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==Recent full-size cars==
==Recent full-size cars==
*[[Mercury Montego]]
*[[Mercury Montego]]
*[[Mercury Marauder]]
*[[Ford Five Hundred]]
*[[Ford Five Hundred]]
*[[Buick LeSabre]]
*[[Buick LeSabre]]
*[[Buick Park Avenue]]
*[[Buick Park Avenue]]
*[[Cadillac Deville]]
*[[Cadillac Deville]]
*[[Mercury Marauder]]
*[[Chrysler 300M]]
*[[Chrysler 300M]]
*[[Chrysler Concorde]]
*[[Chrysler Concorde]]
*[[Chrysler LHS]]
*[[Chrysler LHS]]
*[[Dodge Intrepid]]
*[[Dodge Intrepid]]
*[[Mitsubishi Diamante]]
*[[Oldsmobile Aurora]]
*[[Oldsmobile Aurora]]

Revision as of 23:38, 11 May 2007

Mercury Grand Marquis A Full-size Luxury Sedan

A full-size car is a marketing term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car. The American EPA uses "large car" to denote full-size cars.

Full-size is defined in measurement as greater than 120ft of interior volume. Previously, a wheelbase greater than (110 inches) was the criterion. The term first appeared in the early 1960's to define what also became known as "standard" size cars from the new compact and intermediate models then being introduced.

Due to the growing length of wheelbases among mid-size luxury sedan, however, the overall length of the vehicles has become another factor to take into account as well. Full-size cars should therefore also feature an overall length of more than 5m (197in).


Current full-size cars

A * denotes a car available with 6-passenger seating

Recent full-size cars