Our test vehicle stickered at $25,195, which is a reasonable price for German engineering, spot-on styling and a piece of the multi-generational Beetle mystique.
A few taps on the calculator reveal the average sticker price of this year’s 10 winners is $36,547. Most Americans buying luxury vehicles spend considerably more.
Range Rover’s latest looks as if it is dressed for a royal wedding, but its sticker price of $49,745 represents a clear bargain. It’s “an aesthetic and quality homerun,” notes one tester.
Hyundai’s interior stylists were given a long leash to incorporate flowing lines and tapered edges into an instrument panel that exudes warmth and achieves symmetry with a neatly configured center stack.