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Aztec toys go they don't come much bigger than a car it's seen that top five I'm Brian Cooley with the top tech cars we've seen so far in 2010 grab your pink slip and your checkbook and let's get started starting off at number five it's the oddball of the Mercedes line the s400 hybrid this is a big ol s class with a smallish v6 and of course an electric motor the dealer will tell you it's got v8 performance with v6 economy but he'll be lying it's just a big car that doesn't move smartly enough a full two seconds slower than the v8 version however it's the only s-class that avoids getting hit with the gas guzzler tax because it gets four mpg better fuel economy I guess that's a win number four is the Mini Cooper S this car has been a longtime favorite with techies it handles like a go-kart has all kinds of tech options and it's the ideal picnic car since the speedometer can double as a serving plate on the other hand it rides like a truck and I think the whole retro styling wink is getting a little played after nine years but you seem to think otherwise it remains a scene that car tech perennial at number three the Infiniti fx35 now Infiniti has been tech gonzo from the beginning they were way out in front with things like a round view camera technology lane departure prevention blind spot detection even gas pedals now that push back when you're LED footing it but they don't always get it right the fx35 offers a paltry eight hundred megabytes of music storage on its hard drive guys why bother number two the Nissan GTR normally weapons of this type require a special export license and cost into the millions of dollars but the GTR really is more like a military piece than a car and it makes no apologies it's fast as hell and it has the coolest deep tech display you'll ever see in a dashboard the looks you either love or hate but I'll tell you it's the only $80,000 car I can really call a scream bargain before we get to number one let's take a look at the lamest tech car we've reviewed so far in 2010 it's the Nissan Xterra s yeah I know it hauls stuff over stuff but the S trim version doesn't play mp3 CDs or have an iPod hookup or a USB port or offer GPS nap or even an aux jack for crying out loud why did they send this to us okay now our number one hottest hi-tech rides so far in 2010 it's the Audi s4 tremendous cabin tech and interface 3d GPS that actually looks great a be a no audio rig Rorty performance sticky handling 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox great fuel economy an uncanny smooth ride I gotta sit down no one do we gave it an editor's choice anyway I'm sorry if I just made you hate your car that kind of goes with the territory that's it for this edition of seen that top 5 I'm Brian Cooley we'll see you next time