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"Road &amp;amp;amp; Track Issue Insider: November 2005                Apparently, all the good names are taken. But this tin-topped, 295-bhp Boxster doesn&amp;#039;t lack for goodness in terms of style, handling and acceleration. We hook up our test gear and see what she&amp;#039;ll do \u2014 By Patrick Hong   Road Test             If James Bond ever falls on hard times, he won&amp;#039;t have to pawn his Walther PPK to drive this relatively affordable Aston. It&amp;#039;s priced to compete with the Porsche Turbo, and is as quick as the DB9 \u2014 By Shaun Bailey  Pace, grace and cargo space...they can all coexist, as proven by these muscle-bound haulers that transform family transport into fire-breathing objects of lust \u2014 By Mike Monticello, Dennis Simanaitis &amp;amp;amp; Kim Wolfkill   First Drives             That wire-wheeled Brit from Malvern Link that just smoked your Porsche Boxster (in a straight line, anyway)? It&amp;#039;s the born-again Morgan Roadster, now with 225 bhp from a Ford 3.0-liter V-6 \u2014 By Dennis Simanaitis  Questionable move: giving the WRX a grille that resembles the B9 Tribeca&amp;#039;s. Good call: a multitude of mechanical changes, the most prominent being a torquier, 230-bhp 2.5-liter flat-4 for the base WRX \u2014 By Andrew Bornhop  Think of the new, larger Passat as Phaeton Lite instead of Jetta Cum Laude, as this sumptuously appointed Volkswagen offers upmarket luxury and power, especially with the 3.6 narrow-angle V-6 \u2014 By Matt DeLorenzo   Features             Purists may recoil in horror, but the author has had his Enzo&amp;#039;s doors neatly clipped off to better enjoy the driving experience. And drive it he does, as his second set of Bridgestones will attest \u2014 By Richard Losee  Despite some teething problems, the odd creak and rattle and an engine that suffered death by drowning (no fault of the car&amp;#039;s), our Mini was the bee&amp;#039;s knees when it came to buzzing around town \u2014 By Shaun Bailey   Web Exclusives             These station wagons aren&amp;#039;t only cool-looking, they&amp;#039;re also hot performers. See for yourself in our fast-paced video compilation of the 340-bhp Audi S4 Avant, the 425-bhp Dodge Magnum SRT8 and the 469-bhp Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Sport Wagon, a trio that gives the term &amp;quot;hauling&amp;quot; a whole new meaning.  If there were a salary cap in Grand Prix racing, the Minardi Formula 1 team would most likely be the team to beat. Calvin Kim, Online Editor for our sister publication, Cycle World, gained insider access to the little Italian team at this year&amp;#039;s United States Grand Prix. His findings? Minardi is better than you think.   Photo Galleries Check out photo galleries of the all-new , offering near-911 performance for less money, and the latest \u2014 and arguably most handsome \u2014 all-new GT machine, the .   Technical             Compressed air in tires is highly overrated, at least when your run-flat picks up a nail. And these rubber marvels are ever-improving, now in summer, winter and all-season varieties \u2014 By \u2014 Dennis Simanaitis   Columns Handling dynamics of cars with engines amidships have advanced mightily since the Maserati Merak. Porsche does especially well with the Boxster and, now, the Cayman S \u2014 By Thos L. Bryant  Our Editor-at-Large gets in a heated scrap with Rubens Barrichello and Mark Webber, not ensconced in Formula 1 cockpits but astride racing bicycles. Be it 10-speeds or open-wheelers, my money&amp;#039;s on Rubens \u2014 By Peter Egan  A Witness Protection Program for cars? Henrik Fisker&amp;#039;s Latigo CS and Tramonto assume identities far removed from their Mercedes and BMW origins. Plus, the Viper Coupe and early Frankfurt faves \u2014 Edited by Mike Monticello  The drag-racing slick as a continuously variable transmission, exhaust pulses as downforce, SAE Certified Horsepower explained, and why London motorists can expect an even greater Pounding \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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