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The Mercedes-Benz E-Class of midsized cars is an unusual case of what happens when a carmaker does both road-going (touring-class) and sports models really well. We had the chance to drive examples of both, for a week each.

Take a Rolls-Royce-like sedan, drop it on a pickup chassis, add in a VIP rear passenger area with limousine-like luxury, and pretend your clients are going to actually off-road the thing. You end up with ... something of a mess: the Aznom Palladium.

Nearly four years after we first became familiar with the term "Lucid Air," the production-ready sedan has debuted ahead of 2021 delivery. With space-optimized luxury and hypercar power on tap, the Lucid Air promises to be a sedan quite unlike any other.

Lexus has tweaked the fifth generation of its flagship luxury sedan, with new LS500 and LS500H hybrid models going on sale later this year. The tastiest tidbits include hands-off highway cruising, smart headlights and park assist.

The Kia Optima is out, and the Kia K5 is in. With the name change comes a whole new approach and attitude. Kia's most powerful midsize sedan ever borrows from the Stinger for a sporty makeover that greets the world with an absolutely angry glare.

It's been a decade since the turbocharged Type S lurked around Acura dealerships, but now it's back atop a new TLX sedan that brings a big injection of four-door coupe sportiness. Acura declares the new TLX its quickest, best-handling sedan ever.

By most accounts, the era of big sedans from Detroit is ending. Dodge didn’t get that memo, however, and has continued pouring excellence into the big Charger. This year, the GT model gets all-wheel drive and an 8-horsepower performance boost.

SUVs may be where the luxury market is at right now, but Genesis wants the world to know that the new G80 luxury sedan is how the company wants to represent itself. Aiming for "elegant athleticism," it's a pretty decent looking set of wheels.

The BMW 7 Series sedan has been the German carmaker’s flagship for the model’s entire existence. As the epitome of what BMW can do, the 7 carries with it an expansive interior, advanced technologies, and lots of power.

Volvo is known for safety, but consistently delivers some of the more well-designed luxury vehicles in the American market as well. With the 2020 S60, Volvo has found a sweet spot that combines luxury, safety, and daily driveability in a small sedan.

The midsized sedan segment may be fading, but the Subaru Legacy has been seriously revived. It looks far more compelling, has more power under its hood and a huge amount of tech beneath its premium level interior.

Toyota is adding all-wheel drive as a standalone option for both the Camry and the Avalon sedans. The AWD option will be offered in the North American market for the 2020-21 model years.