Road & Track - March 2010 PDF
Name Digital Magazine: Road & Track
Year: 2010
Issue: March
Country: US
Language: English
Format magazine: PDF
Pages: 116 pages
Size: 16.1 Mb
About Road & Track:
Road & Track magazine brings you all things automotive! Every issue of Road & Track brings you new cars, engineering and design news, pro racing coverage, driving reports, road tests and even personality profiles and automotive history. Go on a wild ride with Road & Track!
Content issue Road & Track - March 2010 PDF:
rOAd tests 64 porsche boXster spYder This special edition loses weight, gains power and a visually striking (though fiddly) top—By Peter egan 92 road test update • audi s4 • bentleY continental supersports A collective 18 angry, pressurized cylinders powering two impressive awd performers—By the r&t staff FeAtures 40 bmW vision efficientdYnamics BMW’s wildly futuristic turbodiesel/electric is proof that hybrid cars needn’t be dull—By Patrick Hong 46 propulsion prognostications What the future holds, manufacturer by manufacturer, in alternative powertrains—By the r&t staff 48 hYbrid perception… A look into the hybrid buyer’s enthusiasm, mind-set and purchase considerations—By dennis simanaitis 52 …versus diesel & gasoline realitY Real-world mpg with the Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Golf diesel and Ford Fiesta—By dennis simanaitis 72 long-term test: audi r8 odYsseY, ii Ah, another day, another incredible racetrack. We visit New Jersey, Kentucky and Texas—By the r&t staff COMPetitiOn 84 michelin: lessons learned! Sliced by the double-edged sword of competition, the French giant takes it in stride—By tim Considine dePArtMents 6 focal point 14 revved-up 24 Your turn 99 tech correspondence 100 road test summarY 102 the finish line 112 ps First drives 30 rolls-roYce ghost It coddles, cossets, yet carves corners too, courtesy of BMW 7 Series suspension—By Matt deLorenzo 34 buick regal A turbo Ecotec inline-4 and European DNA make this—shocker!—a driver’s Buick—By shaun Bailey 36 honda accord crosstour eX-l Featuring a fuel-saving V-6, available awd and looks sure to spark water-cooler debate—By Calvin Kim COLuMns 13 the road ahead—By Matt deLorenzo to b or not to b: Small car must-haves, bullet points for an up-and-coming class of frugal machines 16 ampersand—edited by Mike Monticello audi e-tron: Ingolstadt’s high performance electric sports car concept; future lightweight Murciélago 26 side glances—By Peter egan hang up and drive: Work the wheel and pedals, not the cell phone; you might save a life someday 82 trackside formula 1 rules changes: Fuel stops go the way of sliding side skirts; and a word with J.R. Hildebrand 88 the podium—By Marcos Ambrose v8 superstar: Revelations and respect for NASCAR, from a guy who’s driven nearly everything 94 tech tidbits—By dennis simanaitis tech star: This particular star is three-pointed, as Mercedes electrifies its Smart and hybridizes its ML 96 speed Zone—By douglas Kott fast times at road & track high: Track-day stuff for safety, quicker laps and entertainment 98 countersteer—By sam Mitani peculiarities—the 25 hours of thunderhill: NASA’s grueling enduro is not without its quirks
