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to main content  2011 Mercedes E-350 cabriolet. (Peter
Cheney/Peter Cheney/The Globe and Mail)  Speed Date  Driver's
Logbook: The Pam Anderson of autos Add to ...  As actors go,
Pamela Anderson has a range that runs all the way from A to B.
Unlike Meryl Streep, she cannot master a foreign accent or
distill a lifetime into a single glance.  And yet Ms. Anderson
has certain features that were enough to forge a screen career
and pay for a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. A car executive
would probably describe her as a stroke of product-planning
genius: when Ms. Anderson jogged down the beach in a red
swimsuit, her limited thespian range became a non-issue.  More
related to this story  With this in mind, let us turn to the
Mercedes E-350 cabriolet. As cars go, it was decent enough. The
engine was a smooth V6, the stereo was clear, and there was a
Mercedes star on the front. But a single feature really defined
the car – the top came off. And like Ms. A