The Texas automotive press gathered once again at the Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth to evaluate the latest cars and decide which ones are best. The annual TAWA Texas Auto Roundup is like an auto show where you can drive the display models — and put them through their paces on the road and racetrack.

This year, the competition was particularly tough, and the voting amongst the journalists particularly close.

Mercedes-Benz and their performance division AMG brought multiple-time champion driving ace Tommy Kendall to take passengers on scorching quick laps in the super exclusive Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 Coupe Black Series (Tommy also happens to personally own one), but it wasn't quite enough to take the supercar title away from the sexy 2013 SRT Viper GTS Coupe, making its much-awaited return to production.

But it's not all about supercars, of course. The Ford Fusion took home the prize for Family Car of Texas and Mid-size Car of Texas, and the Cadillac ATS won the Performance Sedan category.

A great addition this year was a fully-functioning electric car charge station by eVgo, to support the growing number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles like the 2013 Ford C-Max, Smart Electric Drive and Chevrolet Volt.

Here is the full breakdown of the Texas Auto Roundup voting results:

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Chevy Impala

  

Photo by Kevin McCauley

Chevy Impala