MotorMouths

From every facet, even under the most revealing light, the new 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo is a perfectly polished gem for all occasions. The original everyday supercar.

The 2011 Bentley Mulsanne, arguably the world’s finest luxury automobile, is a piece of rolling art. Let us reassure you that the Mulsanne is worth every single copper-plated zinc cent of one-third of a million dollars.

The Boxster Spyder is one of the most enjoyable enthusiast-oriented cars we’ve driven in a long time. It delivers raw driver involvement in a completely modern sports car. It is a throwback to the old-fashioned roadster experience that most automotive enthusiasts crave.

The Aston Martin V12 Vantage is one of those rare cars that are as stunning to look at as they are genuinely enjoyable to drive. It is an intoxicating machine masterfully engineered to gratify every emotion in a car enthusiast’s soul.

The 2012 Bentley Continental GTC was every bit as breathtaking as we expected it to be. Top down, there are only a handful of more lavish ways to enjoy sunbathing and stargazing from the same plush platform, and even fewer that are able to get us there as quickly.

The Jaguar XF Supercharged was nothing short of an asphalt-ripping sports car in the canyons. When compared to its closest German rivals, both on paper and from behind the wheel, the lone Brit unexpectedly finds itself the enthusiast’s choice.

While the 2012 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG may not be properly configured for interplanetary transport, we can think of few vehicles that are as swift and luxurious for voyaging across the surface of our planet.

The ZR1 has been upgraded and enhanced for 2012, so what is it like to drive America’s premier sports car on public roads? Can the beast be reasonably tamed? Be pleased to learn that this evil brute is nearly everything expected, a little less and then a whole lot more.

Consider the 2011 Porsche Panamera and Panamera 4 very competent 300 horsepower sport sedans that just happen to be fitted with a thoroughly modern six-cylinder powerplant. The V6 has effectively priced Porsche’s first sedan back in the midst of its European competition.

The new XJ is a solid alternative in a concentrated segment of formidable Germans and one nearly faultless Asian. This completely redesigned sedan at last delivers the nobleness of spirit and prestige of the Jaguar marque that had gone missing in many of its predecessors.

Reviewing its report card, the 335i earns nothing but solid marks for performance. We have yet to meet a four-cylinder that is able to consistently give us goose bumps – and therein seems to be the calling for the 335i.

The new BMW 1 Series M Coupe is old school retro-cool and deliciously fun to drive. It doesn’t target boy-racers, it targets enthusiasts.