Car of the World Series

Lexus, Audi and Mercedes was treated with the biggest award in the NY International Auto Show. Lexus LS460 (pictures) was awarded 'The World Car of the Year". I am not surprise since this luxury sedan has so much technological auto advancement put into it. Self Parking and 8 speed trasmission are one of the many innovation that is built into this super luxury sedan. Also available is the massaging back seat that resembles first class seat in an airliner. This will be available on the LS460L series. Congrats Lexus for bringing your sedan one step closer to perfection. Stay tuned for the hybrid LS600hl (pictures) version that has V8 hybrid synergy drive that produce V12 performance. It will have more than 450+ HP. Awesome.

Next on the list for "World Performance Car of the Year" is the Audi RS4 which I reviewed earlier last month. This will be in my Top 10 most wanted list.

Greenest car goes to.......Mercedes E320 Bluetec. It is a 3.0 liter turbocharged diesel powered E class that generates 208 HP and 388 Ib ft.

World Design Car of the Year goes to the redesign 2007 Audi TT. Not my choice but the competitions are quite weak. They are the Citroen C4 Picasso and Fiat Grande Punto. I would like to see the Evo X , Audi R8 or RS4 or even the new BMW M3 win this award next year. But until then, we have not seen all the cars out for next year. Until then...keep you finger cross and we will see what is in the pipe line for the car makers around the world.