2010 Redesigned Cars

By Chuck Giametta

What’s New for 2010 is your guide to more than 40 cars, SUVs, and crossovers that are all-new or significantly altered for model-year 2010.

We chart the changes, list prices and release dates, and tell you whether the new model is worth considering.  

• What’s New for 2010 gives you the lowdown on clean-sheet designs making their marketplace debut. Among them are the 2010 Acura ZDX and the 2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo; their daring rooflines and all-wheel drive blur distinctions between sport sedan and station wagon. The compact-car ranks gain a shapely new entry in the 2010 Kia Forte. And what will the high-performance crowd make of the 2010 Porsche Panamera, the first four-door sedan from the renowned sports-car company?


2010 Cadillac SRX

• Our roundup also covers all-new versions of cars with familiar names. The 2010 Buick LaCrosse, for example, is more graceful than any LaCrosse before it. And you’ve never seen a Ford Taurus as bold as the 2010 Ford Taurus or a Jaguar XJ as futuristic as the 2010 Jaguar XJ.
• Returning models with important updates get their due, too. A new engine transforms the 2010 Acura TSX V-6 into a BMW-baiter. And Ford’s Flex family crossover inhales a twin-turbo V-6 to become the 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost, a 355-horsepower seven-passenger dynamo.
• What’s New for 2010 includes all the new hybrids. The 2010 Honda Insight glides in to challenge the Toyota Prius. Lexus launches the world’s first dedicated hybrid luxury car with the 2010 Lexus HS250h. Most impressive of all might be the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid with a cutting-edge powertrain that creates a 41-mpg midsize sedan.

Note that the base prices we list include the manufacturer’s mandated destination fees, which typically range from $650-$900. There’s a world of fresh wheels about to hit the road, and Iguida’s What’s New for 2010 puts you in the driver’s seat.