Mercedes-Benz E-Class).

Where the Genesis sedan clearly excels is in its highly crafted interior. With high-end materials such as butter-soft leather and exceptional fit and finish, the car is clearly an overachiever. The craftsmanship is easily the equal of cars costing $10,000 more. This is where comparing it to cars like the Buick LaCrosse and Ford Taurus clearly puts it in a class above, in spite of similar sticker prices (especially for six-cylinder-equipped models).

Once you get beyond looking for a button marked ENTER when initiating the touch-screen audio/navigation screen, the system is exceptionally intuitive to operate. (Hit ENTER by tapping the center-console-mounted rotary controller.) In one of my personal-test benchmarks, the car's integrated Bluetooth hands-free system interfaced readily with my Nexus One Android smartphone. A 250-mile round trip down to San Diego confirmed what I suspected, that the Genesis sedan was

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