TOP 20 NEW CARS FOR 2008 - Road & Track's hot list of enthusiast cars

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THE GENERIC "NEW CAR"? YOU won't find it here. That's a conveyance for your sweet Aunt Bea, who wants a reliable wheeled device for runs to grocery store, shopping mall and maybe to visit little Billy every second Tuesday. To her, alphanumerics like M3, S5 and G37 sound vaguely like Bingo numbers. She's got a heart of gold, but she'll never know the mechanical rapture of winding a high-strung V-8 to 8400 rpm, or the satisfaction that comes from steering with the throttle, finely adjusting the cornering line with either a prod or a lift. Heel and toe? Isn't that a square dance step, sonny? But you, reader, besides being incredibly good-looking, are likely on a first-name basis with red mist. And you're seriously into cars that tug on your braided-steel heartstrings through their mechanical precision, drop-dead gorgeousness, responsive power, technological sophistication, corner-carving goodness and plain ol' got-to-have-it automotive lust factor.