June 2008 issue CAR Magazine
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On Sale 30 April
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The greatest Porsches |
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It’s the sixtieth anniversary of Porsche – a sports car maker close to the hearts of any car enthusiast. It’s a birthday CAR couldn’t let go unmarked, so our finest brains have filled a 63-page package celebrating the highs and lows of the past six decades.
We’ve driven the landmark Porsches, spent a day with Derek Bell to name the greatest track cars, interviewed the eponymous family chairman and investigated the cars, people, places and racers that made Porsche great.
Elsewhere, we ask what exactly BMW was thinking when it launched the X6, we drive the new Ford Kuga and Audi R8 TDI, and find out if the Morgan Lifecar is the answer to the looming eco crisis.
PLUS: New-look Bulletin. More news, more insight!
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Derek Bell on the greatest Porsches |
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Le Mans legend joins us on track to test the hardcore Porsches: the Seventies 911 2.7 RS, 964 RS Lightweight, 968 Clubsport, 993 GT2 Clubsport, 997 GT3 and Bell’s own 924 Carrera GTS
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Gavin Green scores a rare interview with Dr Wolfgang Porsche, the eponymous chairman of the supervisory board. The founder’s grandson explains why Porsche bought VW
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The company has produced some landmark cars in the past 60 years, cars that moved the goalposts. We drive four of the most significant: the 959, the Eighties 911 Turbo, the Carrera GT and current GT2
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The X6 has split opinion like few other Munich launches. There’s only one way to find out: send Georg Kacher to drive it against the new Infiniti FX50 and Range Rover Sport Supercharged
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| The last interview with Jaguar’s boss |
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Geoff Polites brought Jaguar and Land Rover back from the brink and into Indian ownership. He died hours after we went to press and you can read Gavin Green’s revealing interview in the June issue
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| Morgan builds a fuel cell! |
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Forget wooden chassis and flat caps, now those Brit curios at Morgan have gone and built a fuel-cell supercar. CAR gets up close and personal with the Lifecar. It’s back to the future all over again
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| New Honda Accord vs 3-series vs A4 |
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You can set your diary by it. Every few years, a new Accord comes along and they talk of beating the premium players. Only one way to find out: we send a BMW and Audi along to the launch
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