March 2008 Table of Contents

Heart transplant, Italian-style: How one versatile V-8 engine yields three dramatically different cores for the Fiat Group's hottest new products - the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, the Ferrari 430 Scuderia, and the Maserati GranTurismo.

Expertly and discreetly, Modena-based Simone Schedoni and his team are converting the skins of cows, snakes, and alligators into custom interiors and luggage kits for Italy's finest sports car makers.

Sexy and sporty, the Tesla Roadster makes a shockingly strong case for electric cars.

On the eve of a Tata takeover, the 2009 Jaguar XF blasts the old S-Type Sedan into yesterday.

Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati have each been greeted by the checkered flag many times, but only a handful of those races standout as truly monumental. Here now, the three Italian marques' greatest victories. They are hero-making moments, all. Glory fades? Not hardly.

Every knowledgeable automotive enthusiast needs these seven classics in their library.

Taking in beautiful scenery and great food, all the way from tense to anguished, in a Citroën C3.

Domestic carmakers took their eye off the ball. It's time to get back in the game.

Voilá! A whole new genre of vehicle. Family men, you can thank me later.

Six hundred ponies, a thousand pounds of downforce, and absolutely no drama whatsoever. Driving a school bus fast has never been so easy.

Have a look at this track-special snake in its natural habitat. This bewinged monster would look great on your computer's desktop.

Chevy gives its retro wagon the SS treatment. A turbocharged, direct-injection four coupled with launch control help whisk this HHR to 60 mph in as little as 6.3 seconds.

A Leatherman on wheels. This dressed-up Land Cruiser can replace a fleet of vehicles.

It's the shifter, stupid.

The 2008 Lotus Exige S 240 is a totally different car. Sure it only stops a little quicker and hardly looks different, but this Exige is packing an extra 20 hp!

Twelve months of power, performance, and style.

A little big Toyota; all supercar.

Oh, Nikola Tesla, we barely knew ya. (How did Marconi get credit for that radio?)