This was the first time the BMW CS Concept appeared on North American shores. After its world premiere in Shanghai, the concept was so well received that BMW quickly put the CS on a semi-production track.
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Hyundai put on a bigger show in New York than any other automaker. No, they didn’t have 50 Cent, but they did have two racecar drivers ripping out j-turns indoors at the Javits Center, followed by pyrotechnics, cocktails, and a cover band. But enough about the show and on to the car: Based on a concept revealed last year at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the production Genesis Coupe is a rear-wheel-drive sports car, available with an all-aluminum 300hp DOHC 3.8-liter V6. It’s aimed directly at the Infiniti G37—in fact, it looks a little like a G37 replica—and arrives in Spring 2009.
Nissan Maxima
Now billed as the “4-Door Sports Car,” the redesigned Maxima, which made its world debut at the New York show, is simultaneously larger and sleeker than its predecessor. A 290hp 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 means its performance should match its posture. Inside it’ll be available with most of the accoutrements of the modern mid-level sedan: available dual panel moonroof, 9-speaker Bose sound system, navigation system, and so on.
2009 Solstice Coupe
We’re skeptical about the claim (made by 50 Cent, of all people, at the Pontiac press conference) that the new Solstice hardtop can meet or beat the Porsche Cayman. But the car looks fantastic, and it doesn’t need to pick a fight with Porsche to be a winner.
Volvo XC60
Like the microscopic Infiniti EX-35, the BMW X6 “Sport Activity Coupe,” and the Toyota Venza, a self-proclaimed sport-utility sedan, the Volvo XC60 is a smaller, more civilized variation on the larger XC90—a safety-tech-laden city car with a high profile and the shape of a domesticated rock-crawler. It is to its off-roading forbears what a 10-pound Pomeranian is to its sled-hauling Arctic ancestors. But as a Pomeranian-owning city dweller, I can say that this is not necessarily a bad thing.
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