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"Road &amp;amp;amp; Track Issue Insider: October 2004                Whether it&amp;#039;s a 500-bhp supercar, an amenity-laden luxo-cruiser, a tight-handling sports sedan or a sub-$12,000 subcompact, our car-buying guide provides info, photos and specs \u2014 By the Road &amp;amp;amp; Track staff   Short of using a ski mask and snub-nose revolver, how can you get the best bargain come new-car purchase time? Here are 10 tips on breaking the dealer&amp;#039;s will without breaking the bank \u2014 By Peter Bohr   Road &amp;amp;amp; Track&amp;#039;s Top 5 Just to satisfy your curiosity (and our need for making lists), we&amp;#039;ve ranked some of the 2005 cars by order of price, horsepower and driving excitement, plus five worthwhile technologies \u2014 By Douglas Kott   First Drives              How do you make the experience of driving a 580-bhp, carbon-fiber-bodied Italian exotic even more intense? Try a nerve-tingling blast of fresh air, courtesy of a new roadster body style \u2014 By Douglas Kott   While sibling Volkswagen flirts with $100,000 luxury sedans, Audi tackles the under-$25,000 ranks with a 2-box, 3-door number that&amp;#039;ll have a 200-bhp turbo 2.0-liter as its base engine \u2014 By Matt DeLorenzo   Acura&amp;#039;s formerly soft-riding, forgettably styled RL undergoes a transformation. Now with 300 bhp, all-wheel drive, noise-cancellation technology and sharp new threads, it&amp;#039;s dressed to kill \u2014 By Shaun Bailey   On paper, an extra 5 bhp and 13 lb.-ft. of torque seem trivial, but this and other changes beneath the Evo&amp;#039;s winged, ducted and now vortex-finned skin improve its already epic performance \u2014 By Kim Wolfkill   The new Spectras impress with a fresh new design, slightly more power, efficient people-packaging and...drum roll, please...handling that&amp;#039;s a cut above on Spectra5 and SX sedan versions \u2014 By Douglas Kott   With the Ford GT and Mustang whetting the appetites of enthusiasts, Ford serves one up for the masses, with an ultra-roomy trunk, a 3.0-liter V-6 and a choice of front- or all-wheel drive \u2014 By Mike Monticello   Features              Ingolstadt&amp;#039;s nattily styled, superbly screwed-together A4 has won legions of fans; a high percentage of buyers said they&amp;#039;d buy another. Though they rate dealers highly, parts can be pricey \u2014 By Peter Bohr   Web Exclusives              Love vintage sports cars? Then check out Allan Rosenberg&amp;#039;s report of this year&amp;#039;s Le Mans Classic, covering the action from one of the best vintage sports car events at a most historic venue \u2014 By Allan Rosenberg   Senior Editor Kim Wolfkill was the envy of the editorial staff this issue \u2014 first it was off to Italy to lap a Ferrari 575M Maranello equipped with the new GTC performance package around Fiorano, the manufacturer&amp;#039;s famed test track \u2014 By Kim Wolfkill   Kim Wolfkill was then off to British Columbia for more track time, this time behind the wheel of the fantastic updated Evo, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR, at Mission Raceway Park \u2014 By Kim Wolfkill   Technical  The nozzle at your local filling station in 2019 won&amp;#039;t necessarily dispense gasoline. A look at what the not-so-distant future holds, maximizing petroleum reserves, and searching for alternatives \u2014 By Dennis Simanaitis   Columns  Park a Ford GT outside our office \u2014 even for a brief moment \u2014 and the building will empty faster than you can yell, &amp;quot;anthrax!&amp;quot; Also, keeping Bob Akin&amp;#039;s memory alive through a special award \u2014 By Thos L. Bryant   Hood scoops scooping air to nowhere? Rust-harboring vinyl tops? Little girlie-man bud vases? Them are fightin&amp;#039; words to a guy who places a premium on functionality and honesty in automotive design \u2014 By Peter Egan   Hennessey&amp;#039;s earth-tilting twin-turbo Viper; Jaguar&amp;#039;s musclebound XK150 coupe; hair-on-fire Hemis (the 425-bhp Chrysler 300C SRT-8 and our take on the forthcoming Dodge Charger) \u2014 Edited by Matt DeLorenzo   Nissan lets us in on some cars not (yet) sold in the U.S. market: the Cube, an even smaller toaster-on-wheels than the Scion xB; a muscled-up hybrid Altima; and the X-Trail FCV fuel-cell car \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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