MotorMouths

The Acura TSX is very pleasant to drive and feels light and easy to toss into corners.

While dripping with speed, the A7 isn’t the world’s fastest four-door, but it’s among the prettiest. Those who spring the cash for an A7 are paying $10,000 over the A6 to have onlookers mistake it for a Maserati. Consider me thoroughly duped.

The Q7’s shocks deliver a creamy ride with minimal brake dive and body roll. The quick steering seems to shrink the Q7 down to Q5-size, especially when parking. Many midsize sedans don’t handle and steer this well.

The Audi S4 is so brilliant at keeping its poise and packing a big punch in nearly every situation, whether it’s slinging through a tight highway onramp or putting quietly in traffic. It is both wildly entertaining and comfortable as a daily driver.

Like any classic luxury good, the 2012 Bentley Continental GT is very much as it arrived in 2003: a beautiful two-plus-two coupe with the most brutal, beat-it-up-in-your-face motor money can buy.

Americans love a value, and thankfully, the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 sacrifices little to raise the performance bar — and our mortal fears — among the world’s greatest sports cars.

The Chevrolet Volt is the most advanced hybrid ever made. It’s designed to be plugged in like a pure electric car, but it’ll run all day and all week like a gasoline car.

For any amount of money, a Ferrari 458 is the supercar to have.

Despite being less than 12 feet long and as wide as my arm span, the Fiat 500 sports four cylinders and the actual semblance of an automobile.

The Honda Civic, as always, is a dead reliable and affordable compact, but there are too many stronger players now to recommend a Honda that feels half-baked. For the first time perhaps ever, the almighty Honda Civic disappoints.

This is the Hyundai Genesis R-Spec, the sleepiest four-door of them all. Then again, no one knows how much fun you’re having in a Genesis, including the insurance companies.

The 2012 Wrangler hasn’t changed its basic and most-loved features, and it’s remarkably tolerable. The new V-6 is smooth, pulls hard, and is nearly Lexus-quiet at low speeds. And I actually have room to stretch my arms and legs.