleas well as a 1949
ingthe danger being in your face, instead
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of on your lap. I could have caused a 50-car
Divco stand-up milk truck governed to
Motor Trend.
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merchant. Another good move would be

ditching the confusing and silly model descaranddriver.com
ignations Lincoln stuck us with in 2007.
Zephyr was an amazing name for a car, as
was Aviator, yet they rot in Lincolns
library while sensitive egos refuse to
acknowledge past mistakes.
Detroit 15 also had pickup-truck drama.
Nissan unveiled its new Titan, for which
the company should be paying design royalties to Ford. Considering that weve
T H E M O S T E XC I T I N G T H I N G O N D I S P L AY
waited 11 years for it, the new Titan was
I N D E T R O I T WA S D E T R O I T.
shockingly bereft of fresh ideas. Maybe
Nissan should have never left California.
Meanwhile, Hyundai wowed all with a unibody pickup called the Santa Cruz, a vehicle so soaked in company politics that it
glowed with radioactivity. In short: The
So what do you think of the show? This inanely amorU.S. created the Santa Cruz and wants it,
phous question is a way of making idle chitchat with the
but Korea thinks a Hyundai badge on a
acquaintances you bump into roughly every 17 feet at an auto
pickup, which they see strictly as a working
show. Its also a question posed by journalists intent on pollvehicle, would be sacrilege in developed
ing colleagues about what it all means, about whats really
markets and a retreat from all the brand
going on out there. Every auto show gets painted by the media
upscaling the company has labored at
with a theme, a thing, a nutshell, a leitmotif. It could be green
these many years. No doubt, theyve also
tech, horsepower, infotainment, recession, resurgenceall
Wikipediad the brief, sad history of the
are potential candidates for befuddled writers and broadSubaru Baja. And they must realize that a
casters trying to sound clever through concise distillation of
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a complex industry. The auto media likes to use itself as its
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primary focus group, and should you answer the question with
imported pickups. Really, Kia should sell
a smart opinion, in 20 minutes you may hear somebody parthe Santa Cruz if anybody does, but that
roting it as their own on All Things Considered.
opens a whole other 55-gallon drum of
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worms. The Santa Cruz seems DOA.
wasnt that good. As if an international auto show is a summer stock production in need
There was other drama in the hall, but
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the best story of the show was outside on
good by those who volunteered
the frigid streets. Life is returning
to a city that the world had given up
their opinion to me. A reference to
for dead. Driving around, gaping,
the Ford GT [see page 62] usually
I nearly hit someone in Cadillac
followed as evidence of the shows
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goodness. Well, duh. The GT is a
rags, but a couple holding hands,
Hot Wheels in full scale, a teenage
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doodle of a car that looks as if its
skaters. Cruising up Woodward
been stepped on, as my mom used
to refer to all the exotics I craved as
from downtown to the New Center
a kid. And Ford kept it secret right
area, near the old GM building, I
up until it rolled onto the stage, crenoticed that nearly every storeating that rarest of emotions at a
front is either occupied or being
Caught on camera: real live people in Detroit having fun.
modern auto show: surprise.
worked on. Construction signs
Without the GT, Detroits perfront weedy lots, and bistros and
formance might have slipped on the
wine bars have sprung up in places long
rys or Accords in Detroit, but there was
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glamorous) drama happening than the GT.
I called my brother, Steve, who works
Near the GT, for example, was the new
the darlings, but the only other truly new
locally in big-time real estate. He said:
Lincoln MKX crossover based on the Ford
two-seater unveiled was the Acura NSX,
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Edge. Sure, yawn if you like, but Lincoln is
which felt a bit like old news. Personally, I
apartments in Midtown. Weve looked at
serious business to Ford. Last year, Lexus
prefer to rate auto shows based on the
some properties, but everything has gotoutsold Lincoln in the U.S. by more than
drama. And by drama, I mean the stakes.
ten so expensive. Theres more activity in
three to one; Cadillac beat Lincoln by
Unveil a new Camry or Accord, two of the
Detroit than weve seen in our lifetime.
almost two to one. But the brand also grew
bestselling cars in America and the payer
Up Gratiot, out Michigan Avenue, in
faster than Audi, BMW, or Lexus last year,
of many thousands of mortgages and colCorktown, and all along the neglected
and the MKX is a key step in a plan to
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waterfront, the Motor City is in motion
revive Lincoln as an international luxury
rating from me. There were no new Camagain. It was a pretty good show indeed.
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. 2 5 C A RS WORTH WA ITING FOR . M AY 2 015 . C A R A N DDR I V ER .COM
CARS
WORTH
WAITING
FOR
Each forthcoming car, truck, and SUV is an as-yet-unrealized
promise, but none emerges wholly from the ether. Clean sheets
of paper are found at Staples not car companies, whose planners juggle plants, partnerships, powertrains, and platforms
to feed global sales channels. This guarantees a high likelihood of product success, but often also a bland if competent
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SPOILER ALERT:
THE FORD GT HAS
MADE OUR LIST OF
25 CARS WORTH
WAITING FOR.
These are the vehicles that make news each time

they shed a bit of camo or whenever a jet-lagged
executive reveals a detail about a redesigned wiper
stalk. Mere rumors of their existence accelerate
competitors product cycles. The wait to drive
themone, two, sometimes even three yearsis
rewarded with hoped-for revelations in advanced
technology, structural integrity, mass reduction,
fuel economy, features, and acceleration. Fun, too.
Curating this stream of information is nearly as
fraught as managing the billions it

takes to develop a new model. We beg
and borrow insights from around the
business, tap sources, and hold our
bladders until after the wine glasses have been
cleared from the dinner table before asking questions. This year we are even ranking them, counting down to the one thats most worth waiting for.
Lets do this.
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WHAT IT IS A four-door,
battery-powered hatchback
cube thats more substantial
than Chevys diminutiveyet-entertaining Spark EV.
WHY IT MATTERS Bolt will
complement the new,
second-gen 2016 Volt in
Chevrolet showrooms while
also helping to amortize
some of GMs electric-car
development costs. Chevy
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a 200-mile range, counting
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small-car architecture that
underpins the Sonic sedan
and hatchback, with
production taking place at
the same plant north of
Detroit that assembles the
Sonic and Buick Verano.
POWERTRAIN A compact
electric motor and direct-
evolved from the Spark EVs,

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lithium-ion battery pack
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WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG Real-world
range may not be as grand as
advertised, and low gas
prices could hamper the
appeal of EVs in general, even
though California and other
states still require them to be
sold. Lets hope the stubby
concept doesnt get any
dorkier-looking on the way
to production.
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than 40 grand when it goes
on sale in 2017 as a 2018
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cut the bottom line down to
around $30,000. But EVs
often trade on heavily
subsidized lease prices that
seldom relate to MSRP.
T W E N T Y- F O U R
2018 CHEVROLET BOLT
2017 VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE DUNE
WHAT IT IS A lifted and fat-tired take on the
Beetle aimed at elderly Baja 1000 vets
yearning for their lost youth, and activelifestyle types who fear that settling for a
generic crossover might blemish their
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beach orgies cant possibly be bad for
business, can it?
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standard model. The Dune is essentially a
Beetle with 1.1-inch-wider tracks, two
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an 86 Toyota 4Runner.
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the Beetle Dune in early 2016, levied with
a small premium over the R-Line. Figure
itll be in the high-$20,000 range.
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. 25 C A RS WORTH WA ITING FOR
FORECAST:
CLOUDY
Manufacturers
product plans are
subject to change,
prompting these
updates of our past
predictionssome
wrong, others just
not right.
DEAD:
Structural changes
needed for the
convertible Scion
FR-S and Subaru
BRZ killed any hope
of protability.
SWAPPING
PARTNERS:
Alfa Romeo nixed

the deal with Mazda
to share the new
Miata. A Japanesebuilt turbo version
will instead arrive
next year as the
Fiat 124 Spider.
2018 MERCEDES-MAYBACH
PULLMAN
The luxurious Maybach
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the one-hundredth of one-percenters.
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emperor-class executive rear seats; jump
seats for aides-de-camp, bodyguards, or
mere hangers-on; an audio system tuned
UNPLUGGED:
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mainstream models
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than a restyled
Nissan Leaf, Inniti
shelved its electric
sedan, shown in
concept form with
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MISSING IN
ACTION:
The rear-drive
Dodge coupe we
forecast as a 2015
SRT Barracuda
built on Fiat
underpinnings is
gone from FCAs
current ve-year
plan.
PATIENCE:
Buicks Grand
National and GNX
wont show this
year but are still
under development
for introduction
within 24 months.
T W E N T Y
RESCHEDULED:
2017 HONDA RIDGELINE

WHAT IT IS Hondas second
crack at the pickup market,
a revived unibody mid-sizer
thats less of a raked-bedrail
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To make the
Ferrari FF coupe
more palatable,
Maranello will go
beyond a fresh
wrapper, adding
more prancing
horses in the V-12,
an eighth gear in
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twin-turbo V-8
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of Land Rovers free-range
utilities, with multiple farmS_VR[QYfO\QfP\[Tb_NaV\[`
including wagons, pickups,
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make a clean break, ditching
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aluminum-intensive unibody
similar to its other vehicles,
but were betting on it.
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has a broad engine lineup,
from supercharged 5.0-liter

V-8s and 3.0-liter V-6s all the
way down to the new 2.0-liter
inline-fours, both diesel and
gas, coming in the Jaguar XE.
Any and all of these engines
are fair game here.
COMPETITION Jeep Wrangler,
Mercedes-Benz G-class, a 90s
Defender, restored Ford
Broncos and International
Harvester Scouts.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG Reactions to
the cartoonish DC100 (DC for
Defender Concept) shown at
the 2011 Frankfurt show (and
above) were violent enough
that Land Rover design guru
Gerry McGovern issued a
disclaimer, saying it was only
the beginning of a four-year
journey to redesign a British
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it makes the ute too hard-core,
the faux-roaders wont buy it,
but if its too soft, the loyalists
(including the British army)
might revolt.
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arrive in 2017 as a 2018 model,
at about $55,000 to start.
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coupe and convertible that will be
more engaging and attractive than the
rotten-potato SC430. Will be made
with less unobtainium than the LFA.
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your family are all that really matter.
But to Lexus, having a stylish halo
grand touring car might not be such a
bad way to telegraph the brands
newfound, German-baiting
performance pretensions.
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a new platform that will be shared with
the next-generation LS and other
models. At launch, this coupe will be
rear-drive, but four-wheel drive might
be added later.
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version of the 5.0-liter V-8 currently
making 467 horsepower in the GS F
and RC F. (A hybrid is also likely at
launch.) But with a 640-hp Cadillac
CTS-V available, to say nothing of
AMGs and M cars, Lexus knows that
its naturally aspirated 5.0 is a bit
overmatched. So it will follow the lead
of the Germans and produce a twinturbo version of its V-8 to power an
F edition of the car. Transmissions:
automatics all the way.
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reports, the SC wont breathe in the
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on the BMW 6-series and MercedesBenz SL-class as its main competitors.
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irradiated SC430 blob-monster could
rise up and eat Toyota in theatrical
revenge against the evil that created it,
but otherwise, this ones a done deal.
ESTIMATED ARRIVAL AND PRICE Expect the
production SC to be unveiled at an
early 2016 auto show with an on-sale
date later that year. Price should be in
the $80,000-to-$95,000 range.
L E X U S P H OTO I L LU S T R AT I O N BY R A D OVA N VA R I C A K
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No, this is not the crown jewel you were looking
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for. This new sedan from Cadillac, the CT6, doesnt

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the design team will note that buyers of this size of carroughly
the dimensions of a short-wheelbase BMW 7-seriesappreciate
subtlety regardless of where they live.
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which make the car look almost as if it has
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2016 CADILLAC CT6
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tional inches of legroom compared with the

CTS. That will play well in China, where
long-wheelbase versions of middle-rung
luxury sedans are popular.
Impressively, the CT6s body is 44
pounds lighter than the CTSs, according to
Mack. Thats thanks to a determined program to lightweight the car. Yes, Cadillac
uses lightweight as a verb. GM employs
13 aluminum structural castings plus
stamped-aluminum bodywork to get there.
The company takes an agnostic approach to
materials, however, using a fair amount of
steel in the passenger cell for its superior
sound-deadening properties, says Mack,
adding that an aluminum structure would
require so much insulation that the weight
savings would be minimal. Because the new
car will carry more standard equipment
than the CTS, its curb weight should wind
up about the same as the smaller cars, at
something like 3900 pounds.
And theres a lot of equipment, including a rearview mirror that doubles as a
display screen for a rear-facing camera.
Theres also a 10.2-inch touch-sensitive
THIS LARGE CADILLAC
HAS VISUAL HEFT, BUT IT
SHOULD BE AS EASY ON
THE SCALES AS THE CTS.
exterior photography by PAUL BARSHON
navigation screen mounted

in an elegant dash that highlights the width of the
interior. Its packed with an
updated version of the CUE
system, and a new trackpad
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a new 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6. In normal
mode, the system sends 40 percent of torque
to the front and 60 to the rear. In winter
mode, the torque split is 50/50. Choose sport
mode and 70 percent of the torque heads aft.
Cadillac estimates that the 3.6-liter will
make about 350 horsepower and the twinturbo some 400. The base powerplant will
be a turbocharged 2.0-liter four, familiar
from other GM cars, making 272 horsepower
and available only with rear-wheel drive. All
engines are mated to GMs new eight-speed
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2017 FORD FOCUS RS

An American Ford engineer was posted to Europe
in the mid-1990s. Upon arriving at the companys

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a choice of company car. Once hed had a chance to
realize how boring most European Fords were at
that time, he immediately opted for an Escort RS Cosworth.
To Americans, the Cossie was fanboy fantasy. A turbocharged, four-wheel-drive rally homologation special, its always
ranked near the top of the list of Great Performance Models Ford
Denied Us. The engineer loved it, used it to transport his young
family, and refused to return it. Eventually he was shipped back to
Dearborn, Michigan, leaving the Escort behind.
His name? Raj Nair, now Fords VP of product development and
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drive, with the most powerful RS500 sending 345 horsepower through just two tortured tires. But Nair says this
third-generation car was designed to be four-wheel drive
from the get-go, using a clever new system that we can
anticipate seeing in other Fords soon. It has twin electronically controlled clutches on the rear axle, one for
each side. Up to 70 percent of the available torque can

go to the rear, all of which can then be marshaled to
either wheel for torque vectoring. Under cornering,
the outside rear gets more oomph to assist turn-in
and reduce understeer. Ford also promises that the system has
been set up to allow power-on drifting, something demonstrated
NaaUR\PVNYb[cRVYV[TV[3\_Q`0\Y\T[RSNPa\_fOf]_\WRPaP\[sultant and YouTube hoon-king Ken Block.
The RS looks good in the metal, a measure more muscular than
a Focus ST. A retuned version of the Lincoln MKCs 2.3-liter
EcoBoost four with a low-inertia turbocharger makes the power. As
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horsepower, and insiders hint at an output around 340. The only
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dampers will be standard, and on optional track-appropriate tires
the RS is claimed to be capable of delivering more than 1.0 g of lateral acceleration. This certainly looks set to be Fords hottest hatch
yet when it goes on sale early next year priced around $35,000.
DENY US NO MORE!
FORD HAS FINALLY SEEN
FIT TO SELL THE RS IN
THESE UNITED STATES.
Focus RS photography by MATTHEW HOWELL
052
. 25 C A RS WORTH WA ITING FOR . M AY 2015 . C A R A NDDRI V ER.COM
THE ALFIERI WILL JOIN

THE SWARM OF CARS
LOOKING TO PUT THE HURT
ON THE PORSCHE 911.
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around $100,000. Expect the production
car to be built from a mix of steel and aluminum, sharing key parts of its structure
with the next GranTurismo. Maserati will
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Maserati doesnt want.
2017 MASERATI ALFIERI

Maserati CEO Harald Wester
is on record saying that his

brands future lies in adorable handcrafted imperfection, which to our ears
sounds like the description of a threelegged Vermont Teddy Bear rather than an
Italian grand tourer. But Wester chooses
his words to distance Maserati from the
homogeneity and sterility of the German
automakers, even as it goes toe-to-toe with
them. Of this competition, Wester pulls no punches and minces no
words. Theyre fucking boring, he recently told the press.
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relative to Maseratis upcoming Levante SUV, the coupe has a key
role in plotting the brands direction as it carves out a niche between
Alfa Romeo and Ferrari in the $70,000-to-$150,000 range.
The new Quattroporte and the Ghibli are successes, at least in
the objective sense. They more than doubled the brands global
sales last year, and if you believe the story line laid out by Maserati,
its biggest challenge may be keeping that growth in check. Wester
claims he will cap the companys annual volume at 75,000 sales, a
promise that may prove hard to keep as the
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WHAT IT IS The replacement for the recently

retired Veyron, the supercar king of the
hill since its 2005 arrival.
WHY IT MATTERS The 258-mph Veyron 16.4
Super Sport currently wears the crown of
fastest production car, but the Chiron,
named for Monaco-born racer Louis
Chiron, should reach 288 mph, assuming
you can rent Nebraska.
PLATFORM The existing Veyrons carbonOR_à_bPab_RZ\QVRQa\_RQbPRdRVTUa
Improved interior ergonomics and
outward visibility are further goals. Were
thinking an F-18 canopy would work well.
POWERTRAIN The 8.0-liter W-16 engine
returns, though now with direct injection,
increased boost pressure, and at least two
of its four turbochargers electrically
powered. Output rises from 1200 to 1500
horsepower, and the 1106 pound-feet
torque peak arrives lower in the rev range.
A seven-speed dual-clutch automatic again
handles the shifting, and the four-wheeldrive system adds torque vectoring.
COMPETITION Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1,
Porsche 918 Spyder, an actual F-18.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG Octogenarian VW
Group supremo Ferdinand Pich, the
driving force behind Bugatti, could keel
over, at which point both car and brand
might have to stand on their own business
merits, something that twice-dead Bugatti
has never managed to do.
ESTIMATED ARRIVAL AND PRICE A recent Pichordered redesign of the door aperture
cutting into the doorsill to ease ingress
and egresspushed back the on-sale date
to 2016. When the Chiron does get here,
expect to pay $2.5 million, give or take.
TEN
2017 BUGATTI
CHIRON
WHAT IT IS The redesigned and

lightened size-medium sports
sedan from BMW.
WHY IT MATTERS Once the king of
fun four-doors, the
increasingly heavy M5 has
plowed strange ground over
the past two generations, both
as the ugly and weird V-10
scream-droid and as the
current turbo luxury cruiser.
We hope that the seventhgeneration 5-series/M5 will
mark a return to the athletic
poise of the much-missed
E39 (1997-2003).
PLATFORM A new platform
shared with a redesigned
7-series will use a mix of steel,
aluminum, and even carbon
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than before and is expected to
carry over the same basic
suspension setup.
POWERTRAIN The M5 keeps
the current 4.4-liter V-8, but
with output boosted
past 600 horsepower.
Because the current
575-hp M5 is inhibited
from posting quicker
acceleration numbers
by limited (rear-drive)
traction, BMW will
follow the tire treads of
Audi and Mercedes-Benz and

add four-wheel drive. Lesser
5-series models will retain
their current turbocharged
four- and six-cylinder engines.
A new turbocharged 4.0-liter
V-8 is likely and would be in
line with BMWs current
500-cc-per-cylinder strategy.
COMPETITION Audi A6/S6,
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Q60, Jaguar XF series, Lexus
GS, Maserati Ghibli,
Mercedes-Benz E-class.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG The new 5er
might be as numb and
unsporting as the current car,
and with four-wheel drive, the
M5 might be too heavy to play.
Look for a debut in late 2016.

Pricing should follow todays
model, spanning from just
over $50,000 for workaday
versions to more than
$100,000 for the M5.
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2017 BMW 5-SERIES/M5
THE FIRST AND ONLY PICKUP WITH A HIGH-STRENGTH, MILITARY-GRADE, ALUMINUM ALLOY BODY.
Up to 700 lbs. lighter so you can haul even more /// Best-In-Class Maximum Towing: 12,200 lbs.*
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LED Spotlights/// 360-Degree Camera/// Remote Tailgate Release/// THIS IS THE FUTURE OF TOUGH.
THE ALL-NEW F-150

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19 city/26 hwy/22 combined mpg, 2.7L EcoBoost V6, 4x2. Actual mileage will vary. Available features.
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2019 LAMBORGHINI
ASTERION
WHAT IT IS A two-seat hybrid
GT christened with the name
of the original minotaur from
Greek mythology. Why?
Because Lambos have to be
named after bulls and a
minotaur is a hybrid of a man
and a bull, which is both clever
and better-sounding than
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WHY IT MATTERS Alongside the
Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1,
and Porsche 918 Spyder, the
Asterion further cements
hybrid systems as appropriate
kit for future supercars. At the
very least, hybridization will
IS LAMBO FINALLY OVER

ITS FIXATION WITH CARS
THAT LOOK LIKE CARTOON
FIGHTER JETS?
be one stopgap Lamborghini

employs to postpone its
inevitable adoption of boosted
and downsized engines.
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aluminum substructures,
front and rear.
POWERTRAIN An Huracn-spec
602-hp 5.2-liter V-10 and
seven-speed dual-clutch
transmission with an
integrated motor/generator at
the back end, while two
electric motors power the
front wheels. Combined
output is 897 horsepower, and
a lithium-ion battery pack in

what would otherwise be the
transmission tunnel is said to
be good for 31 miles with a top
speed of 78 mph in EV mode.
Wake the gas engine, and the
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three seconds and continue to
a top speed of 199 mph.
COMPETITION The easy answer
would be the LaFerrari, P1,
and 918, but Lambo stresses
that the Asterion would be
more of a comfortable GT than
any of those. So toss in a
Ferrari F12 for good measure.
WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG Since
Lambo already has two ultraexclusive two-seaters,
it might separate the Asterion
from its powertrain, putting
the 900-hp hybrid system into
one of its existing supercars.
Or it could pair the electric bits
with a turbo V-6 or V-8 from
sugar-daddy VWs parts

bin, to stretch the Asterion
down-market and go mano a
mano with the Ferrari
California. Or it could just
not build anything at all like
this car. Lambo CEO Stephan
Winkelmann initially said
that his company would not
be building the Asterion,
but his lieutenants later
backpedaled on that
statement. Either way, expect
to see the hybrid system in
production. R&D chief
Maurizio Reggiani has said
that a hybrid is his preferred
alternative to engines with
turbos or fewer cylinders.
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anywhere from $200,000 for a
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with the 900-hp version.
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WHAT IT IS
P H OTO I L LU S T R AT I O N S : A L FA R O M EO BY C H R I S T I A N S C H U LT E , M c L A R E N BY R A D OVA N VA R I C A K
This mid-size sports sedan,

based on an all-new architecture codenamed Giorgio, will be the core product
in FCAs $6 billion revival plan.
WHY IT MATTERS Alfa has to nail the
engineering, the Italianesque styling,
and the quality, because Giorgio will
take the brand up against entrenched
German competition. It will also serve
as the foundation for a whole family of
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including both a compact and mid-size
SUV, plus likely Quadrifoglio
performance models.
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current BMW 3-series, Giorgio has
mainly steel bones, multilink
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engine family that should include a
turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four, a
3.0-liter V-6, and a range of diesels.
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sports sedan, so pretty much everyone
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WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG Alfa is starting
virtually from scratch, with a brandnew vehicle in one of the markets
toughest segments. And it will be sold
by a brand-new dealer body. Add in the
specter of Italys quality reputation and
what could possibly go wrong? But hey,
Jaguar is managing a revival, so
anything is possible.
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this June, with production in Italy
slated to begin in 2016 and U.S. sales
commencing later that year as 2017
models. Prices will be around $40,000.
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2017 ALFA ROMEO

GIORGIO SEDAN
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2016 McLAREN P14

Keeping up with the frantic pace of McLarens prod-
uct launches requires the skills of a Cold War spy

trying to monitor Soviet arms development. Wokingologists know theres always an even more ludicrously powerful weapons system around the corner.
This year will bring us the new entry-level Sports Series, plus
the hard-core 675LT spun from the 650S coupe, at least two other
650S special editions, and the P1 GTR. That last one seems to have
been designed for the sort of heavily adrenalized billionaire for
whom low-level BASE jumping has lost its luster but who isnt quite
ready to take up hunting humans.
The Macca were really looking forward to follows next year and is currently known only by its internal model
code, P14. This is the replacement for
the 650S, a car that feels as if it were
launched just yesterday. According to
senior sources within the company, it
will be, in essence, a junior P1. Thats
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also a tacit admission that, although the 12C was brutally fast, it
lacked something in terms of both visual and dynamic excitement.
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the proven 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-8. The companys dedication to beating Ferrari means we can safely bet next years editorial budget on the new car having a chunk more power than the
661-hp 488GTB; it will probably top 680.
The really exciting question is what other technology will make
it into the P14. McLarens increasing production has already dramatically reduced the cost of its carbon components, a dividend
that can be diverted to other parts of the new car. And while it is
unlikely the P14 will get a P1-style hybrid drivetrain, aggressive
aerodynamics will deliver abundant downforce, grip, and speed.
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eagerly awaited supercar battles in recent memory.
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2016 FERRARI 488GTB

WHAT IT IS Face lifts are for old ladies, not Ferraris.
So lets call the 488GTB an update to the 458 Italia,
based around a new turbocharged V-8. Et tu,
Maranello? Thats right, even Ferrari is giving up
on natural aspiration for the sake of fuel economy.
WHY IT MATTERS As great as the 458 still is, its about
to become the oldest car in its profoundly fashionconscious segment. The revised styling will keep it
fresh for several more years, while the
turbocharged 488s power hike and aerodynamic
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has never appeared in the
States except as mail-order
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roadster six years ago, and
despite still-robust sales the
current Civic has been a
critical failure. Importing the
Type R should help resurrect
the brands credibility with
enthusiasts, while adding
excitement to a model thats
grown too conservative.
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with the Accord. While the
traditional four-door-sedan
and two-door-coupe body
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commuter-grade Civics, the
Type R will be a hatchback.
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i-VTEC 2.0-liter turbo four
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the front wheels through a
six-speed manual
transmission. Torque steer will
be suppressed by a new frontsuspension design and
adaptive dampers all around.
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to a new Civic could give
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well. Ferrari says the 488s dry weight
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(especially in France).
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full-lung arias of the 458s V-8? Will the tifosi accept the
inherently lumpier power delivery of a turbo?
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CHEVROLET
CORVETTE
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WHAT IT IS The mid-engined
Corvette that GM has teased
us withand that Don
Sherman has demanded
for about half a century.
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engine rearward enables
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enough to vibrate the steering wheel. There

are online videos aplenty detailing how to
disconnect this device.
The R claims big horsepower from small
displacement, but the punch can either
be devastating or an interminable wait
depending on how youre operating it. Light
the fuse early by downshifting manually
before nailing it, and the R leaps forward on
a rocket plume. That makes fast road driving a therapeutic thrill as you rally-blast
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ratio with all the deliberative haste of the
Second Continental Congress. Then the
engine begins boiling up the turbo. This
delay doesnt show up in our test data, the
2.8-second 30-to-50 passing time seeming
plenty quick enough. But take our word for
it; the engine is occasionally caught breathless, the wait for power seeming like an
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down, high-beams ablaze. One driver went
so far as to call the Rs time delay dangerous. Solution? Use the paddles in those situations, or just get the stick.
In full-metal-jacket mode, the R DSG
generated test numbers close to that of the
305-hp Subaru WRX STI, one of the Rs few
competitors. The short story: With the
advantage of launch control, the R is
slightly quicker out of the gate, reaching 60
mph 0.1 second earlier and the quarter-mile
in the same 13.2 seconds. The braking stat,
157 feet, also nearly matches the STIs. The
Vee-Dub pulled 0.94 g on the skidpad, identical to the Subaru.
Theres nothing particularly fancy
about the all-steel multilinks in the back or
the steel control arms bracing the struts in
front, which suspend the R 0.8 inch lower
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old stereotypes of roly-poly Golfs.
The optional DCC, or dynamic chassis
control, puts electronic variability into the
shocks. VW hired Hans-Joachim Stuck,
Germanys undisputed hotshoe-in-chief, to
make the shocks and the electrically
assisted and variable-ratio steering work in

seamless and gratifying harmony. His challenge: Take a car with 59.5 percent of its
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heavy R changes direction with a furious
urgency and slot-cars through tight corners
at stupendously brisk speeds, the rear end
gently pushing, gently nudging the nose in
your desired direction. Theres so little fuss
to it allno squawking of tires, no torque
steer when the big blow comes on, no tugging from the wheel or shimmying as you
blast away on afterburner.
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When we think of the ultimate Volkswagen,
the Golf R is much more likely to come to
mind than, say, the big Phaeton or Touareg.
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settings in the form of three
modescomfort, normal, and
racethat turn up the shock
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calibrations, and even the rate at
which the steering-aligned
headlights swivel. Or you can
cherry-pick your own settings
in a handy individual mode. And
DCC comes bundled with the
19-inch wheels, parking sensors,
and onboard navigation, though
the latter systems painfully
slow processor will quickly send
you back to your smartphone for
nav guidance.
Having driven the bargain R, priced at
$36,315 with the stick, wed say no. The base
car is as much fun as the DCC, if slightly
softer when you want to go horn-mad on a
back road. All of which raises the question
of whether the base R is worth the premium
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more choices, ranging from $25,605 for the
basic two-door S manual to $33,460 for the
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remains the killer app in VWs catalog, not
as fast but wholly as fun as the R. Meanwhile, the R sets the new speed pinnacle for
square cars, beckoning drivers who can
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if lifes circumstances dictate that youre a
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that can do it all.
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VOLKSWAGEN
GOLF R
SPECI FIC ATIONS

PRICE
AS TESTED ......................................... $39,910
BASE ................................................... $37,415
DRIVETRAIN
TRANSMISSION
... 6-speed dual-clutch automatic

with manual shifting mode
FINAL-DRIVE RATIO ...................... 4.77:1, 3.44:1*

4-WHEEL-DRIVE SYSTEM ............... full time with
automatic rear-axle engagement

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive,
5-passenger, 4-door hatchback

OPTIONS: Dynamic Chassis Control and
navigation package, $2495
STANDARD: power windows, seats, and locks;
remote locking; cruise control; tilting and
telescoping steering wheel; rear wiper
AUDIO SYSTEM: satellite radio; CD player; USB,
iPod, media-card, and Bluetooth-audio inputs; 9
speakers
GEAR
1
2
3
4
5
6
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RATIO
MPH PER
1000 RPM
MAX SPEED
IN GEAR (rpm)
2.92 .......
1.83 ........
1.31 .........
0.97 .......
1.04 .......
0.81 .......
5.3 ............
8.4 ............
11.7 ............
15.9 ...........
20.5 ..........
26.4 ..........
37 mph (7000)
59 mph (7000)
82 mph (7000)
111 mph (7000)
144 mph (7000)
153 mph (5800)
CHASSIS
unit construction
ENGINE
turbocharged and intercooled inline-4, iron block

and aluminum head
BORE X STROKE ... 3.25 x 3.65 in, 82.5 x 92.8 mm
DISPLACEMENT ...................... 121 cu in, 1984 cc
COMPRESSION RATIO ............................... 9.6:1
FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM ........... direct injection
TURBOCHARGER ............................... IHI RHF5
MAXIMUM BOOST PRESSURE ................. 17.4 psi
VALVE GEAR ..... double overhead cams, 4 valves
per cylinder, hydraulic lifters,
variable intake- and exhaust-valve
timing and exhaust-valve lift
REDLINE/FUEL CUTOFF ........... 6500/7000 rpm
POWER ............................. 292 hp @ 5400 rpm
TORQUE ......................... 280 lb-ft @ 1800 rpm
BODY MATERIAL: steel stampings
WHEELBASE ................................ 103.5 in

LENGTH ...................................... 168.4 in
WIDTH .......................................... 70.8 in
HEIGHT ........................................ 56.5 in
FRONT TRACK .............................. 60.7 in
REAR TRACK ................................. 59.7 in
GROUND CLEARANCE ..................... 4.8 in
INTERIOR DIMENSIONS
SAE VOLUME ............. F: 51 cu ft R: 42 cu ft
CARGO (SEATS UP/MAX) .......... 23/53 cu ft
BRAKES
F: 13.4 x 1.2-in vented disc
R: 12.2 x 0.9-in vented disc
STABILITY CONTROL ............... fully defeatable,
launch control
STEERING
rack-and-pinion with variable ratio and variable

electric power assist
RATIO ................................................ 14.19.5:1
TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK ................................. 2.1
TURNING CIRCLE CURB-TO-CURB ........... 35.8 ft
SUSPENSION
F: ind, strut located by a control arm, 3-position
cockpit-controlled electronically adjustable

dampers, coil springs, anti-roll bar
R: ind; 1 trailing arm, 2 lateral links, and a toecontrol link per side; 3-position cockpit-controlled
electronically adjustable dampers; coil springs;
anti-roll bar
WHEELS AND TIRES

WHEEL SIZE/CONSTRUCTION
TIRES
........... 8.0 x 19 in/

cast aluminum
.................. Bridgestone Potenza RE050A
235/35R-19 91Y
N O TA B L E H I G H L I G H T S
Volkswagen loves its cast iron, and the Rs
cylinder block remains ferrous. Two balance
shafts supported by roller bearings stem
vibration, and VWs long allegiance to timing
belts has nally given way to chains, the
industry standard.
COM PETITORS
CAR AND DRIVER TEST RESULTS

ACCEL ERATIO N
BRA K I N G, 70-TO -ZE R O M P H
ZERO TO
FIRST STOP .................................. 160 ft

SHORTEST STOP ....................... 157 ft
LONGEST STOP ............................. 161 ft
FADE RATING ................................ NONE
SECONDS
30 MPH .............................................. 1.6
40 MPH ............................................. 2.4
50 MPH ............................................. 3.4
60 MPH ....................................... 4.5
70 MPH ............................................. 5.9
80 MPH ............................................. 7.6
90 MPH ............................................. 9.9
100 MPH ..................................... 11.7
110 MPH ........................................... 14.4
120 MPH ........................................... 17.7
130 MPH ........................................... 21.8
140 MPH ........................................... 28.1
ROLLING START, 560 MPH .......... 5.8
TOP GEAR, 3050 MPH ................. 2.8
TOP GEAR, 5070 MPH ................. 3.3
1/4-MILE ........... 13.2 sec @ 106 mph
TOP SPEED (GOV LTD) .............. 153 mph
TEST NOTES: Launch control holds

the revs at 4000 rpm before the clutch
engages. All four tires bite hard, and the
Golf R rockets away like a Porsche. Dont
use launch control, and the turbo lag
lengthens times considerably. Lots of lag
compared with the GTIs 2.0-liter.
HANDL ING
ROADHOLDING,
300-FT-DIA SKIDPAD .............. 0.94 g
UNDERSTEER ..................... MODERATE
TEST NOTES: Body roll is nicely
contained. Adjusting the steering and or
throttle position does little to diminish the
understeer at the adhesion limit.
*The rst ratio is for gears 14, the second for gears 5 and 6.
TEST NOTES: Consistent stops,

despite repeated poundings from 70
mph. No cooling necessary, even after
hauling the car down from 140 mph.
The pedal is responsive and the brakes
bite smartly. Like the launch control, the
brakes are also Porsche-grade.
W E I GH T
CURB .......................................... 3409 lb
PER HORSEPOWER ...................... 11.7 lb
DISTRIBUTION ........ F: 59.5% R: 40.5%
TOWING CAPACITY ........................... 0 lb
FUEL
CAPACITY ................................. 14.5 gal
OCTANE .................... 91 recommended
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Cadillac ATS
Coupe 3.6
Lexus RC350
F Sport
PRICE > $52,315

POWER > 321 hp
TORQUE > 275 lb-ft
WEIGHT > 3560 lb
C/D OBSERVED MPG > 19
PRICE > $54,405

POWER > 306 hp
TORQUE > 277 lb-ft
WEIGHT > 3884 lb
Audi S5
PRICE > $59,325
POWER > 333 hp
TORQUE > 325 lb-ft
WEIGHT > 3954 lb
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Sports coupes reside in that Rhode Islandsized space

between fully indulgent sports cars and eminently
sensible sports sedans. To earn its garage slot, a coupe
must adroitly juggle three somewhat contradictory
attributes: sex appeal, driving joy, and 2+2 practicality.
The three premium coupes in contention here pit youthful cunning against conQR[a ZNab_Vaf AUR 0NQVYYNP .A@ N[Q
Lexus RC350 F Sport are the classs pop
celebs; think Justins, as in Timberlake and
Bieber. Hollywood legend Clint Eastwoodwith 60 years of acting, directing,
and scoring to his creditis the Audi S5
analogue. Roots reaching back to 2007
didnt inhibit Audis veteran sports coupe
from busting BMWs then-new 435i in our
2014 comparison test, so we took it and
threw it against these fresh newcomers.
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drive, a core Audi standard feature, ordering that option adds weight and cost we
chose to avoid. Also, the S5 is the performance A5, whereas the four-wheel-drive ATS
and RC350 coupes are intended more as allweather interceptors than dry-road speeders, as indicated by the following facts:
Cadillac locks you out of the ATSs most
aggressive suspension and Lexus doesnt
include rear steering if you choose four
driven wheels.
A V-6 is standard in the Audi and Lexus,
so selecting Cadillacs 3.6-liter six made
more sense than going with its power-lean,
torque-rich 2.0-liter turbo four. That
choice aligns the three power peaks,
though Audis supercharged-small-dis]YNPRZR[aà_NaRTfTVcRàUR@"N`VT[Vcant torque advantage325 pound-feet
versus Cadillacs 275 and Lexuss 277.
Most of that extra grunt is nixed by the S5s

prodigious curb weight (3954 pounds), or
70 pounds more than the RC350 and 394
pounds heavier than this ATS coupe.
To winnow the great from the merely
good, we ran these two-doors through our
test gantlet in California City, California,
then mounted a southwesterly trek crossing the San Andreas Fault to Jalama Beach
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All right, whos feeling lucky?
If you choose to read into this photo that
the RC350 trails its competitors, thats on
you. To clear things up, turn the page.
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3. Lexus RC350 F Sport

Digging deep to create what it considers a
radical coupe (which is the model name
decoded), Lexus combined its hottest V-6,
portions of the IS and GS unibodies, and
some ambitious chassis hardware, along
with lessons learned from its LFA supercar.
Designers contributed a spindle grille
mean enough to wind steel cable, aggressively sculpted side surfaces, Vegas-grade
lighting, and many air vents, some of which
actually function. Inside, theres a lavish
array of stitching and trim in several hues
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quiet ridewith optional F Sport equipment brings enhanced performance to
drivers of widely varying skill levels.
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love. The engine hums with nary a harsh
note. The transmission hurries to overdrive, ride motions are plush, the steering is
light to the touch. Turn-signal clicks are
barely audible.
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and an alternative personality stirs. The
Lexus RC350 F Sport
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pleasant ride home through
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AUDI
S5
CADILLAC
ATS COUPE 3.6
LEXUS
RC350 F SPORT
$53,425
$59,325
$46,145
$52,315
$47,700
$54,405
182.7 inches
73.0 inches
53.9 inches
108.3 inches
62.5 inches
62.0 inches
F: 49 cubic feet
R: 35 cubic feet
12 cubic feet
183.6 inches
72.5 inches
54.8 inches
109.3 inches
60.3 inches
61.7 inches
F: 50 cubic feet
R: 35 cubic feet
10 cubic feet
184.8 inches
72.4 inches
54.9 inches
107.5 inches
62.2 inches
63.0 inches
F: 54 cubic feet
R: 28 cubic feet
10 cubic feet
supercharged DOHC
24-valve V-6
183 cu in (2995 cc)
333 @ 6500
325 @ 2900
6800/6800 rpm
11.9
DOHC 24-valve V-6

217 cu in (3564 cc)
DOHC 24-valve V-6

211 cu in (3456 cc)
321 @ 6800
275 @ 4800
7000/7200 rpm
11.1
306 @ 6400
277 @ 4800
6600/6600 rpm
12.7
7-speed dual-clutch
automatic
all
1 3.69/5.2/33
2 2.15/8.9/57
3 1.41/13.6/87
4 1.03/18.7/120
5 0.79/24.3/153
6 0.63/30.5/153
7 0.52/36.9/153
6-speed automatic
8-speed automatic
rear
1 4.06/5.4/39
2 2.37/9.3/67
3 1.55/14.2/102
4 1.16/19.0/137
5 0.85/25.9/149
6 0.67/32.9/149
AXLE RATIO:1
3.88
3.27
rear
1 4.60/5.3/35
2 2.72/8.9/59
3 1.86/13.0/86
4 1.46/16.6/110
5 1.23/19.7/130
6 1.00/24.2/146
7 0.82/29.5/146
8 0.69/35.0/146
3.13
SUSPENSION
F: multilink, coil
springs, anti-roll bar
R: multilink, coil
F: 13.6-inch
vented disc
R: 13.0-inch
vented disc
fully defeatable,
launch control
Pirelli
Cinturato P7
245/40R-18 93Y
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R: multilink, coil
F: 12.6-inch
vented disc
R: 12.4-inch
vented disc
fully defeatable,
traction off
Bridgestone
Potenza RE050A
RFT
F: 225/40RF-18 88W
R: 255/35RF-18 90W
F: control arms, coil

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F: 13.2-inch
vented disc
R: 12.2-inch
vented disc
fully defeatable,
traction off
Dunlop
SP Sport Maxx 050
F: 235/40R-19 96Y
R: 265/35R-19 94Y
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4.5 sec
11.3 sec
20.6 sec
13.1 sec @ 107
2.1 sec
5.6 sec
13.5 sec
25.4 sec
14.1 sec @ 102
2.3 sec
6.0 sec
14.5 sec
27.0 sec
14.5 sec @ 100
5.3 sec
2.6 sec
3.5 sec
153 mph (gov ltd)
5.6 sec
3.0 sec
3.7 sec
149 mph (gov ltd)
6.1 sec
3.1 sec
4.1 sec
146 mph (gov ltd)
167 feet
157 feet
178 feet
0.90 g
41.7 mph
0.94 g
43.9 mph
0.85 g
41.3 mph
3954 pounds
56.1/43.9
3560 pounds
51.4/48.6
3884 pounds
53.1/46.9
16.1 gallons
91 octane
18/28 mpg
19 mpg
16.0 gallons
87 octane
18/28 mpg
19 mpg
17.4 gallons
91 octane
19/28 mpg
19 mpg
VEHICLE
BASE PRICE
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DIMENSIONS
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and overburdened engine cant quite cash.
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TORQUE LB-FT @ RPM
REDLINE/FUEL CUTOFF
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2. Cadillac ATS Coupe 3.6

Encouraging news: Cadillacs by-the-gram
weight-saving strategy and focus on core
attributes such as structural rigidity, chas`VÒNYN[PRN[QQ_VcV[TQf[NZVP`]NVQ\
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two engines, stick or automatic six-speed
transmissions, rear- or four-wheel drive,
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system, but the one element that prevented
the ATS from winning was its outdated engine.
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job. Alert the authorities.
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tests lightest weight and best balance.
Thanks to a chassis tuned for minimal
understeer and a decent set of Bridgestone
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grip and maneuverability (slalom) testing.
Adding throttle at the adhesion limit glides

the tail in manageable increments, a rare
quality in todays cars. This ATS also earned
braking kudos with a 70-to-zero stopping
distance 21 feet shorter than the RC350s
and 10 feet better than the S5s.
Acceleration was less endearing. Even
though the ATS packs the largest-displacement, highest-revving engine, it bows to
the Audi S5s superior combination of
torque, traction, and shorter gearing. (A
lighter Performance-edition ATS powered
by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder
and equipped with a manual transmission
was slightly slower in previous testing.)
Logbook entries worshipped the ATSs
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verges on the painful, with body motions
appropriately snubbed at speed. Steering
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command. The brake pedal responds to
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therapy and a new clue . . . er
CUE . . . on the dash.
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Cadillacs post-wreath antiennui initiative.
pressure instead of travel, providing clear

feedback and easy modulation. Add grip
that keeps on sticking and youve got a
sports coupe that beats the S5 in entertainment values, if only by a hair.
Unfortunately, the ATSs powertrain
doesnt carry its share of the freight. The
engine shakes like a frigid canine at idle and
howls like a tormented cat when running to
the redline. At least the transmission
makes amends by holding gears until the
driver taps a paddle shifter, the only autobox in this test so fully obedient.
The ATSs back-seat entry is inhibited
by front belts that wont get out of the way.
The front buckets have barely enough back_Ràd_N]Y\dR_O\YàR__Z[R``\_b]U\Ystery grip to lock an occupant securely in
place when the driver takes full advantage
of this cars handling prowess.
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arrangement drew screams of indignation.
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user-friendly console-knob approach.
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earns it the Justin Timberlake trophy. This
Cadillac is clearly steeped in talent, but
theres more potential left. We assume that
the coming V edition will bump it up a notch.
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1. Audi S5
Yes, its familiar-looking, expensive, and
seemingly past its sell-by date, but none of
that stopped the Audi S5 from winning this
comparison without breaking a sweat. The
key to its success is a compelling repertoire.
Every move this sports coupe makes
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starts at $53,425. Our test car was blessed
with four options: a $2900 Technology
package (navigation, infotainment, side
warning, and rear parking assist), a $1400
seven-speed dual-clutch automatic trans,
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and $500 carbon interior-trim adornments.
When Audi replaced its stunning 4.2liter V-8 with a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6
two years ago, there was much gnashing of
teeth, but the downsizing turned out to be
a shrewd move. In spite of a slight loss of
power, the broader torque curve and
The nose-heavy S5 doesnt have quite the

natural handling balance of the ATS, but the
Audi is a freakishly accomplished sporting car.
improved front-rear mass distribution paid

huge dividends: more-agile handling,
quicker acceleration, and two additional
miles per gallon (partially attributable to a
seventh gear added to the transmission).
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V-6 and the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic bond here like Thelma and Louise.
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DRIVER COMFORT 10
ERGONOMICS 10
REAR-SEAT COMFORT 5
REAR-SEAT SPACE* 5
TRUNK SPACE* 5
FEATURES/AMENITIES* 10
FIT AND FINISH 10
INTERIOR STYLING 10
EXTERIOR STYLING 10
REBATES/EXTRAS* 5
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100
POWERTRAIN
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ENGINE NVH 10
TRANSMISSION 10
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Anger will not control us.
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Just count backward from 10. Thats
Anger Management 101. AMG, however,
doesnt appear to be interested in any of
that crap. AMGs C63 was born angry in
2008, and the redesigned C63 wants to
keep it that way.
Fine by us. The meaner the AMG the
better, as far as were concerned. So it
concerned us quite a bit that the new
C-class introduced last year vectored a
course deep into the luxury zone. Its a
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of the European-spec models, we can
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has attended any anger-management
seminars, it only stayed long enough to be
annoyed. This makes us very happy.
Benz is still calling the car a C63 even

though the engine size is 4.0 liters. In feel
and sound, the 4.0 does a convincing imitation of AMGs old free-breathing
6.2-liter V-8, even though this is the twinturbo V-8 shared with the AMG GT.
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What owners say about V1...

Bill P., Phoenix, AZ
Wheres the radar? An arrow lights

up, pointing either Ahead, to the
side, or Behind. And, amazingly,
its never wrong.
one ambush at a time.
Arnie R., Atlanta, GA
Harold B., Houston, TX
So easy to operate, a box with one

knob. No need to poke around at
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On my way home this afternoon I was

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red blinking in his windshield as we went
past the rst radar. Thinking the danger was
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Glenna R., Dallas, TX
Love the arrows! Wheres the

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How come no other detector
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Uh-Oh. V1s Radar Locator was showing two

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Chas S., Charlotte, NC
Situation Awareness you can trust.

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Sure enough, Mr. O. D. User cruised into the

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himself a blue-light special.
Cal L., Trenton, NJ
Ive owned my V1 since 2001, and

Ive had it upgraded twice. I trust
the arrows to point out every radar
trap. When I know where, I know
how to defend.
Ed H., Las Vegas, NV
How can anyone not be smitten by

the Arrows? Radar ahead needs a
different defense than radar behind.
When I know where, I know what
to do. And I can tell when Im past
the threat, too. All other detectors
just beep and keep you guessing.
V1 points to every trap. I trust it completely.
Tells how many:

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Reads instantly.
Ahead
Rob R., Sacramento, CA
This is the slam dunk best radar

detector. No databases to keep
updating, or other features Ill
never use. Instead V1 tells me the
important stuffthe Bogey Counter
tells you how many threats within
range and the red arrows tell where
they are.
Turns On/Off, adjust

volume, press to mute.
Beside
Scans behind for radar.
More LEDs glow as radar

strengthens.
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turbocharger boost, and fuel mapping, the

blown V-8 ably mimics the old engines
big-displacement response and linear rush
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with a series of valves that open and close
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pipes on full-throttle shifts or under
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V-8. Whistling: not angry.
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but we wont know for sure
until we weigh the thing
ourselves. AMG claims 3649
pounds for a Euro-spec C63
S. Were expecting a U.S.
version to come in at more
than 3900 pounds.
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will want to know that the
C63 S is governed to 180
mph while the regular version hits an electronic wall at 155. Both cars
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three-pedal manual, and that makes us a
little angry.
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are attached to an AMG-exclusive front
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheeldrive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
BASE PRICE (est) . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500$72,500
ENGINE TYPE: twin-turbocharged and
intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum
block and heads, direct fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT .......... 243 cu in, 3982 cc
POWER ........... 469 or 503 hp @ 6250 rpm
TORQUE . . . . . . . . . 479 or 516 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 7-speed automatic with
manual shifting mode
DIMENSIONS
WHEELBASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 111.8 in

LENGTH .................................... 187.2 in
WIDTH ...................................... 72.4 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 56.1 in
PASSENGER VOLUME ............... 95 cu ft
CARGO VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 13 cu ft
CURB WEIGHT .......................... 3950 lb
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ZERO TO 60 MPH .................. 3.73.8 sec

ZERO TO 100 MPH . . . . . . . ....... 8.99.0 sec
1/4-MILE ............................. 12.012.1 sec
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. H AT C H B AC K
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT
Discos back in a family-friendly, trek-to-the-shoppingmall kind of way. by Eric Tingwall

In Iceland, a kid can be
named Neptnus or Torbjrg
or Geirrur, but youll never meet a Moon
Unit or a Zuma Nesta Rock. New parents
on this jagged, steamy volcanic plug must
choose from a list of 3500 governmentapproved names or plead for an exemption
before the countrys Personal Names Committee, a three-person panel tasked with
preserving the countrys heritage and protecting its children from a life of ritual playground beatings.
As restrictive as that sounds, its too bad
the committee doesnt oversee the auto
industry. The panel could have stopped
Land Rover from abandoning both history
and imagery when, in 2005, it dropped the
Discovery moniker and began adopting
alphanumeric names for some of its models
in the North American market. The Discovery became the LR3 (and later the LR4), and
the compact Freelander was renamed the
LR2. But Land Rover is now righting its
wrongs on its own terms as it replaces the
awkward and unloved LR2 with the new
Discovery Sport, a vehicle that is entirely
worthy of the name. The entry-level Land
Rover is now competent of chassis and

handsome inside and out.
Starting at $37,995, the Discovery Sport
undercuts the four-wheel-drive Audi Q5
and BMW X3 by more than $2000 each, but
were guessing the Land Rover will earn its
sales based on looks alone. There isnt a bad
angle or an errant crease on the thing.
Designers pulled the sheetmetal taut over
an athletic frame, creating a shape so free of
clutter that there isnt even a reference to
the rear bumper lurking under the skin.
The Discovery Sport stretches 3.5
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third row of seats. Its also about nine
inches longer than its kissing cousin, the
Range Rover Evoque. And the fact that the
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overtly aggressive as the Evoques means
that headroom and outward visibility are
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functional, utility-oriented rigs; the Range
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Rover fashion with excellent materials and
a mediocre infotainment system. Thats

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desperately needed replacement for the
fussy and slow setup weve complained
about for years. The InControl system now
being used features an eight-inch touch
screen that looks sharp, with more color
N[QP_V`]R_T_N]UVPàUN[aURPb__R[a\R_ing in LR2s. But all it takes are a few taps to
the screen to realize that the underlying
software is still recalcitrant and occasionally unresponsive altogether.
Ahead of the B-pillar, the Discovery
Sport shares many of its mechanical bits
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SPECI FIC ATIONS

5- or 5+2-passenger, 4-door hatchback
BASE PRICE ................ $37,995$46,495
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled
DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and
head, direct fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT ........... 122 cu in, 1999 cc
POWER .................... 240 hp @ 5800 rpm
TORQUE .................. 251 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm
DIMENSIONS
WHEELBASE ............................ 107.9 in

LENGTH ................................... 180.7 in
WIDTH ...................................... 74.6 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 67.9 in
CARGO VOLUME ....................... 29 cu ft
CURB WEIGHT ......................... 4400 lb
ZERO TO 60 MPH ...................... 7.3 sec

ZERO TO 100 MPH ................... 19.3 sec
1/4-MILE .................................. 15.6 sec
TOP SPEED ............................. 124 mph
FUEL ECONOMY
EPA CITY/HWY ..................... 20/26 mpg
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transverse-mounted 2.0-liter
turbocharged four-cylinder and
a nine-speed automatic transmission. Four-wheel drive is
standard in the U.S., although,
when a two-foot river crossing
rendered the Haldex coupling
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as the turbo fours from Audi and BMW.
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the sub-seven-second zero-to-60-mph
performances of its competition. Figure on
the benchmark sprint taking 7.3 ticks or so.
The engines slight hesitations are exacerbated by a transmission that downshifts
with uncomfortable, pregnant pauses
between the accelerator input and the
gearchange. Weve had the same complaint
in other vehicles using this ZF-supplied
transmission, including the Jeep Cherokee.
Compared with the six-speed unit it
replaces, the nine-speed gearbox feels like a
step backward. At highway velocities, fullthrottle shifts from eighth to fourth feel
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fractions. And while shift quality is
smoother than in the Cherokee, the upshift
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system failed during one river crossing. And
the Ford-sourced engine is a Disco weak link.
Between the engines lag and the transmissions hesitations, it can be a challenge
to drive the Discovery Sport smoothly.
During part-throttle accelerationclimbing a hill or accelerating to an increased
speed limitthe Sport takes its time
responding before suddenly delivering too
much oomph. All this restless surging
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turbocharged 2.0-liter engine, set to go
into production late next year, cant arrive
soon enough.
While the powertrain is the Discovery
Sports biggest shortcoming, the chassis its
bolted to is this crossovers greatest asset.
Its rock-solid unibody structure is heavy
literallyon steel, although the hood, fenders, roof, and tailgate are aluminum. As
we scrambled over Icelands packed ice and
frozen rutted trails, the Discovery Sports
body never chattered or quivered. On paved
roads, the cabin was seriously quiet, which
is especially impressive considering that the
car we drove rolled on studded winter tires.

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shorter and more compact than the
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extra width between the wheels that allows
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FORD F-150 XLT SUPERCAB 2.7

ECOBOOST 4X4
Light, quick, mostly nonferrous. Engine

sounds and feels like a Taurus V-6, big-block fuel
economy. by K.C. Colwell
TESTED
SPECI FIC ATIONS

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear/4-wheeldrive, 5-passenger, 4-door pickup
PRICE AS TESTED ................... $42,805
BASE PRICE ............................ $38,995
intercooled DOHC 24-valve V-6, iron-andaluminum block and aluminum heads, direct
fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT .......... 164 cu in, 2694 cc
POWER ..................... 325 hp @ 5750 rpm
TORQUE ................ 375 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm
DIMENSIONS
WHEELBASE ............................ 145.0 in

LENGTH ................................... 231.9 in
WIDTH ...................................... 79.9 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 77.2 in
CURB WEIGHT .......................... 4874 lb
C/D T E ST R E SU LTS
At 4874 pounds, this model is more than
700 pounds lighter than that crew cab we
keep referring to. We havent tested an
extended-cab half-ton truck in a while, but
we have tested the sub-half-ton Chevrolet
Colorado. In crew-cab form, the 305-hp
Colorado is more than 300 pounds lighter
and 1.2 seconds slower in the quarter-mile.
The lack of full rear doors reminded us
why the larger trucks have become so popular: We had to move the passenger seat up
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Its not as tight as we remember extended
cabs to be, but still no comparison to the
limolike splendor of having four real doors.
Taking mass out of any truck while
maintaining its payload capacity poses a
challenge for chassis engineers. This F-150
carries up to 1626 pounds of people and
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increase in mass over its unladen self. The
rated payload capacity is 1740 pounds, with
a gross vehicle weight rating of 6500
pounds. With such a large loaded-tounloaded ratio, we expected the ride to be
compromised, but it isnt. Potholes and
ZERO TO 60 MPH ..................... 5.7 sec

ZERO TO 100 MPH ...................... 16.1 sec
ROLLING START, 560 MPH .......... 6.4 sec
1/4-MILE .................. 14.3 sec @ 95 mph
TOP SPEED (governor limited) ........ 104 mph
BRAKING, 700 MPH ...................... 174 ft
FUEL ECONOMY
EPA CITY/HWY ....................... 18/23 mpg

C/D OBSERVED ........................ 16 mpg
TEST NOTES: Signicantly quicker

about one secondwith the transfer case
switched to 4x4.
speed bumps induce no head toss, and the

steering is uncharacteristically accurate for
a truck. In fact, all of this F-150s on-road
behavior is carlike by truck standards.
Unfortunately, the 2.7 EcoBoosts EPA
fuel-economy ratings of 18 mpg city and 23
mpg highway dont translate to the real
world. We averaged 16 mpg over more than
1000 miles of mixed winter driving, and we
didnt load the bed with car parts, tow a
trailer, or disable the overly aggressive
stop-start engine function.
We love this F-150s carlike demeanor
and performance. But despite being quick
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truck engines, and thats something we
miss. For about $43,000, or the cost of this
F-150, one could get a similarly equipped
V-8 from Chevy or Ram. Show us someone
who isnt a sucker for a V-8 and well show
you a very nontraditional truck buyer.
Seen here: A very truckish-looking truck
driving in a pleasantly carlike manner but
getting decidedly trucklike fuel economy.
P H OTO G R A P H Y BY M A R C U R B A N O
We were skeptics of Fords

aluminum-truck-bed-andbody gambit, but in a February-issue
comparison test, a $60,000-plus F-150
SuperCrew with a twin-turbocharged 3.5liter V-6 dispatched the mostly steel fourdoor competition from Chevrolet, Ram,
and Toyota. But theres a new, even smaller
engine on the F-150s order sheet, a 2.7-liter
V-6. How, we wondered, would it fare under
the hood of the mostly nonferrous Ford?
Positioned in price between the base
282-hp V-6 and the 385-hp 5.0-liter V-8, the
iron-and-aluminum-block 2.7 makes 325
horsepower with the help of two turbos.
The $795 upcharge for it over the naturally
aspirated base six costs less than the F-150s
optional sunroof ($995). A V-8 runs $1595,
and the top-hole 3.5-liter turbo V-6 is $1995.
The 2.7 hustles this truck to 60 mph in
5.7 seconds and through the quarter-mile in
14.3. Both of those stats are 0.1 second
quicker than those of the 365-hp 3.5-liter
turbo V-6 crew cab that won the comparo.
Consider it money well spent if youre into
holeshots, in the SuperCab at least.
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Vindicated, the heretic returns. by Joe Lorio

You could hear the screams of
the purists back in 2009
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to the X5 and the X6. The SUVs were
compound heresy, what with their fat
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four-wheel drive. Well, purists are always
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there really wasnt a question of whether
there would (or should) be more M versions. They sell. And while the idea of the
X6 M doesnt make any more sense to us the
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SPECI FIC ATIONS

5-passenger, 4-door hatchback
BASE PRICE ............................ $103,050
intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block
and heads, direct fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT ........... 268 cu in, 4395 cc
POWER ..................... 567 hp @ 6500 rpm
TORQUE ................. 553 lb-ft @ 2200 rpm
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WHEELBASE .............................. 115.5 in

LENGTH .................................... 193.8 in
WIDTH ....................................... 78.3 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 66.5 in
PASSENGER VOLUME ................ 101 cu ft
CARGO VOLUME ........................ 27 cu ft
CURB WEIGHT ........................... 5200 lb
ZERO TO 60 MPH ....................... 3.9 sec

ZERO TO 100 MPH ..................... 9.8 sec
1/4-MILE ................................... 12.4 sec
TOP SPEED .............................. 155 mph
EPA CITY/HWY ....................... 14/18 mpg
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front/4-wheeldrive, 5-passenger, 4-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED .................... $23,080
BASE PRICE .............................. $20,990
SOHC 16-valve inline-4, iron block and
aluminum head, port fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT ............. 83 cu in, 1368 cc
POWER ..................... 160 hp @ 5500 rpm
TORQUE .................. 184 lb-ft @ 2500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual
DIMENSIONS
WHEELBASE .............................. 101.2 in

LENGTH .................................... 166.6 in
WIDTH ........................................ 74.3 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 66.5 in
CARGO VOLUME ......................... 19 cu ft
CURB WEIGHT ............................ 3179 lb
JEEP RENEGADE SPORT 4X4
Base wheels pressed from steel, friendly

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war or Disney measles, is the steady dilution of their favorite brand. Like anti-vaxxers, Jeeps fanboys refuse to accept the
science, namely that Jeep (and Fiat Chrysler) needs more mainstream vehicles in
order to prosper. They hated the car-based
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It might look like a Jeep as drawn by Richard
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ZERO TO 100 MPH ..................... 26.6 sec
ROLLING START, 560 MPH ........... 9.6 sec
1/4-MILE ................... 16.4 sec @ 83 mph
TOP SPEED (drag limited) ................ 113 mph
BRAKING, 700 MPH ....................... 158 ft
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EPA CITY/HWY ....................... 23/32 mpg

C/D OBSERVED ......................... 22 mpg
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control does nothing to limit cornering
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheeldrive, 4-passenger, 2-door convertible
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DOHC 24-valve inline-6, aluminum block and
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DISPLACEMENT ............ 182 cu in, 2979 cc
POWER ..................... 320 hp @ 6000 rpm
TORQUE .................. 330 lb-ft @ 1300 rpm
TRANSMISSIONS: 6-speed manual, 8-speed
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DIMENSIONS
WHEELBASE ............................. 105.9 in

LENGTH ..................................... 175.9 in
WIDTH ....................................... 69.8 in
HEIGHT ..................................... 55.2 in
PASSENGER VOLUME ................ 82 cu ft
CARGO VOLUME ......................... 14 cu ft
CURB WEIGHT ................... 37503800 lb
ZERO TO 60 MPH .................. 4.54.9 sec

ZERO TO 100 MPH ................ 11.011.5 sec
1/4-MILE .............................. 13.213.6 sec
TOP SPEED ......................... 130155 mph
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LORD MARCH
Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara, 60,

hosts the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood
Revival each year on his family estate in Sussex, England.
C/D:
Did visiting Goodwood as a child trigger all this?

It certainly helped. I was very close to my grandfather, who
lived here then, and we used to come down every Easter for the
motor racing. He used to take me to the track, and then a lot of
drivers would be here at the House for a party on the Saturday
night. I can remember sitting on the big library sofa with Jo
Bonnier when I was eight or nine. I was completely in love with
racing at that time, so I was very upset as an 11-year-old when my
grandfather suddenly announced he was going to close the
circuit in 1966.
C/D: You dropped out of school to become a photographer and
found yourself working for Stanley Kubrick. What was he like?
LM: Kubrick was extraordinary. The job itself was very
mundane. I was doing preproduction stills on Barry Lyndon, but
that meant I spent a lot of time with him and his art director.
There was never any compromise on anything, it had to be the
best. He was very nice to me and a very good photographer; he
worked on Look magazine when he was 17 or something.
C/D: Where did the idea for the Festival of Speed come from?
LM: I actually started out trying to get the race circuit reopened.
We didnt plan to do anything like the Festival, and I started
talking to the local authority [council] about it. But having been
positive to begin with, it was quickly obvious there was a lot of
resistance to reopening the track; it wasnt going to happen
overnight. So I thought, Is there something else we can do on
the estate? There had been some suggestion we do a round of
the British Hillclimb Championship, but I didnt want that. A
wider car event sounded interesting.
C/D: AUR_àfRN_dN`]_Raaf`ZNYY,
LM: It was far bigger than we expected! There was just a string
line between the cars and the spectators, not even hay bales, and
the planning was a bit hit-and-miss. We didnt have a tent for the
drivers signing until the day of the event. Honda lent us one. We
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ended up with 25,000.
C/D: Did you expect the Festival to grow to the size its become?
LM: I always hoped it would, but I could never have predicted
where we would end up. Were very lucky to have this fantastic
location, of course, but weve been just as lucky with the owners
and drivers who bring their cars here and perform. Most people
really want to come. Of course, there are still a few holes.
C/D: Who?
LM: A.J. Foyt has to be the biggest of them. Weve asked him
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for him. I feel bad he hasnt been here. Jacky Ickx nearly got away.
He wouldnt come for years, but now hes a regular and weve
developed a great relationship. Hes one of my all-time heroes.
C/D: Five years after launching the Festival, you reopened the
LM:
circuit with the Revival. Why did you make it dress-up?

LM: We were lucky the planners hadnt let us reopen the circuit
earlier. If they had, I dont know what would have raced. But while
we were working on the Festival we got more experienced, and
we knew we had to race the cars that had run there originally.
Then we thought the circuit should look like it did in 1966 as well,
and then somebody got the idea of asking everyone to dress up. A
lot of people said it was a really bad idea and wouldnt work, the
English are too conservative. But everyone loved it; now if you
dont come wearing costume you stand out a bit.
C/D: Both events have given you the chance to drive some
amazing cars. Which really stand out?
LM: I remember The Automobile Book by Ralph Stein when I was
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under the sheets in bed, just loving it. And now Ive driven most
of the cars in it. Lots stand outthe Chaparrals and the Lotus
turbine Indy carbut the car that has probably given me the
most pleasure to drive up the hill is the Porsche 908/3. Its
perfect for the job, very manageable, not too big.
C/D: DUNad\bYQf\bQ\QVR_R[aYf,
LM: One thing stands out, and although its a small thing it
always niggles as a missed opportunity. When we started the
Festival, we should have had every car photographed from the
start. We should have built a studio and put every car that came
here through it. Just think what a resource that would have been:
high-quality images of the worlds greatest cars. But thats not
really much of a regret, is it? mike duff
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