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Check out a few options for new-car deals among our 2021 American-Made Index’s 45 top-ranked vehicles.

With results directly comparable to those of the 2020 American-Made Index, the 2021 study ranks 90 vehicles through the same five major criteria: assembly location, parts content, engine origins, transmission origins and U.S. manufacturing workforce.

Of the 344 models sold in the U.S for the 2021 model year, there are 223 that aren’t assembled in the U.S. at all.

Cars.com’s 2021 American-Made Index ranks 90 vehicles, from entry-level sedans to highfalutin’ luxury SUVs — see this year’s study segmented by vehicle class.

Apart from the considerable styling differentiation and modest drivability tweaks, the 2021 Toyota Highlander XSE remains a Highlander, for better and for worse.

We ranked the top 10 best SUVs for towing for 2020 by advertised maximum trailer ratings, but not all capacities are equal.

Sky-high fuel efficiency with front- or all-wheel drive remains the main draw for the 2021 version of Toyota’s iconic Prius hybrid, even as the aging current generation grows less competitive in other ways.

Amid an ongoing shortage of microchips affecting the auto industry, Stellantis will idle production at a plant that builds the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager minivans for the U.S. market.

Ford announced March 18 that it would build F-150 pickup trucks without certain parts and hold them for weeks before shipping the trucks to dealers when the parts arrive.

Fourteen models offer a convertible body style with AWD or 4WD for the 2021 model year.