USA Today Declares Hyundai Sonata As Best Sedan Under For $27K

The latest Cars.com/USA TODAY/MotorWeek vehicle Challenge evaluated the current field of moderately priced midsize sedans for the budget-conscious family. The goal: Find the best moderately priced midsize sedan a budget-conscious family can buy.

The entrants were strictly limited to $27,000 on the sticker, including destination fees, and also had to offer good gas mileage — a minimum government rating of 28 miles per gallon.

Ten sedans qualified and makers provided their pick for the most attractive version of their car for price. The cars were then scored in 11 categories as diverse as fuel economy, upholstery and driving feel.

cidflekken - 11/19/2014 3:42:34 PM

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Not sure it's such a coincidence that the order of finish almost goes in order of sales performance, from lowest to highest.

delan - 11/20/2014 11:24:53 PM

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Astute observation!!

knowitall1985 - 11/19/2014 4:03:13 PM

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What does USA today know about cars......

MDarringer - 11/19/2014 8:29:44 PM

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The Sonata is that good.

HughJass - 11/24/2014 8:51:46 PM

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@previewed,
Huge incentives are standard on Korean cars.
They probably also pay rental fleets to take their cars just so they can report volume back to the Korean gov't so they don't lose their secret subsidies that most Americans are too stupid to know exist.

HughJass - 11/24/2014 8:49:36 PM

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As mentioned above, the lower the rank, the more it blows sales out of the water.

Any publication that puts Hyundai #1 is questionable, especially when its pros/cons match several of the other contestants.

Hyundai probably left a suitcase full of cash in the trunk of their tester.