The last time we did this the American vanquished the mighty Bavarian with a brutal 1-2 combo of power and balance. Like the new challenger from Britain, the 2010 Jaguar XFR. Both were mentored by some of the best corner men in the business, Jaguar chief engineer Mike Cross and former GM Performance Division director and test ace, John Heinricy. Can Coventry’s battle cat take the belt away from our American hero? Badging aside, XFR upgrades amount to a front bumper with larger inlets, more deeply drawn rocker panels, quad exhaust pipes and the slightest of rear spoilers.

Four shift modes are available, with Sport Plus perhaps the most impressive. Like Porsche’s dual-clutch PDK transmission, the MCT in Sport Plus upshifts and downshifts as if guided by your thoughts. Then brake hard from speed when approaching a corner and watch as the MCT automatically blips the throttle and fires two machine-gun downshifts. Brilliant stuff.

This 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is the first automobile built entirely from scratch by Mercedes-Benz’s Affalterbach-based performance division, AMG. As such, it shares its platform with no other Benz; it’s a clean-sheet, just-as-we-want-it effort from the team that’s been hyper-tuning regular Benzes for decades. The SLS is also the first production Mercedes crafted entirely in [...]

Buick has rekindled a name from its storied 20th-century past to mark the beginning of a new level of refinement: Super. The badge is designated exclusively for Buick’s most premium, powerful models and returns to Buick vehicles after 50 years. It will debut on the 2008 model year LaCrosse and Lucerne sedans.
“We’re bringing back the [...]