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"Top 5 Coolest Cars at the LA Auto Show\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBMW i3 Coupe Concept\n\nBMW recently rolled out its i3 concept car, and now in Los Angeles it's showing its i3 Coupe concept, a two-door plug-in electric hatchback that the company says will be able to zip from 0 to 62 mph in less than 8 seconds. It has a 170hp electric motor on the rear axle, and its range is reported to be 80 to 100 miles. For those with range anxiety, BMW says the i3 Coupe's high-speed charger package will get you back on the road in about the amount of time it takes to eat a leisurely lunch, charging its batteries to 80% of their capacity in 60 minutes.\nBMW i3 Coupe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2014 Chevy Spark EV\n\nThe tiny Chevy Spark gets an electric motor and serious torque for 2014, morphing into the Spark EV. It'll be available next summer in California and South Korea (and in a few dealerships in Oregon and Canada) for $25,000 after that $7500 tax break you get from the government for buying an electric vehicle. \nThe star the show is the car's insane amount of torque -- in this case an astonishing claim of 400 lb-ft. of cranking power, rivaling the acceleration of a Corvette.\nThe thing is bristling with tech, too, integrating your iPhone into the festivities with a specialGPS app (rolling out early next year, stay tuned for our review of that), Pandora and other apps that show up on the vehicle's \"infotainment\" screen. And by the time the car is available next summer, Chevy says Apple's Siri will be integrated into the system as well. This we gotta see.\nChevy Spark EV\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2014 Porsche Cayman\n\nIf you're in the market for a Porsche, you'll want to take a close look at the Cayman. It's especially appealing for those who like the Boxster but want a closed roof, but might not have the $100K handy for the awesome Porsche 911. \nThe Cayman's 275 horses propel this missile to a top speed of 165 mph, and if that's not enough, you can opt for the Cayman S with 325 hp and a top speed of 175 mph. All this dazzling speed is thanks to Porsche's tweaking of its direct-injected flat six-cylinder engine --  with a 2.7 L model under the hood of the Cayman ($54,000), and a 3.4 L engine powering the Cayman S ($64,000).\n2014 Porsche Cayman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2014 Ford Fiesta ST\n\nFord has tuned the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST for serious performance. Available only with a sporty six-speed manual transmission, it's packing a 1.6 L four-cylinder EcoBoost engine that turns this tiny toy into a pocket rocket, cranking out 197 hp. That's a lot for a car its size, resulting in 214 lb-ft. of torque at 3500 RPM. What's that mean? This little conveyance is going to press you tightly against your seat when you put the pedal to the metal, that's what.\nFord Fiesta ST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2014 Corvette\n\nThere have been lots of educated guesses about what the next Corvette will look like, but Chevrolet is being coy, holding the particulars of this highly anticipated supercar close to its chest. All we've seen so far from Chevy are teaser videos,  and the one revealed this week shows the Corvette C7's sexy new instrument panel. Ever the tease, Chevrolet even modified this mockup of the instrument panel with an image of current Corvette C6, certain to be changed when the real thing is revealed on 1/13/13 at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. We can't wait.\nCorvette C7 Teaser Video\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe annual Los Angeles Auto Show has been going on all week, and we've picked the five coolest and most promising vehicles on display.\nAs you might have expected, there are plenty of new electric cars rolling out at the show, and we found two pure electric plug-ins that are breaking new ground. \nAt the same time, we found a few badass rides that are based on cars already on the road, but now they've been significantly improved, turning from respectable vehicles into fire-breathing road dragons.\nCars from all over the world were represented at the show, but three out of the five cars we picked for our honor roll are made right here in the good old US of A. So take a look at the gallery of high-resolution pics we picked, and then let us know in the comments which car would win your Best of Show award.\nCorvette Teaser Video\nOne member of our stellar quintet of car stars, the 2014 Corvette, is still under wraps until the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. It's got to be the most highly anticipated car of the year. Its makers continue to tease us with tantalizing videos that show slender slices of it. \nHere's the latest video the company released, revealing clues about the car's digital dashboard: \n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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