Without road-car regulations to hold it back, the McLaren P1 GTR will push everything to the limit, featuring even more performance and grip than the road car, due to more aggressive aerodynamics and styling, a widened track and slick tyres.

Move inside and feel how a little of the wit and bravado of the original Jaguar XF has been sacrificed to ease of use and corporate friendliness. The rotary gear selector, for example, looks forlorn sitting centrally on a piece of tin plate that could conceivably have once held a Fray Bentos steak-and-kidney pudding.

The RX350 and hybrid RX450h offer posh appointments, a cushy ride, and lots of interior room—but neither is fun to drive. Steering is numb, and handling is ponderous. The hybrid is quicker, with a 30-mpg city fuel rating, but its CVT and grabby regenerative brakes detract from the driving experience.

Lincoln’s new Continental sedan, captured here wearing an exclusive new, trippy-ball body wrap while testing. Despite having only just debuted in concept-car form at the 2015 New York auto show, the Continental project has allegedly been well underway for some time.