Our Holiday Automotive All Stars

Even if the G37 hadn't fail-safed on us, it would have been hard not to make the trusty Evo our top pick. Maybe it's us, but we still haven't found anything that's more at home on the track than the Evo, or has fewer things you have to drive around, at nine-tenths.

Unfading brakes using lightweight rotors with 4-piston calipers. Boffo Bilstein shocks. But it's mostly that 13:1 steering ratio, gets us every time.

The new twin-clutch 6-speed automated manual transmission isn't as quick as the Getrag in the BMW M3 or the PDK in the Porsche Carrera 911, because it's transversely mounted - but remember, this is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, astounding. Two hundred ninety-one horsepower is squeezed out, with an intercooled turbo. Giant killer. Hey, big ol' Dodge Challenger 425-hp Hemi, take that!

The Evo simply allows you to do everything right. Check out our Evo video Quick Test.