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It’s hard to imagine any car making a Mercedes-Benz S-Class seem suddenly pedestrian, let alone the AMG-tuned version of the brand’s flagship sedan.

Buick first introduced the Verano for the 2012 model year before the Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 and Audi A3 sedans reached showrooms. At the time it only had to fight for market share with the Acura ILX, which was a lukewarm product at best.

The Opel Monza concept will strongly influence the styling direction of the next Insignia, sold in the U.S. as the Buick Regal.

Building on the foundation of the S400 Hybrid, Mercedes-Benz chose this year’s North American International Auto Show as the place to unveil its (slightly) smaller E-Class derrivative.

Volkswagen‘s sixth generation Jetta, which debuted for 2011, has clearly struck a chord with American buyers. It helped the automaker boost sales by some 24 percent in the U.S. in November and is currently the most popular European branded car in our market.