MotorMouths

The 458 Italia is looking like a raging good deal, promising Enzo performance at 60 percent off. It’s also one of the prettiest and best engineered supercars of this century.

The Spider doesn’t actually run quite as quick as the Scuderia coupe, it feels way quicker with the top down, the same way sledding down a hill felt faster than mom’s car.

$124K will buy a lot of great sedans with better resale and JD Power stats, but none will make you look or feel as fabulous as this one does.

Factor in the attractive and vaguely tuner-tweaked appearance, the full warranty with free scheduled maintenance, the measurable performance increase (particularly in the case of the convertible), and the BMW 335is starts to look like a reasonable proposition.

The 2011 Honda Odyssey makes an indisputably spectacular vacationmobile. I feel completely comfortable in every seat, save the wider but slightly too-firm middle-row center.

Bespoke vehicle tailoring, plus a surprisingly roomy interior, Range Rover Sport-like performance, and Land Rover off-road capability should help Evoque claim its bite of the widening lux-ute pie slice.

With the Regal GS, Buick is serving up a gourmet helping of nouvelle refinement and performance.

If you’re looking for a suave, sophisticated hatchback, the Volkswagen Golf VI won’t disappoint. We can attest that that the new Golf feels like the ritziest hatchback on the market.

The 1 M’s true mission is to win back those people who may have failed to make the $8000 price leap from the six-cylinder E46 M3 to the V-8 E92 model. We reckon these folks will be only too thrilled to trade their aging E46s or tuned 335is for one of these.

This adults-only 2010 Ford SHO is bigger, comfier, and more laid back, yet better performing in every way than those sexier, rowdier 20th-century SHOs.

On the open roads, however, the added equipment and quieter cabin make this a nicer place to be than the previous MKS, and it’s certainly roomier than the German competition.

It’s an astonishingly competent machine. But know this: The only way to truly get your money’s worth out of a Range Rover is to take it off-road. WAY off-road.