Consumer Guide Automotive places each vehicle into one of 18 classes based on size, price, and market position. Large Cars comprise the biggest passenger sedans and wagons. Large inside and out, they offer lots of metal for the money and are dominated by domestic brands.

Our Best Buys include Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, and Toyota Avalon. Our Recommended picks are the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable.

New for 2008 is the Pontiac G8.

The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable replace the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego, and both models have more power and have been restyled for 2008.

We hear a redesigned Amanti is coming for model-year 2009 or 2010 as a somewhat sportier, retrimmed sister of parent Hyundai's Azera. Kia hooked up with Hyundai before the Amanti was launched and the two companies began coordinating product lines. The current Amanti will thus be the last Kia with a platform unique to that brand.

The redesign should bow at about the same time as Hyundai's planned midsize rear-drive V8 sedan. Sources say Kia will offer a version of this new model with sportier lines, firmer suspension and perhaps a little more power.