from small luxury crossover suvs to hybrid technology the latest offerings at the recent detroit auto show were all about newer and bolder features a look at some of the cars that made their debut 2018 kia stinger kia showed a sport sedan called the stinger the culmination of a concept first unveiled in 2011expect to see it in showrooms late this year priced at around 50000 its a fivepassenger fivedoor coupe with a 252horsepower inlinefour engine an eightspeed automatic transmission and a 062 mph sprint time of six seconds the higherend 365hp v6 gt version will do that in five seconds 2018 mercedesamg gt the gt c has the wide body and rearaxle steering of the gt r but the growling 550horsepower engine with 502 poundfeet of torque is all its own only 50 of these will be made all with a special edition trim package audi q8 concept audis new large luxury suv runs on a plugin hybrid system and is the basis for a production model that will hit the market in 2018 under the hood the q8 has both a 333horsepower combustion engine and a 100kw electric motor on an eightspeed transmission the complete system will get 330kw and be able to reach 62 mph in 54 seconds top speed is 155 mph cadillac escala concept this is the vehicle that hints at cadillacs future the name means scale in spanish escala has american walnut wood leather trim and linenlike textiles inspired by mens suiting there are curved oled digital screens in front of the driver computer screens in the back of the front seats and a huge panoramic ceiling that spans the top the whole thing is powered by a twinturbo eightcylinder engine 2017 bentley continental supersports this is the third iteration of the supersports model the company first produced in the 1920s the 293300 fourseat coupe comes with a 6litre twinturbocharged w12 engine that gets 700 brake horsepower and 750 poundfeet of torque itll hit 60 miles per hour in 34 seconds top speed is 209 mph 2018 lexus ls 500 lexus has had a few misses in recent years but this latest sedan looks great performance has been improved with a 415horsepower twinturbocharged v6 engine paired with a 10speed automatic transmission and max torque of 442 poundfeet it can hit 60 mph in 45 seconds the ls 500 also has a lot of safety features new interior trim and an ultraquiet cabin 2018 audi sq5 the sq5 has a 30litre v6 engine that can get 354 horsepower with a whopping 347 poundfeet of torque itll reach 60 mph in 51 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph on the inside sbranded logos are everywhere along with leather and suede accents plus adaptive cruise control parking assist and pedestrian detection with automatic emergency braking bmw 5 series sedan bmw showed off the seventh generation of its 5 series line which included world debuts of the 540i the 530e iperformance and the m550i each