Hatchback

The iconic British brand Mini has a long history, both in the U.S. and across the pond.

The 2025 Toyota GR Corolla comes out of the box with moderately track-focused brakes, tires and a configurable all-wheel-drive system, but we’d recommend the manual transmission over the new automatic.

Following its regular hybrid counterpart, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid (which until 2025 was known as the Prius Prime) gets a Nightshade Edition for 2026.

With the current generation of the Prius entering its fourth model year, the Prius is unchanged for 2026 and starts at $29,745 (including destination).

The Hyundai Elantra and Sonata, Kia K4, Nissan Murano, and Toyota bZ4X and Prius all won the IIHS’s highest Top Safety Pick+ award for the 2025 model year.

Volkswagen is making relatively few changes to its lineup for 2026, with the biggest news being the new fifth-generation engine powering the 2026 Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo.

Mazda is recalling more than 171,400 Mazda3 and CX-30 vehicles over an issue with the airbag sensor.

With every model having recently been redesigned, Mini is on a cooldown lap of sorts, with only minor updates for the 2026 model year.

With so many hybrid vehicle choices on the market and more coming, these are the best 2025 hybrids for the money.

If you’re looking for a little more visual flair on a practical Toyota Corolla Hatchback, you may want to look for one of the limited-edition FX Edition variants.