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"  From the New York Auto Show: Editors&amp;#039; |   Click on any image below to see more photos in our galleries.   Thos L. Bryant, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief   My favorite was the Bentley Continental GTC Convertible \u2014 beautiful car. The Lexus LS600h was also stunning and promises hybrid tech with some plentiful horsepower!   Douglas Kott, Executive Editor   Coolest: Saab Aero X. Suggests a dramatic and pure new direction for Saab. Let&amp;#039;s hope that rebodied TrailBlazers and Subaru Imprezas are merely stopgap measures, and that some of this design language makes the transition to future Saabs. Although it might be hard to make the economic case for it, a production Aero X would be an excellent &amp;quot;halo&amp;quot; supercar for the brand.   Honorable mention: BMW Z4 Coupe. Looks more like the original Datsun Z-car than the 350Z does.   Andrew Bornhop, Editor, R&amp;amp;amp;T Specials   I&amp;#039;m taken with the new Bentley Continental GTC Convertible. I already love the standard Continental GT, but this open-top version is drop-dead gorgeous. Is there a more stylish top-down cruiser? I think not.   Dennis Simanaitis, Engineering Editor   Honda Element SC concept: For once, 21-in. wheels look sensible on something \u2014 if indeed you&amp;#039;ll grant that &amp;quot;sensible&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Honda Element&amp;quot; belong in the same discussion. I like the Element SC concept a lot. It&amp;#039;s lowered and, more important for me, monochromatic. A cool urban-assault vehicle for us non-assaulting types.   Lexus 600h L: I know, I know. The huggers will come out of their tree bark and complain of the 600h L&amp;#039;s 430 bhp and &amp;quot;only&amp;quot; 21 mpg city/highway. Instead, why not contrast it with the non-hybrid uber-sedans that get 12 mpg. I celebrate the variety of hybrids coming out   Mike Monticello, Feature Editor   The Fuse is a step in the right direction for Scion, because it shows a bold new design statement along with some cool features \u2014 butterfly doors, reverse and fog lights encircled on the exhaust tips, LEDs on the wheels that illuminate as turn signals \u2014 and the hint of strong performance on the way, the one thing sorely lacking from any Scion product. I also like the BMW M Coupe. When BMW introduced the Z4 roadster, they said they would not build a coupe version like they did with the Z3; guess they lied. Like the original M Coupe, the styling is a bit &amp;quot;out there,&amp;quot; but the performance is all &amp;quot;right here, right now.&amp;quot; And how can you not like Ford unleashing 500 some Shelby GT-Hs to Hertz rental agencies around the country? I&amp;#039;d seek out a for a rental car of this caliber, especially considering the extra 25 bhp (including a performance exhaust) and stiffer suspension that comes on the GT-H   Shaun Bailey, Road Test Editor   The hot stuff at the New York Auto Show are the BMW M Coupe, Audi TT and Pontiac GXP. A revival of high horsepower sports coupes and convertibles. Hopefully these sports cars will be afforded enough sporting ability to out class the likes of Mitsubishi Evolutions and Subaru WRXs.   Robert Swift, Associate Art Director   Give me the M Coupe by BMW. As much as I like the Hertz Mustang and the Shelby GT500, I can rip up my favorite roads all day long in the M Coupe without I or the car getting tired. It&amp;#039;s the right balance of power and weight.   Matt DeLorenzo, Detroit Editor   The biggest surprise for me at the New York show were two small cars, the Scion Fuse and the Mini Cooper Works GP. The Fuse nicely blended the boxy styling of the xB with the bigger tC platform and offers the option of a turbocharged 2.4-liter four for real get-up-and-go, which the xB sorely lacks. I also liked the butterfly doors and the neat rear hatch that opens when you wave your foot beneath the rear bumper.   The Mini Cooper Works stole my heart. It&amp;#039;s got something like 250 bhp, is offered only in dark gray and each one of the limited run is numbered on the roof \u2014 very cool.   Jim Hall, Online Editor   The Chrysler 300C Long Wheelbase offers big pimpin&amp;#039; style at an affordable price. As a racing fan, I&amp;#039;m always glad to see race cars at car shows \u2014 with Acura&amp;#039;s LMP2 entry in the American Le Mans Series the category really heats up with Porsche and Mazda already there. But my New York Show fave goes to the beautiful Bentley Continental GTC Convertible. With handsome lines, excellent paint and build quality and tons of power, this car has it all. With sales of the Bentley coupe already in the thousands, maybe this is one ultra-luxury car that might just become the subject of one of Road &amp;amp;amp; Track&amp;#039;s Used Car Classics that might become attainable for mere mortals like myself down the road. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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