Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-10 · by Larry Printz Tribune News Service
The 2026 Genesis G90 sedan rolls into a world that has collectively lost its mind, swapping full-size luxury sedans for SUVs that are basically suburban tree houses on wheels.
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that → roll → wheels
And yet here comes the G90, sporting four doors, a trunk and enough leather to upholster a small yacht club.
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G90 → come → club
One can almost picture the rattling ghosts of Cadillac DeVilles, Lincoln Town Cars and Chrysler Imperials waving from their tufted-velour, shag-carpeted mausoleums.
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One → picture → mausoleums
It’s not that people stopped wanting a true full-size luxury sedan.
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people → ’ → sedan
Detroit just decided to pretend they did.
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they → decide → ?
The suits with spreadsheets in their eyes wrote off luxury sedans decades ago, figuring they could slap some leather on a pickup truck, call it an SUV, and charge you $10,000 extra for the privilege of sitting higher.
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they → write → privilege
They’ve been watching their once-great LS rot quietly in the corner, desperate to be sporty while looking like a half-melted Kabuki mask.
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LS → watch → mask
Turns out, a luxury car is supposed to be beautiful and comfortable, as well as competent.
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car → turn → ?
Who knew?
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Who → know → ?
Genesis did.
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Genesis → do → ?
It hasn’t lost its mind or its taste.
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It → lose → mind
Its designers and engineers remember that a proper luxury sedan is supposed to feel luxurious, not just look like you’ve got money.
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you → remember → money
The G90 is stately without ever tipping into pompous.
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G90 → tip → ?
Its exterior styling is a kind of restrained modernism filtered through an American sensibility.
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styling → filter → sensibility
It’s bold yet polite, muscular without looking like it bench-presses small buildings for fun.
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it → ’ → fun
It has a stunningly original presence.
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It → have → presence
Comparing it to Cadillac, Lincoln and Chrysler luxury sedans of old is instructive.
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Comparing → compare → old
Lincolns were like a comfortable club chair on wheels, and the Chrysler Imperial always tried to be a respected part of the club.
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Imperial → try → club
The Genesis G90 takes Cadillac’s styling bravado, Lincoln’s cushy serenity and Chrysler’s ambition and refines it through a European filter.
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G90 → take → filter
The result is something that could pass for an American-made European car without the attitude.
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that → pass → attitude
The test car was a high-end Prestige Black model, dressed in so much black trim it sullied its elegance much like a missing tooth ruins a supermodel’s smile.
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tooth → dress → smile
It’s proof that no amount of money can polish away bad taste.
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amount → ’ → taste
Climb inside, and Genesis delivers what Detroit used to before accountants doomed it to mediocrity.
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accountants → climb → mediocrity
Namely, leather that smells like a welcome hug, wood trim that reminds you that someone spent an afternoon sanding with care, and technology so sophisticated it can probably negotiate a real estate deal on your behalf.
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it → smell → behalf
Seats recline and massage, they adjust their temperature to keep you comfy.
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they → recline → you
The power doors close at the touch of a button, while rear sunshades indulge your wannabe celebrity status.
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sunshades → close → status
Meanwhile, the infotainment screen is big enough to qualify as a second windshield, but unlike some German counterparts, it doesn’t make you feel as if you’ve stepped into Times Square.
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you → qualify → Square
And it’s intuitive to use, unlike BMW and Mercedes-Benz, who strap a PhD in engineering to the driver’s seat and expect you to consult it before you tap it.
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you → ’ → it
Performance-wise, the G90 doesn’t humiliate its passengers, but it won’t embarrass its competitors either.
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it → humiliate → competitors
It’s fitted with a twin-turbocharged and supercharged 3.5-litre V-6 mild hybrid powertrain that delivers 409 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque through an eight-speed automatic transmission to all four wheels.
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that → fit → wheels
It accelerates like it knows that the speed limit exists only to be politely acknowledged.
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limit → accelerate → ?
Unlike a BMW, which will make you feel guilty for every mile-per-hour over 50, or a Mercedes-Benz, which will lecture you while your bladder protests, the Genesis simply glides forward with a nod and a wink.
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Genesis → make → nod
It’s not a BMW M5 in a suit, nor does it need to be.
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it → ’ → suit
It glides with the composure of a statesman, and in an era of potholes and unpredictable pedestrians, that’s a feat.
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that → glide → potholes
Passengers remain blissfully unaware of the city’s craters.
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Passengers → remain → craters
Fuel economy is unexceptional at 20 mpg, and it requires premium unleaded.
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it → require → unleaded
But no one buys a full-size luxury sedan to admire its fuel economy.
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one → buy → economy
Still, the hybrid option allows you to maintain the illusion that you care about the planet even as you thoroughly enjoy the V-6’s growl.
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you → allow → growl
In traffic jams, it does not rage.
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it → rage → jams
On the highway, it does not brag.
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it → brag → highway
…and 10 more, not listed.
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