? Pole Position
A luxury car from Korea? Thanks to Lexus, an Asian car taking on Mercedes-Benz and company is no longer that improbable. The Genesis of Hyundai shows the real score

? Showdown
"Chevy, Chery, and Chana" make a pretty (amusing) alliteration. Those three microcars (plus the non-alliterative Suzuki Alto) also make pretty good fuel economy numbers. We see which among them we like the most

? Form Factor
We train our sights on some inspired designs on four wheels (with five doors)

? Movie Tech
A lovable trash compactor and a couple of paranormal-investigating agents hit the big screen this month

? Proving Ground
The hottest and latest gadgets dissected, scrutinized, and reviewed: Dodge Caliber , Honda Accord , HP 2133 Mini-Note PC , Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 , Motorola ROKR E8 , Motorola W230 , Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 , Panasonic SDR-S7 , Plantronics Discovery 655 , Samsung SGH-G810 , Sony Cyber-shot W300 , Sony Ericsson G900 , Toyota Corolla Altis 1.8V , Wilson [K] Blade Tour

? Tech Frontiers
Bones made from glass, shirts that monitor your health-these and more tech wonders inside beginning page 10

? The Grid
Aside from the usual spectacle of tech toys, we give you a special coverage of CommunicAsia 2008 and take you to Singapore for Nokia Connection 2008

? Cover Girl
Pauleen Luna gets our motor running

? People@SPEED
ESPN Star Sports' Drinie Aguilar talks about her ?ber cool gig and her up-close-and-personal encounter with Ronaldinho and Paul Pierce

? Gaming
It broke Guinness World Records. Why? We tell you in our Grand Theft Auto IV review. Plus! A look at Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

? Cyberspace
We found two websites that combine the Internet with your choice of viewing pleasure

? Motoring
Our intrepid Senior Advertising Account Executive James Orlanda takes us on a tour of picturesque Iloilo and Bacolod

? Speed Reading
We peruse British Auto Legends and The Pixar Touch this month

? Future Tech
A shape-shifting concept car from BMW; an interactive solar power shade; a self-contained city in the UAE that's a cross between The Arabian Nights and The Jetsons; and an egg-shaped building in Mumbai

? Tech News
Making the headlines this issue are the fastest supercomputer in the world, Mozilla's new Firefox 3.0, and the rotating Dynamic Tower