On comparison tests, the cars with genetically ingrained faults—sometimes glaring, sometimes subtle and varied—will usually have confessed their sins by cocktail hour on Day One. The editors often won’t say anything initially—each man is free to vote without persuasion or influence from his obviously ignorant peers—but we individually already know who won’t be spraying the Dom Pérignon on the podium.
This time ’round, that didn’t happen. It wasn’t until late on Day Three in the Hocking Hills of southern Ohio that various of us ceased saying, “I don’t know who’s gonna win—I like ’em all.”
“They’re all winners,” gushed assistant technical editor K.C. Colwell, who then added, “Did I just say that? I sound like one of those parents who tell their ADD-afflicted kids, ‘Just say “yes” to life—winning doesn’t matter.’”
But he was right. The last-place car in this group is a seductive gem of modern transport that any of us would love to own if we had a spare $50,000, which we don’t so won’t.
Here we’ve gathered a quintet of luxo-sports sedans, with equal emphasis on both adjectives. We included the five big names—the brands that really lead the niche.
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