CAR Magazine’s new July 2009 issue of CAR Magazine is now on sale. This magazine has a Nurburgring slant to it, as we end the pub argument once and for all: which is faster around the ‘Ring, the Porsche 911 or Nissan GT-R? Plus we drive all the month’s key debutants and bag a handful of exclusive stories you won’t read anywhere else. Flick through our CAR Magazine digital preview at the foot of the page. Edited highlights include:
• Exclusive! We pit new Porsche 911 GT3 versus Nissan GT-R at the Nurburgring
• Find out which is really faster pro-driven around the Nordschleife against our stopwatch
• CAR drives the new Nissan GT-R Spec V at the ‘Ring
• Plus A potted history of the Nurburgring
• Your chance to win a ‘Ring trip for four with hot laps in an Aston
• Lotus Evora driven. Solo and against M3, 911
• Exclusive! Infiniti Essence – Japan builds a supercar to rival Maserati
• Exclusive! Our most surreal group test yet: we drive the cartoon Wacky Racers
• We join Aston Martin on final 30-hour Le Mans test
• Eco special New Honda Insight vs Golf, Focus, Megane. Is hybrid really greenest?
• All the month’s key new cars unveiled: Vauxhall Astra, Scirocco R, Bertone’s ZR1
• The big first drives: new Polo, V12 Vantage, new Scenic, 3008, Ferrari 599 HGTE, Lexus RX450h
• The Power 50 We name the most important movers and shakers in the car industry
• Columnists with bite – Gavin Green, Mark Walton, Ben Whitworth
• Plus! All the regulars: letters, top 10s, 13 long-termers, acerbic GBU data pages