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Size matters: The best large cars

These full-size cars are big, roomy and made for tall folk with long legs or anyone who likes some extra spaciousness with great features

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The Toyota Avalon

Toyota

If you’re shopping for a car and want more space than a midsize sedan offers, a large car (also called full-size) might be what you need. What’s the best large car for you? Below are Autotrader’s highest-rated large cars.

1. 2020 Toyota Avalon 

Score: 4.5 / 5 

$36,830

The Toyota TM, -0.09% Avalon is the company’s flagship sedan. As such, it offers a smooth, comfortable ride and a roomy interior. This sedan also offers plenty of luxury, making the Avalon as close to a Lexus as you can get without Lexus prices. Another big plus is the Avalon’s hybrid option, which provides fuel economy of 43 mpg around town and 44 mpg on the highway. 

2. 2020 Chevrolet Impala 

Score: 4.5/5 

$32,495

The Chevy Impala

Chevrolet

This is the swan song for the Impala, as 2020 is its last model year. The 2020 Chevrolet Impala is a reasonably priced full-size sedan that has an impressive list of standard and available features. It comes standard with a robust V-6 engine, and gets high marks when it comes to resale value and reliability.  

3. 2020 Chrysler 300 

Score: 4.0/5 

$31,535

The Chrysler 300

Chrysler

The Chrysler 300 is a throwback in many ways, and we love that about it. Its retro-cool styling continues to turn heads. The spacious interior of this large sedan is more comfortable because of the 300’s smooth ride. There is no shortage of attitude here, from its available 363-horsepower V8 to its bold S appearance package. 

4. 2020 Kia Cadenza 

Score: 3.9/5

$38,885

The Kia Cadenza

KIA

If you’re looking for premium amenities in a car that costs less than $40,000, there’s the Kia Cadenza. It has been refreshed for 2020 with updated styling and more standard features. The interior is more upscale and modern than before, with the addition of a 12.3-inch touch screen and an all-new dash and instrument cluster. And even your tallest friends will be impressed by the Cadenza’s rear-seat legroom. 

5. 2020 Nissan Maxima 

Score: 3.9/5 

$35,375

The Nissan NSANY, -2.34% Maxima, the company’s largest sedan, mixes sportiness with style in this full-size model. While some large sedans lean toward being sedate and conservative, the Maxima has more attitude than other models in its competitive set. For the sportiest model, look to the SR, which adds paddle shifters and a sport-tuned suspension. The Maxima does have its safe side, however, with the company’s Safety Shield 360 suite of safety features coming standard on every model. 

6. 2020 Dodge Charger

Score: 3.7/5 

$31,390

The Dodge Charger

Dodge

The 2020 Dodge Charger is the high-performance muscle car in the large car segment. While value shoppers can look to the base V6 as a mainstream option, buyers who want a shot of adrenaline have plenty of potent choices. There’s the R/T with a 370-horsepower V8, a 485-horsepower V8 in the Scat Pack, or the Charger Hellcat, with 707 horsepower. Performance aside, the Uconnect infotainment system is one of the best on the market, and there are plenty of safety and convenience features that come standard.

This story originally ran on Autotrader.com.