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Automobile magazines clever layout streams 10 cars across 18 pages
Maintaining
continuity
Each car stars in its
own spread, while a
glimpse of the previous
vehicle sustains page-
to-page ow. Repetitive
typography reinforces
the continuity.
The great thing about a magazine is that it presents material in a linear
sequencethis, then the next and the next. Thats the most natural way
to view and understand information. But what happens when you need
to see stuff all at oncelike 10 cars, for example? Those pages now break
the continuity. Automobile magazine found a clever workaround for its
January 2008 All Stars issue. Each vehicle has its own spread, and visible
in the distance is the previous vehicle. The result is a fair illusion of walking
page by page through a big showroom. Have a look.
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Infiniti
G35/G37
PSST! LOOKING
FOR AWILD
GOOD TIME?
G HITS THE SPOT.
THE INFINITI G ISYINTOTHE BMW
3-SERIES YANG, and picking a winner
betweenthemwhichis to say,
choosing the best sport coupe/sedan
inthe worldis less about what the
cars cando thanit is about what
their drivers want. For those partial
to instant gratification, the Infiniti
reigns supreme. The steering is
sharper, the shift throws shorter,
the suspensiontauter, the engine
peakier. The BMWis slightly more
capable at the limit, but the G37
coupe and the G35 sedanfeel a lot
sportier getting there. Oh, and
Teutonic cachet aside, these
Japanese delicacies are the best
bargains this side of all-you-can-eat
sushi at Nobu.
The interior of the Infiniti is a
pleasure dome featuring stylish
aluminumtrim, violet mood
lighting, and French-stitched
leather seats. But the cars
willingness to get with the
programis obvious the instant you
punch the push-button starter and
hear the feral growl pulsing out the
bad-boy tailpipes. Nissans VQV-6
engine makes an impressive
306 hp in 3.5-liter sedan formand
330 ponies when stroked to
3.7 liters in the coupe. Both cars
ride on a new, stiffer version of the
FMplatformthat underpinned the
original G35 five years ago. Toss in
the Sport package, with bolder
wheels and tires, brawnier brakes,
and an eager six-speed manual
transmission, and you get a sexy
beast that slices apexes like a
sashimi knife and powers out of
themlike a typhoon.
Although the G37 is more
powerful than the G35, its heavier,
too, so the difference in
performance is negligible. Also, the
revised sheetmetal has rejuvenated
the once-dowdy sedan, which is
nownearly as shapely as the
coupe. So the toughest choice may
no longer be between the Infiniti
and the BMW. Its between the G37
and the G35. preston lerner
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All
Stars
They arrived at the studio, ready

for their close-ups, the shining
stars of the automotive universe
as we see fit to anoint them.
Beauties, beasts, cars we lust
after, some we just admire. No
limits on price, dont really care
about status, practicality
immaterial. We were just looking
for ten cars that would make a
sweet little fleet, if the garage was
big enough. Maybe yours is . . .
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THE C30 HAD US FROMTHE FIRSTVIEW

of its cute little 1800ES-esque butt
at the 2006 Detroit show, where it
launched as the C30 Design
Concept. Since then, weve been
waiting patiently for the hipster
Volvo four-seat hatchback to wind
its way through the long
productionization process, to
introduce itself to everyone in
Europe (where it was greeted with
much fanfare, as in 32,000 sales as
of November 2007), to roll onto a
transatlantic steamer, and to finally
make its way into our eager hands.
Such is the impact of striking
design. You see it, you just want it.
Never mind that the C30 has the
underpinnings, the 227-hp
turbocharged five-cylinder engine,
and virtually the entire interior of
the S40. We like the S40, too. But
this is just the cutest thing, with its
nipped-in rear cabin and frameless
pane of hatch glass. Sweet.
Never mind that its only a
couple hundred pounds lighter
thanthe base S40 (despite being
8.8 inches shorter) and therefore a
bit pokier thanwe expected. And
the Volvo doesnt feel as sporting as
the VolkswagenGTI, although
(according to Volvo and VW) the
C30 is bothfaster and quicker. The
Volvo is whisper-quiet, perfectly
composed, and has a six-speed
manual that youcould teachyour
grandma to rowflawlessly in
fifteenminutes. Youcanadd a little
flip of roof spoiler and larger
tailpipes; lower it; go withstiffer
springs, dampers, and antiroll bars;
jack it onto eighteen-inchrims;
rock out the 650-watt, ten-speaker
Dynaudio system; add a cool two-
tone optiondialed up froma
palette of seventeendifferent
exterior colors; and still party on
out the door for less than$30,000.
It is madly, Scandinavianly
mod inside to go with its fresh
exterior. And any one of us would
have itthe one perfect criterion
for All-Stardom. jeanjennings
BASE PRICE RANGE: $23,445$26,445>ENGINE: 2.5LTURBOI-5, 227 HP, 236LB-FT
Volvo
C30
FOR ADULTS ONLY:
THE SMOOTHLY CHIC,
SCANDINAVIAN COOL
FOUR-SEAT HATCH.
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ITS CALLEDTHE LAWOF DIMINISHING

RETURNS: the idea that, after you
pass a certain threshold, your
investment no longer corresponds
to your reward. It also applies to
sports cars. Theres a kink in the
price/performance graph where
you begin spending a lot more
money for not much more
performance. Theres an easily
definable point after which come
diminishing returns, and that
point is the Chevy Corvette.
Certainly, there are faster new
cars than the Corvette. But all of
them, without exception, cost a
lot more money. The base
Corvette handily outguns the
Porsche 911; the Z06 can hang
with the Ferrari F430s of the
world. And for 2008, the Corvette
got a comprehensive overhaul,
with up to 436 hp available from
the 6.2-liter LS3 V-8. The revised
car does the 0-to-60-mph sprint in
4.3 secondswith an automatic
transmission.
At this point, Chevy could
probably say, Heres a car that
goes 190 miles per hour and costs
forty-six grand. You dont like the
steering? Bite me. Instead, it
rolled out a car that does 190 mph
while also addressing the
subjective aspects of the driving
experience. The steering got a
newmachining process for its
internal components, in the name
of improved feel. The shifter was
revised, in search of more direct
throws. The interior, long a
Corvette weak point, got a new
option that can be best surmised
as cover everything in leather.
The 2008 Corvette is like a
prodigal athlete whos not
content to merely destroy the
competitionnowhe wants to do
it with style.
When you think about it, elite
performance cars tend to remain
essentially unchanged throughout
their lives, maybe because theyre
already as high-strung as their
manufacturers can make them
without starting over fromscratch.
ABMWM-car, for instance, gets
only minor changes over the
course of its life. But Chevy tore
down the Vette and found
meaningful improvements
halfway through the C6
production run, when it couldve
easily said, You knowwhat? Well
fix that stuff in the C7.
Its not like theres a car
waiting in the wings to usurp the
Corvettes title of Supreme Sports
Car Bang for the Buck, but Chevy
acts as if there is. And thats why
the Corvette is, once again, an
unequivocal All-Star. ezra dyer
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Chevrolet
Corvette
EVOLUTIONARY
IMPROVEMENTS
KEEP THE VETTE IN A
CLASS OF ITS OWN.
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ALL
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2008
10
Best Cars
to Fill Your
Dream
Garage
NISSANGT-R
Dissecting the tech,
the design, the drive
BMW1-SERIES
Atriumphant returnto
rear-drive compact luxury
AUTOBAHN
The insiders guide tothe
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Smart,Sexy,Fast.
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VOL. 22, NO. 10
ALL-STARS 2008; NISSAN GT-R; BMW
1-SERIES; ALFA ROMEO 8C; ASTON MARTIN DBS; SATURN ASTRA
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The cars are photographed like youd experience them in personfrom different
angles, distances and slightly different heights. The constantly shifting vantage point
conveys an active sense of walking about, looking closely.
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BASE PRICE RANGE: $22,730$23,230>ENGINE: 2.0LTURBOI-4, 200HP, 207 LB-FT

GOAHEAD, LAUGH. Laugh at the little
German car that wears its heart on
its sleeve. Laughat its plaid-covered
seats, laugh at its abundance of
cheekiness, laugh at its utter lack
of displacement. Tell us howyour
supercharged nine-liter
Vettebirdamino will eat it alive, all
while you suck down a milk shake
and make out with your girlfriend
and read War and Peace with one
eye shut. We will listen. We will
nod politely. And then we will
find some winding, twisty road,
and we will blowyour doors off.
Volkswagens GTI is magic.
What else do youcall a diminutive
hatchback that canshame
supercars? The latest versionof
VWs iconic hot bunny may offer
only200horses under the hood, but
a fantastically usable, abusable, and
forgiving chassis makes the best of
eachand every one of them.
Steering feel, long a GTI hallmark, is
remarkably direct and unfettered.
The turbo four that drives the front
wheels does its job withminimal
lag and a cheery brup! out the
tailpipe. The whole package turns
every off-camber, back-road yump
sessioninto a flat-footed exercise
ingiggles. Porsches, BMWs, and
the like struggle to keep up.
The icing on the cake, though,
is the sticker price. (Less than
twenty-three grand.) Or maybe its
the practicality. (Four adult-sized
seats holdget thisfour adults.
In comfort.) Or maybe its the fuel
economy. (Nearly 30 mpg on the
highway.) Wait. No. Scratch that.
Everything is icing. The GTI
eclipses even the class-clown Mini
Cooper for sheer spark and verve,
it makes sense for real people who
actually have to lead real lives,
and it does it all without breaking
the bank. If that doesnt make for
All-Star status, we dont know
what does. samsmith
TRUCKS SELDOMEARNABERTH ON OUR
ALL-STARS LIST, because most of
themare preoccupied with the
banal side of motoring: toting
cargo, towing boats, transporting
brood to tap lessons and soccer
practice. But every nowand then,
theres a deviant, an outlier that
ventures beyond the obligatory
nine-to-five routine to play party
animal in the off-hours.
Chief designer Hideki Suzuki
made this full-figured family hauler
appear almost svelte, witha sleek
windshield, a sinuous waistline,
and buff haunches. The interior
provides a wealthof split-folding
seats and storage spots, lifting the
mood withplushleather, slack-free
controls, and cool blue lighting.
WhenMazda says that theres
the soul of a sports car built into the
CX-9, what they meanis that the
driver isnt demoted to a chauffeur.
The development teamtaught the
CX-9 proper road etiquette.
Adhesives were used to maximize
the unibodys structural stiffness.
Stout antiroll bars and dampers
keep body motionincheck.
Rubber-isolated crossmembers
support bothends so that ride and
handling canpeacefully coexist.
The effort invested inthe CX-9s
driving dynamics paid off. Hard-to-
please AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE critics
have beenmoved to paroxysms of
joy whendiscussing the CX-9. One
called the V-6 engine charming,
the six-speed manu-matic
transmissionsilky. Another praised
the way the powertrainhustles the
4620-pound curb weight. But the
ultimate kudos came fromthe
editor who rated the steering
feedback and feel superior to that of
BMWs newM3. After a bouquet
like that, its amazing that the CX-9s
tires still maintaintouchwiththe
pavement. donsherman
BASE PRICE RANGE: $30,035$33,990>ENGINE: 3.7LV-6, 273 HP, 270LB-FT
Mazda
CX-9
THE DEVIANT
CROSSOVER
WITH THE DEVIL
IN ITS HEART.
Volkswagen
GTI
FAST, FUN, CHEAP,
AND GERMAN. IFYOU
DONT LIKE IT, YOURE
PROBABLY DEAD.
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Stars
ITS CALLEDTHE LAWOF DIMINISHING

RETURNS: the idea that, after you
investment no longer corresponds
to your reward. It also applies to
price/performance graph where
you begin spending a lot more
money for not much more
performance. Theres an easily
definable point after which come
diminishing returns, and that
point is the Chevy Corvette.
Certainly, there are faster new
cars than the Corvette. But all of
them, without exception, cost a
lot more money. The base
Corvette handily outguns the
with the Ferrari F430s of the
world. And for 2008, the Corvette
got a comprehensive overhaul,
with up to 436 hp available from
the 6.2-liter LS3 V-8. The revised
car does the 0-to-60-mph sprint in
4.3 secondswith an automatic
transmission.
At this point, Chevy could
probably say, Heres a car that
goes 190 miles per hour and costs
steering? Bite me. Instead, it
rolled out a car that does 190 mph
while also addressing the
newmachining process for its
internal components, in the name
of improved feel. The shifter was
revised, in search of more direct
throws. The interior, long a
Corvette weak point, got a new
option that can be best surmised
The 2008 Corvette is like a
prodigal athlete whos not
content to merely destroy the
competitionnowhe wants to do
it with style.
When you think about it, elite
performance cars tend to remain
their lives, maybe because theyre
manufacturers can make them
without starting over fromscratch.
ABMWM-car, for instance, gets
only minor changes over the
course of its life. But Chevy tore
down the Vette and found
meaningful improvements
halfway through the C6
production run, when it couldve
easily said, You knowwhat? Well
fix that stuff in the C7.
waiting in the wings to usurp the
Corvettes title of Supreme Sports
Car Bang for the Buck, but Chevy
acts as if there is. And thats why
the Corvette is, once again, an
unequivocal All-Star. ezra dyer
BASE PRICE RANGE: $45,995$71,000
ENGINES: 6.2LV-8, 430/436HP, 424/428LB-FT>7.0LV-8, 505 HP, 470LB-FT
Chevrolet
Corvette
EVOLUTIONARY
IMPROVEMENTS
KEEP THE VETTE IN A
CLASS OF ITS OWN.
One car leads to the next
As you walk among the cars, no two spreads are alike,
which keeps the presentation engaging. Whats interesting
is that it takes a few pages to grasp whats going on, but
once you get it, you remember itexactly what youd
want a layout to do!
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Stars
Mazda CX-9 Volkswagen GTI

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Infiniti
G35/G37
PSST! LOOKING
FOR AWILD
GOOD TIME?
G HITS THE SPOT.
sushi at Nobu.
themlike a typhoon.
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Low-key typography
The text is set in compact blocks, which keeps the layout spacious and ensures
the cars get all the attention! Each block has several typographic voices.
Two voices
Every change of typeface, size or style projects a differ-
ent voice. Here, headline in a box introduces each car
using two voicescar name set in the text face and tiny
headline in a contrasting sans-serif, all aligned right.
A headline made of text type
Super-size your favorite text type, and
you may be surprised by what you see!
Here, two-inch caps bring out text-
font Proformas artistic side; curves
that appear smooth at nine points
are actually angled, with at, chiseled
serifs. Extremely tight spacing and an
interwoven red 8 make the artistic
setting that launches the article.
Four voices
Serif body copy is set in narrow
columns separated by a verti-
cal rule. Unusually deep right
margins are the result of zero
hyphenation. Contrasting lead
sentence is a follow-on to the
headline and completes its
thought; the writers byline ends
the text. Light gray bar at the
bottom neatly denes the block
width; technical data is reversed
in white (insets, above).
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THE C30 HAD US FROMTHE FIRSTVIEW

at the 2006 Detroit show, where it
launched as the C30 Design
Concept. Since then, weve been
waiting patiently for the hipster
Volvo four-seat hatchback to wind
its way through the long
Europe (where it was greeted with
much fanfare, as in 32,000 sales as
of November 2007), to roll onto a
transatlantic steamer, and to finally
make its way into our eager hands.
Such is the impact of striking
design. You see it, you just want it.
Never mind that the C30 has the
the S40. We like the S40, too. But
this is just the cutest thing, with its
nipped-in rear cabin and frameless
pane of hatch glass. Sweet.
Never mind that its only a
thanthe base S40 (despite being
bit pokier thanwe expected. And
the VolkswagenGTI, although
(according to Volvo and VW) the
C30 is bothfaster and quicker. The
Volvo is whisper-quiet, perfectly
composed, and has a six-speed
manual that youcould teachyour
grandma to rowflawlessly in
fifteenminutes. Youcanadd a little
tailpipes; lower it; go withstiffer
springs, dampers, and antiroll bars;
jack it onto eighteen-inchrims;
rock out the 650-watt, ten-speaker
Dynaudio system; add a cool two-
tone optiondialed up froma
palette of seventeendifferent
out the door for less than$30,000.
It is madly, Scandinavianly
mod inside to go with its fresh
exterior. And any one of us would
have itthe one perfect criterion
for All-Stardom. jeanjennings
BASE PRICE RANGE: $23,445$26,445>ENGINE: 2.5LTURBOI-5, 227 HP, 236LB-FT
Volvo
C30
FOR ADULTS ONLY:
THE SMOOTHLY CHIC,
SCANDINAVIAN COOL
FOUR-SEAT HATCH.
Graphical headline anchors the upper left corner of
every spread. It is a key continuity graphic that the
reader will immediately recognize. If the story jumps to
the back of the magazine, this graphic must go with it.
Text blocks are all of similar length but alter-
nate between two and three columns. Their gen-
eral constructiontype specs, colors, column
width and gray bardoes not vary.
Infiniti
G35/G37
PSST! LOOKING
FOR AWILD
GOOD TIME?
G HITS THE SPOT.
sushi at Nobu.
themlike a typhoon.
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Repetitive elements sustain the continuity
The text blocks sustain page-to-page continuity and tie the article to the rest
of the magazine. The graphical headline is a key identier.
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Typefaces
1 Proforma Ultra Light
2 Benton Sans Regular Compressed
3 Proforma Book
Credits
Automobile Magazine (www.automobilemag.com)
Photographer: Brian Konoske
Infiniti
G35/G37
PSST! LOOKING
FOR AWILD
GOOD TIME?
G HITS THE SPOT.
sushi at Nobu.
themlike a typhoon.
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cheekiness, laugh at its utter lack
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cargo, tow
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brood to tap lessons and soccer
practice. But every now
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ventures beyond the obligatory
nine-to-five routine to play party
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handling can peacefully coexist.
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platform
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original G
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the Sport package, w
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coupe and the G
35 sedan feel a lot
h, and
sushi at N
obu.
pleasure dom
e featuring stylish
alum
inum
trim
, violet m
ood
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illingness to get w
ith the
program
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l pulsing out the
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akes an im
pressive
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hen stroked to
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platform
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35, its heavier,
perform
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W
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