page_title: Full-size car
section_title: 2000s–present
hierarchical_section_title: Full-size car / History / 2000s–present
caption_attribution_description: 2005-2007 Toyota Avalon photographed in Kensington, Maryland, USA.
context_page_description: Full-size car— also known as large car — is a vehicle size class which originated in the United States and is used for cars larger than mid-size cars. It is the largest size class for cars.
  After World War II, the majority of full-size cars have used the sedan and station wagon body styles, however in recent years most full-size cars have been sedans. The highest-selling full-size car nameplate is the Chevrolet Impala, sold as a full-size car from 1958 to 1986, 1994 to 1996, and from 2000 to 2020.
context_section_description: By 2000, with the sole exception of the Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car, full-size cars had abandoned rear-wheel drive and body-on-frame construction.  Instead of model lineage, the EPA "large car" definition of over 120 interior cubic feet came into wide use.
  Initially developed for the midsize Oldsmobile Aurora, the GM G-body chassis was expanded into the full-size segment for Cadillac in 2000 (for the Deville, later the DTS) and adapted by Buick (the Lucerne) in 2006.  In 2005, Chrysler replaced the LH cars with the LX cars (returning to rear-wheel drive). The same year, Ford introduced the Five Hundred, its first front-wheel drive full-size car (the first American full-size car offered with all-wheel drive); in 2008, the Five Hundred was renamed the Taurus.  
  After the 2011 model year, Ford ended production of the Panther platform, shifting to the Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS; in 2017, the latter was replaced by the Lincoln Continental.  In 2011, General Motors ended production of the G-body for several chassis (with Cadillac later shifting its largest sedans to rear-wheel drive).  In 2012, the Tesla Model S became the first fully electric full-size car sold in North America.  For the 2013 model year, the Chevrolet Impala became the final American-market full-size sedan sold with a front bench seat. 
  By the mid-2010s, full-size cars began seeing a steep decline in sales in North America.  At the end of the decade, demand for sedans (of all sizes) shifted towards vehicles of other layouts, reducing or shuttering production of sedans entirely.  In 2018, Ford announced the sales of all Ford-branded passenger cars (except for the Mustang) would end in North America by 2022.  GM announced the closure of several manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada, with the production of the Chevrolet Impala and Buick LaCrosse ending in 2020.  As of 2019, full-size cars from Asian manufacturers include the Genesis G90, Kia K900, and Acura RLX.
caption: 2005-07 Toyota Avalon
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