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"Road &amp;amp;amp; Track Issue Insider: August 2004   Cover Story              Competition cars have bred some very interesting homologation specials for the street, and that&amp;#039;s how Nissan&amp;#039;s Type E was born. We offer an exclusive drive of this $60,000 long-nose 350Z \u2014 By Sam Mitani   Road Tests              The scale says De La Hoya, but its knockout performance says Holyfield. The Elise is finally here, with an engine pirated from a Celica GT-S, and it&amp;#039;s about the purest driving experience around \u2014 By Kim Wolfkill               Rear-wheel drive returns to Cadillac&amp;#039;s technologically advanced, Northstar V-8-powered flagship sedan. And its Art &amp;amp;amp; Science design? More art, less science, which is okay by us \u2014 By Dennis Simanaitis   First Drives              Toyota&amp;#039;s youth-targeted division comes up with a coupe that has a surprising number of features for its $16,465 sticker, and a handsome 2-door body style with a smartly integrated hatch \u2014 By Jim Hall               Go ahead, drop the top...all the better to hear the 340-bhp V-8 and the scuff of 235-width 18-in. tires. Audi now provides all the thrills of the S4 sedan with a neatly finished folding roof \u2014 By Mike Monticello               AMG helps put the &amp;quot;fire&amp;quot; in Crossfire with a Lysholm-supercharged 330-bhp 3.2-liter V-6. As it&amp;#039;s a close cousin of the Mercedes-Benz SLK, this Chrysler speaks performance with a German accent \u2014 By John Lamm   Features              Our beeper&amp;#039;s going off, but we&amp;#039;re not being paged...we&amp;#039;re simply redlining the RX-8 every chance we get. It shows in our newest long-termer&amp;#039;s mileage, an average of 15.9 mpg so far \u2014 By Mike Monticello   Web Exclusives              So you want to race but you don&amp;#039;t have a lot of funds to do it? Then get ready for Spec Miata. Senior Editor Kim Wolfkill shows you what you&amp;#039;ll need to get started and how much fun it is to race at venues like Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. \u2014 By Kim Wolfkill               This L.A.-based event is becoming more and more popular every year. This year&amp;#039;s edition featured the usual suspects from the import brands, but 2004 will probably be remembered for Detroit making its presence known in a big way. Road Test Assistant Shaun Bailey showcases the highlights. \u2014 By Shaun Bailey   Technical  Can we get there from here? (And its corollary-Wherever you go, there you are.) The answer is yes, and the task is often made simpler by the latest add-on GPS-based navigation systems \u2014 By Ivan Berger   Columns  Road &amp;amp;amp; Track&amp;#039;s second annual Sports Car Invitational offered drifting, yes, but also lots of good ol&amp;#039; wheel-to-wheel competition in Porsches, vintage stock cars, Miatas and much more \u2014 By Thos L. Bryant   Fuel, the conservation and excessive consumption of: see 1997 Ford E-350 van, Honda C100 Super Cub, Buick Park Avenue, Lola 204 Formula Ford and Jaguar E-Type. The trick is in finding the right balance \u2014 By Peter Egan   An in-depth look at Zuffenhausen&amp;#039;s latest, the Porsche 997; the new Audi A3; more V-Series Cadillacs; and the next Mazda Miata \u2014 Edited by Matt DeLorenzo   How to make the 2005 Porsche 911 sound like a 1973 Carrera RS 2.7 and other acoustic sleight-of-ear tricks; Mr. Milliken&amp;#039;s wild ride; and gasoline prices are not at an all-time high...yet \u2014 By Dennis Simanaitis   Department  Your Turn People, Places and Things Road Test Summary Finish Line PS "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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