What Recession? Bentley Offers Its Most Opulent Car Ever
 

If the auto industry is tanking, the venerable British carmaker either didn't get the memo or doesn't care. With a perfectly straight face, Bentley unveils its $350,000 Azure T at the L.A. Auto Show.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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And the Green Car of the Year Is ... a Diesel
 

The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI is named Green Car of the Year on Thursday at the L.A. Auto Show, marking the first time a diesel has won the award.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Phooey to Fuel Economy: 10 Cars That Just Don't Care
 

<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0223_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p> Oh sure, we're all for alt-fuel green cars. Hybrids? Love 'em. EVs? We'll take two. Hydrogen? Show us where to get the stuff, and we're there. But there's something to be said for being pushed back into butter-soft, hand-stitched leather as you hurtle toward the horizon at absurd velocity. Here then are our picks for the 10 cars at the <a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/los_angeles_auto_show/index.html">Los Angeles Auto Show</a> that will do just that.</p>

<p><strong>Left: Gumpert Apollo</strong><br/>If "limited edition" isn't limited enough, Gumpert has the car for you. The boutique supercar maker is sending just 10 of the race-ready rides to America next year. They start at $485,000, but we'll take the top-of-the-line $850,000 model, because why wouldn't you want every one of the 850 horsepower you get with it?</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0260_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>If you have to ask, you'll never understand.</p>


<img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0283_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>It's not the flashiest car around. The doors don't flip upward. It isn't covered in carbon fiber. And most people won't have any idea what it is. But the DBS is just so quintessentially British that way. It's got a 6.0-liter V12, it'll hit 60 mph in 4.3 seconds, and it tops out at 191 mph. When you're that good, you can afford to be understated.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0300_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>It's got more scoops than Baskin-Robbins and more bling than Flavor Flav, so you'd be forgiven for thinking it's something of a joke. But this Dutch rocket with a racing pedigree produces 400 horsepower, does 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 187 mph. So the joke's on you.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0319_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>Lotus is one of the most-storied names in sports cars, and those who have driven them love them. If you haven't driven one, now's the time to start.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0360_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>Eeenie, meenie, miney, mo … oh, just pick one. You can't go wrong.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0424_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>From the gleaming chrome hood ornament and 500-horsepower twin-turbo V8 to the diamond-quilted leather interior (choose from one of 25 different kinds) and jeweled fuel cap, everything about the Azure T is decadently, sensuously luxurious. And for $350,000, it damn well better be.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0647_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>Yes, there are faster Porsches. Yes, there are more-expensive Porsches. And yes, there are Porsches that will run circles around the Boxster. But we just love this scene.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0811_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>The R8 is stereotypically German — beautifully engineered, ruthlessly efficient and exceptionally quick. It isn't as good as you've heard; it's better. Everyone should have one.</p><img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/11/gallery_priceyauto/la_autoshow_0866_t.jpg'></img>: Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com<p>For burning rubber, doing donuts and blowing the doors off anything short of a Gumpert Apollo, nothing beats the 638-horsepower Corvette ZR1. It's a muscle car on steroids and the best 'Vette ever. Dollar for dollar, pound for pound, nothing beats it.</p><br style="clear: both;"/>
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Biofuel-Powered Flying Car Cleared for Takeoff
 

Parajet is getting ready for the inaugural flight of its SkyCar, a biofuel-powered land/air hybrid vehicle that it says will deliver rally-car performance on the ground and light-aircraft performance in the sky.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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