Hyundai ELANTRA

Hyundai is recalling more than 54,300 examples of its Elantra Hybrid sedan over an issue that increases the risk of a fire.

Value is on everyone’s mind these days, so we picked eight relatively affordable “dupe” vehicles that mirror the look and feel of a higher-end vehicle.

There are a variety of models with a rock-bottom base price, many of which also get good gas mileage — see our top 10 cheapest new cars on the market.

A total of seven models from five automakers still start at prices below $25,000, and all of them are cars or subcompact SUVs.

A low purchase price is only the start to finding a truly affordable car. Their spectacular fuel economy helps these 10 cars and SUVs keep operating costs in check.

Hyundai’s Elantra sedan adds an SEL Sport Premium trim for the 2026 model year and will start at $23,870 for the base SE trim.

After repeatedly topping the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s list of most stolen cars in recent years, the Dodge Charger has been replaced in the top 20 of this year’s study by another muscle car.

Two three-row SUVs — the redesigned Palisade and the all-new, all-electric Ioniq 9 — are Hyundai’s headliners for 2026, but most of the rest of the lineup sees updates, too.

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.

If you’d like to honor the manual-transmission gods with your next new car purchase, here’s every new car with a manual transmission currently for sale.