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2008 Los Angeles Motor Show Photos & Coverage

2008 Los Angeles Motor Show Photos & Coverage 
Automobile Magazine is at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show and covering all the new car debuts. We've also driven the 2010 Mazda3 and 2010 Porsche Boxster before the cars made it to the show stand. more 
 
 
2009 Technology of the Year: Direct Fuel Injection2009 Technology of the Year: Direct Fuel Injection
For enabling a major step forward in gas and diesel engine power, efficiency, and cleanliness, direct fuel injection is Automobile Magazine's 2009 Technology of the Year.
 2009 Design of the Year: 2009 Audi A5
We knew the 2009 Audi A5 was a beautiful car, but no one really fully appreciated the quality of its total design before driving it.
 2009 Man of the Year: Takeo Fukui
In an era when platinum-paid executives rarely deviate from the orthodoxy of the crowd, Honda's Takeo Fukui has successfully avoided faddish trends and instead stayed true to the founding principles of Soichiro Honda.
 2009 Automobile of the Year: 2009 Nissan GT-R
It rides like a subway car, sounds like an appliance, weighs a ton, and isn't that pretty. And you know what? We're still naming the 2009 Nissan GT-R our Automobile of the Year.
2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR12009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
It pulls strongly at high rpm but also has mega low-end torque. This is one world-class powerplant.
 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Driving one is not an experience, it's an occasion. 911s are that special.
 2009 BMW M3
The 2009 BMW M3 just may be the consummate "gets better the harder you drive it" machine.
 2008 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas
The aluminum construction of this car allows the 300 hp engine to feel adequate and the normal aspiration gives very linear power delivery.
 2009 Chevy Malibu LTZ
This is the comfortable, contemporary boulevard cruiser from Chevrolet.
 2008 BMW 135i Convertible
This is the bargain BMW?
 Nissan Maxima, Toyota Avalon, Hyundai Genesis, Pontiac G8 V-6 Comparison - Big Six Sedans
All four are largish cars, priced in the low-$30,000s range (except for the slightly less expensive Pontiac), that promise something more than the typical mid-size sedan.
 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Roadster
The SL63 is really a very livable, grand touring super-roadster, one that someone who's tired of sitting on the waiting list for a Ferrari F430 Spider could quite enjoy.