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The Hyundai Elantra sedan was redesigned in 2021 to good effect, with smart styling and a good enough interior for the price point. This year, Hyundai has added a performance-oriented N model, boasting a turbocharged engine and suspension upgrades.

Dressed as it's named, the deep-blue Lucid Air Sapphire aims to be known as the world's first "fully electric luxury super-sports sedan." It combines Lucid's roomy sedan architecture with a 1,200-hp triple-motor powertrain for a sub-2-second 0-60.

The dramatically swoopy Hyundai Ioniq 6 shows that it's more than just a streamliner-inspired 0.21 drag coefficient. It's also a highly efficient electric sedan capable of 379 miles of range, 18-minute charging and lively 321-hp AWD driving.

Subaru has finally begun producing the 5th generation of the WRX sport sedan. One of the most popular cars in Subaru’s lineup, the WRX divides opinion every time it sees changes ... and love it or hate it, this new-gen WRX is no different.

If Toyota is known for anything, it’s hybrids. The Prius is synonymous with the term and Toyota has more hybrids than any other automaker. The Corolla Hybrid is a step up from the Prius in terms of style and interior appeal, but that step is subjective.

Subaru has unveiled the fifth generation of the rally-born WRX. With the new redesign comes more power, a performance-oriented transmission, and more technology. And for those wondering, no, they have not nixed the manual transmission.

Kia has dropped the Optima and replaced it with the K5, a more sport-themed design. The K5 is, for all intents, a “new” Optima in that it has an all-new design, but takes lots of cues from the outgoing model ... at a decent price.

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class of midsized cars is an unusual case of what happens when a carmaker does both road-going (touring-class) and sports models really well. We had the chance to drive examples of both, for a week each.

Take a Rolls-Royce-like sedan, drop it on a pickup chassis, add in a VIP rear passenger area with limousine-like luxury, and pretend your clients are going to actually off-road the thing. You end up with ... something of a mess: the Aznom Palladium.

Nearly four years after we first became familiar with the term "Lucid Air," the production-ready sedan has debuted ahead of 2021 delivery. With space-optimized luxury and hypercar power on tap, the Lucid Air promises to be a sedan quite unlike any other.

Lexus has tweaked the fifth generation of its flagship luxury sedan, with new LS500 and LS500H hybrid models going on sale later this year. The tastiest tidbits include hands-off highway cruising, smart headlights and park assist.

The Kia Optima is out, and the Kia K5 is in. With the name change comes a whole new approach and attitude. Kia's most powerful midsize sedan ever borrows from the Stinger for a sporty makeover that greets the world with an absolutely angry glare.