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Every Thursday nationally known automotive columnist Steve Smith test-drives a different dream machine—"What's new, what's hot and what's sexy," as he puts it—and reports back to his readers in an insightful, accessibly written column that you don't have to be a car buff to love.

Himself a competition driver and former executive editor of Car & Driver, Smith gets behind the wheel of everything from pickup trucks to luxury sedans, from American SUVs to European performance cars and Japanese sports cars. Every column includes a color photo and the popular "Numbers & Dollars" breakdown of each car's technical specifications.

"It should be accessible to the most casual reader," he says, "but still of interest to automotive sophisticates."

Drawing on a lifetime of road and track experience, as well as an insider's knowledge of the car industry, Smith separates the facts from the hoopla, pulling no punches and giving his readers the inside track on every sector of the automotive world.


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