If upscale features are more important to you than tight handling and a mainstream name, the XG350 is worth a look.
Classy interior materials, long list of standard features, low price, excellent warranty.
Flaccid handling, easily confused automatic transmission, dated styling.
Available XG350 Sedan Models
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Other than a few cosmetic enhancements, the XG350 remains largely unchanged for 2004. The front end was slightly reworked and projector-type foglights were added. The rear of the car looks slightly different as well -- the license plate is now housed in the rear deck lid rather than the bumper. Inside, the XG350 offers lighter tone wood grain trim, a new Infinity sound system and recessed child seat tethers. The only mechanical changes to the XG are larger front brake rotors and a trunk lid that is lifted by gas-charged struts rather than torsion bars. All XG350s now come with a full-size spare.
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