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Italian design house Bertone has released few details of its new Jaguar B99 concept, but some images of the new concept, destined for a Geneva debut - are leaking out ahead of schedule.

An all-new Saab 9-3 is still several years away, but in the meantime, the newly independent Swedish automaker will unveil a revised 2012 9-3 line at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

It's hard for me to turn down the chance to drive any Mercedes-Benz S-class for a weekend. Unfortunately, it's hard for my bosses to do so, too, so I rarely get the chance, and happily jumped at my most recent opportunity. The S-class debuted way back in 2005, but I still adore the car's luscious, super-comfortable cabin. Also, the Comand system's infotainment controller is very intuitive and still strikes me as one of the best on the market, even after half a decade. Many people, including me, have criticized the S-class's exterior styling, but it says something when a car that's been on the shelf this long continues to attract so much onlooker attention. This car -- and this brand -- clearly still have plenty of cachet.

We covered the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 extensively in the November issue of Automobile Magazine (or here, or here, or here) as part of our package of the 10 Greatest Mustangs Ever. And, on the cover of that issue, we asked: "Will the new Boss 302 be number 11?"

Three years after Jaguar launched a performance-tuned XKR-S model at the Geneva Motor Show, the automaker revealed it will be bringing an all-new, more powerful XKR-S to this year's Geneva extravaganza. Deja vu? Perhaps, but the latest XKR-S promises to be a much more intimidating cat than the last.