SUVs tightened their grip on drivers’ fancy in 2020, but the year only its mother could love also saw the arrival of some great new sedans.
The best are refreshingly affordable, making them particularly attractive as the average transaction price of a vehicle car climbs inexorably toward a record $40,000, according to TrueCar.
That’s counter to a cranky, but common, view that sedans are as dead as a New Year’s resolution on Jan. 2.
In fact, SUVs’ sales ascendancy may free or force, depending on your degree of cynicism automakers to make better cars.
“Fewer competitors can mean higher profitability for the cars that are left. That allows for more emotional design and profitability,” IHS senior analyst Stephanie Brinley said. In short, compact and midsize cars long derided as appliances and commodities may evolve into statements of personal style.