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Geneva: Where debutantes named Heidi converse in French, English and German with aplomb, and cars of all pedigrees love to debut. Of course, cars like other places, too.

Land Rover RANGE ROVER 4.6 SE Price: $62,625 Engine: 4.6-liter V8, 222 hp, 300 lb-ft Curb weight: 4960 lbs Drivetrain: 4wd, four-speed automatic The Serengeti sprawls before you, as vast and endless-looking as any ocean on earth. Six weeks earlier you traded in your chapeau mou for a pith helmet-which now sits low over your eyes to block out the searing Tanzanian sun-and your Benz for a truck. Only this isn't just any truck. From following the fabled footsteps of Papa Hemingway to the snowcapped peak of Kilimanjaro to tracking Dr. Leakey's trail to Lake Victoria, your faithful Range Rover steered you true. Its sturdy four-wheel drive and heavy-duty Electronic Air Suspension seemed to be built for this varying Tanzanian landscape, its axles, with their long-travel geometry, for tackling ancient volcanic lava fields and wide-open plains with equal dexterity.

Mazda MIATA Price: $25,610 Engine: 1.8-liter I4, 155 hp, 125 lb-ft Curb weight: 2429 lbs Drivetrain: rwd, six-speed manual Twisting and curling through the Great Smoky Mountains, the Miata is at home on the smooth black asphalt of U.S. 441, flame azaleas in bloom all around. The car dancing in the morning mist that gives the range its name, crisp mountain air plays with your hair, the sun reflects off your Ray Bans and the song of the little four bounces between the firs. You make a quick downshift to second before that tight hairpin at Oconaluftee, and the tail twitches before you mash the gas and open it up before slowing again for the turnoff at Balsam Mountain Road, where the sprightly Mazda prances through the quick lefts and ...