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...these features make the XKR more competitive with sports cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Lexus. What those brands don't have is a model as visually dashing. Designed by Ian Callum, a Scotsman who created the gorgeous Aston Martin DB7, the XKR's flowing roofline tapers off to a rear end that's neither fussy nor overwrought. A few performance elements and design cues punctuate the body: air intakes on the hood, side vents and an R badge on the rear, emblazoned like Superman's S. But the car's elegance speaks for itself. As I pulled...
...wasn't the first to invent this kind of wizardry. Cadillac, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz have made retractable hard-top models for several years. But VW's starts at just under $29,000 for the four-cylinder, 200 h.p. edition, far shy of luxury territory. The only comparable model is a Pontiac G6 convertible, though GM's machine lacks the elegance and precise handling...
What no one in Wolfsburg wants to admit is that VW may have a broken business model in the U.S. Unlike BMW or Mercedes-Benz, VW can't charge the rich prices necessary to offset the cost of exporting from Germany. And unlike its German rivals, VW doesn't make cars in the U.S.--its one American plant shut in 1988--a problem given the dollar's slump versus the euro...
...idea. But Professor Howard of the Future Foundation predicts a hyphenated future. "We'll be seeing a much more integrated European family," she says. "That means a real mix of names and types such as the Gonzales-Brauns, the Harrison-Perreiras with their multilingual, multicultural children." Or the Arbach-Benzes. Lena and Denya Arbach-Benz, ages 5 and 9, live in Toulouse, France, with their Moroccan father Jamal Arbach, a historian, and their German mother Bettina Benz, an architect, who met in Toulouse. "It's a great chance for the girls to grow up with three cultures," says Arbach...
...McIntyres run full tilt at life; observing the delight that Sujata Naik and Maggie Alderson take in their daughters; visiting Felix Zavelberg's two homes; listening to Grazia Francolini's guilt-free explanation of her decision to have a child out of wedlock; discussing bread rolls with Denya Arbach-Benz; or getting to grips with the intricacies of the Bedos-Kleitz-Jobard-Rajzman arrangements, it's clear there's no shortage of life in the family structures Europeans are developing...