Hot Luxury Cars for 2010
Betting that shoppers still love their baby-SUVs, luxury automakers are cracking the compact-crossover segment wide open. This year also sees a continuing shuffle among high-end luxury sedans. Here are several significant offerings. To see all of the new and redesigned luxury cars for 2010, check out the Model Year Preview.
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| All luxury cars are listed in alphabetical order and are from the 2010 model year. | |||
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Like BMW's recently introduced X6 crossover, the new Acura ZDX is a coupe-like utility vehicle that's as much about style as it is about functionality.
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 | $33,330 - $47,540 | ||
Redesigned for 2010, the SRX gains the latest take on Cadillac's edgy design theme and offers better gas mileage than the outgoing model.
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 | $71,650 - $114,150 | ||
Redesigned for the first time since the 2004 model year, the XJ gains a lot of cues from Jaguar's new XF sedan. Like its predecessor, the new XJ sports lightweight aluminum construction and normally aspirated or supercharged V-8 engines — albeit larger, more-powerful ones than before.
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 | $34,200 - $36,970 | ||
Like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight, the HS has no non-hybrid counterpart and is Lexus' first hybrid-only model. It's also the first Lexus to employ a four-cylinder engine. Its 35 mpg city rating makes it the brand's most fuel-efficient model.
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 | $36,800 - $43,250 | ||
Lexus has refined — rather than radically altered — its RX 350 luxury crossover for 2010. That seems a sensible thing to do, as the RX is one of the most popular models in its class. An RX 450h hybrid version is also offered.
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 | $48,050 - $56,300 | ||
Mercedes redesigned its E-Class for 2010, with a new E-Class coupe replacing the aging CLK. It offers V-6 or V-8 engines and keeps the quad headlights it's had since the mid-1990s, though they adopt the more angular styling theme that Mercedes has recently taken on.
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 | $34,600 - $36,600 | ||
The all-new GLK-Class small luxury crossover enters a rapidly growing segment. Unlike many of its competitors, however, it features upright styling that's more closely associated with traditional SUVs.
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 | $89,800 - $132,600 | ||
The Panamera is Porsche's first four-door car, though it isn't as radical a departure from the company's sports car tradition as the Cayenne SUV represented. With an available twin-turbo V-8, the Panamera goes up against the likes of a BMW 7 Series or Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
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 | $32,395 - $37,200 | ||
The all-new five-seat XC60 offers a number of unique styling cues and advanced safety features to set it apart from the luxury crossover competition. It slots below the seven-seat XC90 in Volvo's lineup.
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© Cars.com 10/16/09
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