DETROIT MOTOR SHOW: Top 5 most talked about cars
The message in Detroit was clear: the supercar is back! We look at five of the bestIt was -20 degrees and snowing on the streets of downtown Detroit, but inside the Cobo centre, the home of America's most important motor show, things were hotting up as a multitude of supercars stole the limelight.
We've chosen our five best cars from the 2015 Detroit motor show, and although not all of them are supercars – one of them is a 140kW diesel-powered ute – there was a unifying theme of performance, luxury and lifestyle pervading the show.
Arguably the most talk-about vehicle shown in Detroit this year, the return of the Ford GT supercar indicates a willingness by the brand to flex its low-volume, high-performance muscles, and this can only be a good thing for Ford fans.Looking like a bona fide Ferrari hunter, the low-slung sinewy exotic is powered by a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 worth at least 450kW, and the scissor-hinge doors and active aerodynamics are the icing on the cake.
The new GT celebrates the 50th anniversary of its memorable 1-2-3 podium finish at the 1966 Le Mans 24-Hour race and will be released in late 2016 in very limited numbers
It feels as though the NSX has been a decade in the making, but even with its drawn-out arrival the debut of the production model saw the crowds flock to it like excited electrons.Expected to arrive in Australia in 2016, the new model features a mid-mounted VTEC V6 petrol engine hooked up to a pair of electric motors. Throw in the possibility of a turbo and you're looking at a 400kW+ AWD supercar that could bloody the nose of the Audi R8.
As Honda returns to F1 as an engine supplier, the timing of the NSX is perfect, and we cannot wait to drive it.
Although the Buick Avenir is technically not a supercar, it is a car that's kind of super – for several reasons. For a start, it was designed by a bunch of Aussies in Melbourne and went on to take out the best concept car design award at the Detroit show. But it's also a sneak peek at how the next Commodore could be styled.It also shows that GM has not given up on large rear-drive vehicles, something that could, in the future, be of great interest to Australians.
4. Infiniti Q60
Though it may officially be a concept car, the Infiniti Q60 points to a production car that will rival the likes of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe and BMW 4 Series. Gleaming under the hot lights of the Detroit motor show, the Q60's flowing lines and muscular extremities give it an athletic appeal that is just what the brand needs if it's to take the fight to the Germans.
And who knows, a ball-tearing Nissan GT-R engine could one day find its way under the bonnet of the production car...
5. Hyundai Santa Cruz ute
Okay, so the Hyundai Santa Cruze ute is no supercar. In fact it probably couldn't keep up with a Renault Clio, but that mattered little to the thousands who thronged around the Korean brand's first ute design. Although Australian execs admitted it was not what they were hoping for, the amount of interest this concept generated should see it reach production sooner rather than later.
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