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The Boss 302 is still my favorite current Mustang, but now that I've spent a weekend with the revised, 2013 Mustang GT, I'm pretty sure I could live happily with it instead. My colleague Jake Holmes detailed all the changes that Ford made to the entire Mustang lineup for 2013 when he drove the cars back in March. Among the changes he mentioned were two new additional colors, Gotta Have It Green and Deep Impact Blue, which is what our test car wore. "Gotta Have It" is not a descriptive term that I would ascribe to the bright green paint, but I loved the blue-on-black combination. I also think the 2013 Mustang's subtle styling changes, especially to the front end, add a touch of, dare I say it, sophistication to this pony car. The newly standard HID headlamps are a welcome addition; I'm obsessed with headlight quality, and these are quite good on both low and high beam.

Even though the Nissan Juke has been out on the streets for a year, it still attracts plenty of attention. "What is it about this car?" asked road test editor Christopher Nelson, who brought the Juke back to Ann Arbor after its one-month sojourn in New York. "Why do so many people love the way it looks? I don't hate the styling and applaud Nissan for being bold, but, seriously, I don't think it merits all the praise it gets on the street."

There was no doubt that a Subaru BRZ would join our Four Seasons fleet. Few cars have been as hotly anticipated as the fruit of the Subaru/Toyota joint venture that produced the BRZ and the Scion FR-S. Light weight, crisp handling, affordability, and rear-wheel drive are the endearing characteristics of these twins.