2023 Subaru Crosstrek

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.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

The list of model-year 2023-24 cars with manual transmissions skews mostly to affordable models and those that are more enthusiast-oriented, but there’s still a decent range of choices.

After first testing a group of small SUVs, the agency put five small cars through the wringer of its updated moderate overlap front crash test.

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The list of 2022 cars with manual transmissions skews mostly to affordable models and those that are more enthusiast-oriented, but there’s still a decent range of choices.

The 2023 Crosstrek Special Edition shares most of its features with the Premium trim but stands out with an exclusive Desert Khaki paint color and dark gray 17-inch aluminum-alloy wheels.