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After a long flight, it's always a good idea to let the jet lag ease a bit before jumping into the pricey car that doesn't belong to you, in the foreign country where the roads are scary narrow and the steering wheel is on the wrong side.inline_mediumwraptextright26754476/reviews/driven/1003_2010_rolls_royce_ghost1003_01_z+2010_rolls_royce_ghost+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

I was one of the first journalists to drive the ZDX, and I enjoyed my entire experience. I was, let me say, up around Monterey and Carmel in California, enjoying a fabulous couple of days of sightseeing, dining, and staying at the wonderful Post Ranch Inn. It was a luxurious vacation experience in the lavishly appointed and trimmed ZDX, a car that follows in the design shadow of the ungainly BMW GTs, cars I find grotesquely unattractive. The second I set eyes on the ZDX, I gasped audibly. But on second glance (when I opened my scrunched eyes), the ZDX was definitely more shapely and better proportioned. And I quickly got used to driving it on the twisty narrow roads around Carmel Valley and south on Highway 1.inline_mediumwraptextright32354727/reviews/editors_notebook/1002_2010_acura_zdx1002_04_z+2010_acura_zDX+rear_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue

To celebrate the fact that its Quattroporte has won nearly 56 different awards, Maserati has created a new special model -- the Quattroporte Sport GT S “Awards Edition” -- that will be unveiled at the 2010 Geneva motor show.inline_mediumwraptextright26937065/features/news/1002_2010_maserati_quattroporte_sport_gt_awards_edition1002_01_z+2010_maserati_quattroporte_sport_gT_awards_edition+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue