Wednesday, May 11, 2011

FULL SIZE LUXURY VEHICLE

A full-size car is a marketing term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car. In the United States, the EPA uses "large car" to denote full-size cars. Luxury vehicle is a marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury pleasant or desirable features beyond strict necessity at increased
expense.


Audi A8
 The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994. Succeeding the Audi V8, the A8 has been offered with front wheel drive or permanent four-wheel drive, with multitronic or tiptronic automatic transmissions in short and long wheelbase variants. Previous generations employed the Volkswagen Group D platform with the current generation using the D4 platform.






 



Maserati Quattroporte

The Maserati Quattroporte is a luxury four-door saloon made by Maserati in Italy. The name translated from Italian literally means -four doors-. There have been five generations of the car, each separated by a period of roughly five years.


Lincoln Town Car

 The Lincoln Town Car is a full-size, luxury sedan sold by Ford Motor Company's upscale Lincoln brand. The Town Car nameplate was first introduced in 1959 Continental Mark IV lineup as a top of the line 4 door sedan; the nameplate became a permanent part of the Continental lineup in 1969, denoting its highest-trim interior package. In 1981, the Town Car became its own model in the Lincoln lineup, also serving as the flagship for the Lincoln brand as well as for Ford Motor Company. The Town Car features a V8 engine, body-on-frame design, rear-wheel drive and large exterior and interior dimensions.Its large dimensions make it the largest car in production in North America.


Mercedes-Benz S-Class
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a series of luxury sedans produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The classification was officially introduced in 1972 with the W116 S-Class, which succeeded previous Mercedes-Benz models dating to the mid-1950s. The S-Class has ranked as the world's best-selling luxury flagship sedan and its latest generation, the W221 S-Class, premiered in 2006 as an all-new design. As the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz lineup, the S-Class has debuted many of the company's latest innovations, including drivetrain technologies, interior features, and safety systems (such as the first seatbelt pretensioners).  As in previous iterations, the W221 S-Class is sold in standard- and long-wheelbase versions; V6, V8, V12, diesel and hybrid powertrains are offered. All models built in Mexico or sold in the United States are only available in long wheelbase.


Cadillac DTS

The Cadillac DTS (DeVille Touring Sedan) is a full-size luxury sedan produced by General Motors, an American automobile company. The first version of the DTS was initially shown at the 2005 Chicago Auto Show on February 9. The DTS replaced the Cadillac DeVille as General Motors' largest luxury car for model year 2006. This renaming followed new styling conventions set by the earlier CTS and STS.