Top 10 Best Dark-Horse Cars
05 Jan 2012, Posted in Reviews Leave a ReplyThere are some vehicles, which dominate the sales charts and have no shortage of mainstream recognition. You know the ones – models including Toyota Camry, Honda Civic and Ford Explorer. Those who are in the market looking for a vehicle, top sellers like these are expected the top picks, which come to mind as you populate the short list. In plenty of cases, these conventional favorites are popular for quite a lot of reasons; however there are other choices, which are just as worthy of your buying dollars. Following are the 10 picks for best dark-horse cars, listed in alphabetical order. Blissfully, some of these picks such as sterling Hyundai Sonata are beginning to get kind of buzz, which assures they won’t be dark horses for too much longer.
2010 Buick LaCrosse
Redesigned from the ground up, the 2010 Buick LaCrosse makes its world debut at 2009 Detroit Motor Show in 2009. It offers four-wheel drive system, suite of sophisticated intelligent personal technologies and safety features along with choice of two fuel efficient V6 engines. The all-new LaCrosse is created with great attention to detail, advanced technology and craftsmanship. The Buick LaCrosse takes its cue from you. Available ice-blue ambient lighting, soft-touch instrument panel and premium leather-appointed seating surround you to make your ride more enjoyable and smoother. The passengers’ comfort isn’t left to chance either. In fact, the engineers of Buick designed first class rear seating in this luxury sedan to have more rear leg room as compared to Acura TL, Infiniti G37 and Lexus ES 350 sedans.
2011 Ford Fiesta
The 2011 Ford Fiesta is one of the best selling models of the company and delivers more than just great looks and high fuel economy of any vehicle in its class. In across North America, in Asia Pacific region and Europe, customers are looking for a uniquely engineered small car, which provides convenience, world-class quality, connectivity and comfort. It was originally developed with customers. Spirited performance, efficient use of space and Fuel economy are what Ford Fiesta delivers. At the front, Ford Fiesta gets global Ford face, centering Blue Oval badge on grille over signature inverted trapezoid lower grille opening.
The cabin inside 2011 Ford Fiesta is quite luxurious and gets boldly sculpted surfaces, supportive, comfortable materials and contrasting colors, which make the cabin individual like the driver. The instrument panel center stack – focal point of Fiesta interior is engineered to feel as familiar and useful as keypad on a smartphone. It comes with first-row bucket seats with 60/40 split second-row seat. Leather or cloth seating surfaces vary by variant providing style, individuality and comfort. High series Ford Fiestas also provide leather with sporty contrast accent color piping.
2010 Ford Fusion
The all-new 2010 Ford Fusion offers roomy interior, available four-wheel drive system, engaging handling, good four-cylinder fuel economy, comfy ride and excellent Ford Sync system. It comes equipped with keyless entry, 16 inch alloy wheels, trip computer, full power accessories, air-conditioning, cruise control, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, 60/40 split rear seats and four-speaker stereo with CD player and auxiliary audio jack. The SE gets foglamps, 17-inch alloys, fold-flat passenger seat, dual exhaust tips, steering wheel radio controls, six-speaker stereo with satellite radio and six-way power driver seat with manual recline and lumbar.
The 2010 Ford Fusion has trembled up the midsize, cut-throat segment when it was marketed last year bringing all new hybrid, which delivers superior fuel economy in America, unsurpassed four-cylinder gasoline fuel economy, more power, more luggage and passenger capacity than Toyota Camry, proven reliability and quality, class leading exclusive technologies like blind spot detection and warning system and Ford Sync. It now comes equipped with Electric Power Assist Steering system, improving its driving dynamics, while delivering greater fuel savings as the steering system is operated by electrical system instead of engine. In addition, EPAS offers customers with enhanced steering feel and reduced low-speed efforts.
2010 Hyundai Genesis
The 2010 Hyundai Genesis a great choice for premium luxury sedan and alternative to more established luxury saloon cars, with its powerful and smooth engines, spacious cabin, comfy ride, plethora of standard features, high safety scores, excellent value for money and generous warranty. Following the launch of rear wheel drive Genesis sport coupe, Hyundai Genesis is the company’s most dynamic performance car ever and second consecutive all-new model launch from Hyundai appealing directly to car enthusiast. Hyundai Genesis uses same flexible rear-wheel drive architecture originally designed for Genesis sport coupe.
2011 Hyundai Sonata
The 2011 Hyundai Sonata is powered by a direct injected four-cylinder 2.4 liter engine, which is good for cranking out 184 pound feet of torque and 198 horsepower. The engine is paired with six-speed manual transmission and accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in the time range of 8.2 seconds. The estimated fuel economy for Sonata is 24 mpg city, 35 mpg highway and 28 mpg in combined driving. All Sonata models come with standard safety features such as antilock brakes, stability and traction control, front head active restraints, front seat side impact airbags and side curtain full length airbags.
2010 Kia Sedona
The 2010 Kia Sedona is all about bang for the money, providing virtually all the safety, convenience and comfort features of its high performance rivals for lot less though. It offers comfortable seating capacity for seven passengers and is equipped with keyless entry, 16 inch steel wheels, air conditioning, full power accessories, second-row captain’s chairs, fold-down table between front seats, CD/MP3 stereo with satellite radio and USB/auxiliary audio input jack and cruise control. The LX also comes standard with ultrasonic rear parking assist.
Powering the 2010 Kia Sedona is a 3.8 liter V6 engine with maximum output of 253 pound feet of torque and 244 horsepower. The engine is mated to five-speed automatic transmission and goes from 0 to 60 mph in 9 seconds.
2010 Mazda 5
The 2010 Mazda 5 is a quit popular with families seeking superior functionality in a safe and compact package. It makes all this comfort and practicality even more appealing with plethora of optional and standard equipment such as affordable navigation system with large 14.7 cm touch screen monitor, integrated CD player + radio, iPod, iPhone and MP3 CD capability and handsfree Bluetooth audio control with external microphone. The 4 GB memory allows 99 percent coverage of Europe’s major markets including Russia using latest maps in 18 European languages.
2010 Nissan Versa
The 2010 Nissan Versa is one of the most practical cars in its segment with good fuel economy, spacious cabin with adult friendly rear seat, comfy ride, soft touch cabin surfaces, plenty of available comfort features and large trunk. Other available interior features include power windows with driver’s one-touch down, trip computer, remote trunk release lever, steering wheel mounted audio controls and speed-sensing auto door locks. Dual interior colors are available, Charcoal and Sandstone. For achieving new Nissan Versa’s upscale look, Nissan’s designers gave exterior shape a strong sense of volume with smooth silhouette and wide shoulder width. At front, it features new signature sedan grille design and jewel-like headlights of the company.
2010 Suzuki Kizashi
The 2010 Suzuki Kizashi is a whole new ballgame for the company and impressive, potential class leading entry in ultra-competitive midsize sedan class. It provides impressive European like cabin, excellent value, inspired handling, muscular engine, responsive continuously variable transmission and four-wheel drive system. It comes standard with keyless ignition and entry, 16-inch steel wheels, dual-zone automatic climate control, full power accessories, tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, nine-speaker stereo with USB port/iPod interface, satellite radio and CD player and height-adjustable driver seat.
2010 Suzuki SX4
The 2010 Suzuki SX4 certainly merits consideration, if you are in the market looking for affordable, all-weather saloon car or just looking for less expensive but feature packed and practical set of wheels. It offers low-cost All Wheel Drive System, airy interior, long engine warranty and navigation system. Suzuki SX4 is a unique car, which blends characteristics of sporty compacts exemplified by Swift, with those of lightweight sport utility vehicles like Grand Vitara for creating an exciting small car alternative.
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