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New December 2008 issue on sale today

By Tim Pollard 29 October 2008 14:46 The new December 2008 issue of CAR Magazine goes on sale today – read on for a guided tour around the pick of our stories, drives and features. Edited highlights include: • CAR is first to drive new Merc SL65 Black Series• Big tests of new Ford Ka and Vauxhall Insignia • The definitive road test verdict on Ferrari’s California: 3000 words, ten pages• We ask the A-list industry chiefs how they’ll survive the crunch• Colin McRae’s tribute one year after his death• Bond special: CAR drives 007’s DBS on location• PLUS! The worst Bond cars ever• The Swiss graveyard for amazing cars• We gatecrash the new Bugatti Grand Sport launch• Mark Walton revisits the Bugatti Veyron supercar• Adventure 1: to Mongolia by Land Rover• Adventure 2: from Boston to California (the British ones) by Dodge Challenger• First drives of new Megane, Q7 V12, Infinitis, Cayman, Twingo, 500, 7-series, RS6• Life with our Lexus IS-F, Caterham, Kuga, Mini, C-class, Bentley Conti• Ferrari 250 GTO, a celebration.

Acura NSX laps Mid-Ohio

It didn't have the production engine, nor the production exhaust (it was gloriously loud) and because there were safety vehicles on the track it wasn't able to go flat-out, but by golly there it was, a bright blue 2015 Acura NSX lapping Mid-Ohio just before the start of the Honda Indy 200. Being a production mule with any number of systems still under development, it couldn't be turned over to just any driver. So it was piloted by Jason Widmer, assistant large project leader for testing for the new NSX.

Saab sold to Spyker

General Motors' Saab division won't end up on the postbankruptcy scrap heap with Pontiac and Saturn. Just as Saab's death appeared imminent, the Swedish automaker was scooped up on Tuesday by Dutch supercar-maker Spyker Cars in a $74 million deal that has been in works for months. The deal is expected to close on Feb.