DETROIT, MI- "Motor City muscle" is back, but not enough to top a couple of foreign competitors, according to a new list of high performance car rankings.

Total Car Score today released its "Top 10 Best High Performance Cars for 2012" with vehicles from General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC taking eight of the 10 spots, but Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz vehicles topping the list.

“High-performance cars still matter,” said Karl Brauer, CEO of Total Car Score. “Performance models sell in relatively low volumes, so automakers can justify the image boost they provide against the small hit they cause to Corporate Average Fuel Economy statistics.”

The cars that were evaluated include a wide variety of performance vehicles, including street-ready muscle cars, high-performance luxury sedans, and even a full-sized racing truck, according to officials.

In terms of the amount of vehicles on the list for the Detroit Three, Chrysler and GM tied with three vehicles each, followed by Ford at two. All of Chrysler's vehicles were from its high-performance SRT lineup.

The rankings, which have some surprises, are based on the Total Car Score's aggregate scoring model that incorporates the reviews and rankings of top automotive authorities (click on the vehicles for images and Total Car Score's descriptions):