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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Cover Stories: Ferrari 599 GTB v 550 Maranello - With a supercar engine and lashings of F1 technology, the new Ferrari 599 GTB promises to &e good. Very, very good. So what better car to judge it against than its forebear and our 'Car of the decade', the Ferrari 550 Maranello? Richard 'I don't get out of bed for fewer than 400 horses' Meaden drives the sublime Maranello down to the town from which it took its name, and then has his little cotton sacks blown away by the new car Lamborghini LP640 - Lamborghini has gone all tame since it was taken over by Audi, hasn't it? I mean, the new cars are mere sanitised than most of our hospitals. Four-wheel drive? You can't have fun with that, can you? Well, yes actually. The LP640 is the return of the big bad Lambo. Jethro Bovingdon says Muro beaucoup, puts on his best oversteering cap and gets stuck in. Byway of relaxation he then travels to Scotland to drive the scary Lambo of a decade ago, the SV Porsche 911 Turbo - The Turbo has returned and it's got a host of new features. Variable vane geometry, dew electronics for the four-wheel drive, an overboost facility, little LED fins for the indicators - the list is almost endless. None of it crosses your mind. though, when you ve got a very long, very straight strip of warm tarmac stretching out ahead of you. John Barker drives the new Turbo down that road. goes all gaga at a certain ex-wortd rally champion s skills, and then remembers smoking a very satistying roll-up next to a 993 Turbo ten years eartier... . Features: BMW M Coupe - Would you rather have an M Coupe or a Porsche? The new Beemer's certainly got the looks, and it's got the power too, but has it got the chassis? It's the sort of question that you could spend hours debating in the snug of the Red Lion over a pint or two of Olde Speckled Ocelot. John Barker did just that, but not before he'd rolled up his sleeves and set about using the M diff to full effect Subaru Impreza Spec D v Mazda 6 MPS - The Mazda 6 MPS impressed us when we first drove it a couple of months ago, so we decided to pit it against the new Impreza Spec D. Both have four-wheel drive, fruity exhaust notes and discreet appearances, but while neither will draw attention to themselves in the office car park. do they both make you want to take the long way there? VW Polo GT - It looks suspiciously like a Golf GTi. but does it go like a Golf GTI? I mean, Battenberg cake looks delicious but isn't really very nice. On the other hand, Pavlova looks mouth-wateringly good and is. So you just never know. We go to the Peak District to discover whether the Polo is Battenberg or Pavlova Renault Clio 197 - As we go to press, the launch of the most eagerly awaited hot hatch is just days away. Luckily we've had a sneak preview of Renaultsport's latest prodigy. We talk to the men behind it, pore all over it and then ride in it. Finally we ponder what it is about little French cars that makes their television adverts so memorable Westfield XI - It's been finished to the exacting standards of the evo team, but now it must pass the slightly more stringent examinations of the SVA board. Did the seats go in the right way round? Should the bonnet really have had that great big fin on one side of it? Was that left-over bag of nuts crucial after all? The team wait by the phone like nervous GCSE students to find out Le Mans Essentials - If the Westfield passes its SVA test (see above) then it'll be off to Le Mans- If you're going too. you could do worse than have a took at this list of essential items to make your endurance weekend a success. Packing for all weathers and forgetting diet and hygiene are the general themes Driven in this issue: Ford Shelby GT500 Aston Martin DB9 Sports Pack Brooke 260 Double R Mazda RX-SPZ Mercedes-Benz ML63 AM6 Lexus GS 450h Mercedes-Benz E500 Bentley Continental GT Audi A6 Allroad Mazda CX-7 Peugeot 207 Mercedes-Benz SL350 Regulars: Planet evo - Everyone wants to know what's going on at TVR. Planet evo has the answers The Knowledge - Did you know that one car appears twice in The Knowledge? See if you can ferret out which one while you wait for the 9.30 flight to Thailand Birth of an Icon - The newley born 599 GTB Fiorano
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