Over one week in September, and over a distance of more than 15,000 miles, our editors drove every new 2013 model under $80,000, as well as our returning winners, to bring you this year's 10Best.

The Nominees

Nominees consist of all-new cars, 2012 10best winners, cars that were not available for the 2012 competition, and those with significant updates. All cars must fall under our base-price cap of $80,000 and be on sale in January 2013.