This car will never make you feel, each and every time you drive, that you are
driving a sedan car, rather than a compact sedan.
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In keeping with the previous
car's exquisite
driving dynamics, Porsche was very careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater when it gave the luxury
sedan a much - needed makeover.»
BMW has announced it wants to build a crash - proof
car, and, at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I rode in a self -
driving BMW i3, sitting in the passenger seat of a driverless
sedan while it piloted itself down a simple short course — maybe 100 feet long.
Del Vecchio's team has already tested its system on specially adapted Lexus
sedans — one step, she says, toward the day when most of the
cars on the road will be machine
driven.
And most of the
cars were the little two - door and four - door
sedans you see
driving around a major city; none of them could have traversed the road we had just traveled.
The Accord
sedan, like its competitors, is a well - engineered, solidly built
car that disappears around you while you're
driving.
Acura's signature «jewel - eye» LED headlamps — also found on the RLX
sedan and the forthcoming NSX super
car — trickle down to the MDX, but the thin LED
driving lamp assemblies used in the lower front fascia of the earlier concept were ditched on the way to production.
Until now, all M
cars have had a high - revving, normally aspirated engine, a manual or automated manual gearbox, rear - wheel
drive, and a
sedan or sports
car shell.
The Rolls - Royce Ghost appeared in a 2010, a short - wheelbase
sedan designed to be less stately and more personal, a
car for people who understand that a Rolls - Royce can be something to
drive, not just something to own.
The
driving experience of this
car is similar to that of high end import sport
sedans like BMW 3 - series, and betters offerings from VW, Volvo or Lexus.
My last
car was a 330zhp sport
sedan and I
drove it nine years.
Ford has a similar timeframe planned and a new fleet of self -
drive Fusion
sedan test
cars to help make this a reality.
A huge part of our test -
drive of the 1997 Saturn SL1
sedan occurred outside the
car.
Expect the 2017 Kia Cadenza to remain similar in size as the current front - wheel
drive sedan, which competes with
cars like the Toyota Avalon and Buick LaCrosse.
Although the seats could use a bit more bolstering for hard
driving, the cockpit is otherwise perfectly matched to the XFR's bipolar proficiency of being both a sports
car and a luxury touring
sedan.
The 2013 Fusion is a great
car if you're looking for a
driving enthusiast's interpretation of a midsize
sedan's mission, yet some compromises in utility are also required as a result.
When you look at the
cars that Americans
drive, you see an awful lot of compact
sedans.
Because the S - class is essentially a chauffeur -
driven car in the all - important Chinese market, Mercedes designed the new luxury
sedan first as a long - wheelbase model (W222) and then worked on the short - wheelbase (V222) variant.
Whether we're
driving a $ 200,000 luxury
sedan or a $ 20,000 compact
car, we can't help but hope to magically find ourselves behind the wheel of a BMW 3 Series.
The only current Kia model that offers rear - wheel
drive is the full - size K900 luxury
sedan, so the upcoming Kia sports
car would ride on its own independent platform.
After all, this
car is the offspring of the 2003 Infiniti G35, the
sedan that reinvented Nissan's overall performance identity with its rear - wheel -
drive FM («front midship») chassis and VQ V - 6 engine, both of which also found their way to the Nissan 350Z.
Accelerator response seemed a bit delayed at times, but otherwise the diesel powerplant barely changes the S - class
driving experience at all: the
car still has plenty of passing power, it still rides and handles amazingly well for a big
sedan, and it still immerses its occupants in extreme luxury.
The M3
sedan is a sports
car that can be
driven every day.
At the track, the XFR's compliant chassis and quick, positive - feel steering mask the
car's heft and inspire you to
drive the 4306 - pound
sedan like a small sport coupe.
Although it's a reasonably affordable and practical
sedan, it's a
car that enthusiasts around the world aspire to own, to
drive, and to enjoy.
Bentley's flagship
sedan has already distinguished itself from its rival, the Rolls - Royce Phantom, as a
car that an owner might care to
drive, at least when Jeeves has the day off.
Yet there I was, zinging through the gears of a 2015 Mitsubishi Evo MR, a turbocharged sports
sedan that couldn't scream «cult
car» any louder if Eraserhead were
driving it.
Criticize the idea of a Porsche
sedan all you want, but this 4343 - pound
car is fun to
drive.
You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel -
drive only Giulia QF
sedan unless you put winters on it (which would work nearly as well on the
sedan), so what's Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall performance
car?
Despite the size increase, Audi claims that the new
car has maintained its weight (although the company is not yet publishing final figures for the U.S. - spec model); if so, then the A8, tipping the scales at some 4400 pounds, will keep its position as the trimmest entry in the all - wheel -
drive, ultra-luxe
sedan class.
Even without the purported weight savings on the Giulia The Panamera Turbo is a substantially heavier full - size
car, with an advanced all - wheel
drive system, where the Giulia is a raw, rear - wheel
drive mid-size
sedan.
As we said when we
drove the Model S 70D, «Tesla has continued to tweak and refine its pioneering electric
sedan into something any
car shopper would lust after.»
The second - generation 2016 Chevrolet Cruze compact
sedan builds upon the qualities we liked in the original, such as a quiet ride, with the addition of a more refined turbocharged four - cylinder engine and greater in -
car connectivity, but I wish the
driving experience were more engaging.
Not long ago, Hyundai shot for the moon by expanding its lineup with the rear - wheel -
drive Genesis — a
car intended to emulate midsize luxury
cars like the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes - Benz E-Class for less money than either
sedan.
Lexus GS350 Lexus's mid-size, rear - wheel -
drive sedan has always been somewhat lost in the shuffle — a little too anonymously styled to be an icon; a little too harsh to be a luxury
car; a lot too isolated to be a driver's dream.
We look forward to
driving these
cars back - to - back to see which take on the American luxury
sedan we prefer.
This is a luxury
sedan that emphasizes the luxury part of the equation more than the
driving part, as you waft along in speed and comfort if not with much feeling of communication between the
car and the driver.
From minor software updates to the addition of all - wheel
drive, Tesla has continued to tweak and refine its pioneering electric
sedan into something any
car shopper would lust after.
If it were to happen today, it would have just two
cars: the Equus and the smaller Genesis, both rear -
drive luxury
sedans.
Still, at higher revs it belts out a pleasing, high - pitched whine, and Audi's all - wheel
drive sends enough power to the rear to make the
car feel like a proper sports
sedan.
The midsize luxury
sedan class is dominated by rear - and all - wheel -
drive cars, which mean a large center floor hump.
Unlike an SUV, which is built on a body - on - frame truck platform, a CUV is built off a «unibody»
car platform, which make the vehicles
drive and behave more like a traditional
sedan or coupe.
This Mazda 6i Sport strikes me as a pretty good deal for someone who needs a family
sedan but wants a more interactive
driving experience than one usually finds in those
cars.
Our first
drive from Detroit to New Baltimore, Michigan, and back afforded no chance to sort out the
car's handling, but previous
drives of the
sedan in various trims revealed a fairly stiff suspension and nicely controlled handling with minimal understeer.
If a production model does indeed turn out to be based on the same UKL architecture as the BMW X1 and 2 Series Gran Tourer, the
car will likely be offered with both front - and all - wheel
drive, leaving enthusiasts» dreams of a compact rear - wheel -
drive BMW
sedan in the dust.
A production version of the Stinger would join the Kia K900
sedan, which launched in March and is Kia's first foray into the rear - wheel -
drive segment, as premium
cars in the brand's showrooms.
With its ambitious price of $ 36,615, the front - wheel -
drive SXL costs a few thousand dollars more than loaded V - 6 versions of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, and seems to set its sights on premium
cars like the Acura TLX and Buick Regal rather than mainstream family
sedans.
It doesn't
drive like a
car, unless your benchmark is a late -»50s luxury
sedan.