10 Vehicles With Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
Here's how to get adaptive cruise and lane keeping on a budget.
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Between stop-and-go traffic and lane cutters, getting to work can be quite stressful. Manufacturers understand this problem and equip many vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), with technologies such as adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assistance to make commuting easier.
These ADAS technologies rely on radar, lidar, cameras, or a combination thereof to monitor the vehicle's placement in the lane and its distance behind another vehicle. Should you stray beyond a lane line or come up hot on another car, these sensors will signal the vehicle's computer to engage the steering system and/or brakes to correct the situation.
The good news is that this ADAS technology doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. We've rounded up 10 new cars with driver-assistance systems.
Volkswagen
2023 Volkswagen Taos: $27,000
The Volkswagen Taos compact crossover starts at a reasonable price and offers Volkswagen's IQ.Drive assistance features in the base model for an additional $995. The safety suite includes not only lane keeping (above 40 mph) and adaptive cruise control, but also blind-spot monitoring and forward- and rear-collision warnings with automatic emergency braking.
Subaru
2023 Subaru Crosstrek: $26,000
While the Crosstrek comes standard with a manual transmission, buyers who pony up for the continuously variable automatic — which costs about $1,400 on the base model — will receive Subaru EyeSight driver-assistance tech at no additional charge. That gives you adaptive cruise with lane keeping, plus automatic emergency braking to help mitigate a forward collision.
Hyundai
2023 Hyundai Sonata: $26,000
Adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist are standard on this midsize sedan, as is lane centering, wherein the Hyundai Sonata helps the driver stay in the middle of the lane by applying regular steering corrections. The top trims come with a more advanced adaptive cruise system called Highway Driving Assist; it improves on the standard tech by using the vehicle's GPS location and route information to automatically adjust the set speed when the limit changes.
Subaru
2023 Subaru Legacy: $26,000
Subaru EyeSight comes standard across the Legacy lineup, so even base-model buyers may enjoy the system's automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane-keeping tech.
Honda
2023 Honda HR-V: $25,000
The entry Honda HR-V gets the Honda Sensing suite, which includes adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist at high and low speeds (though Honda calls the low-speed system "traffic-jam assist"). It also brings forward-collision alert with automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning, and traffic-sign recognition.
Hyundai
2023 Hyundai Elantra: $25,000
The base Elantra gets lane-keeping and lane-centering assist, but buyers need to jump up to the mid-level SEL trim and add the $1,900 Convenience package to get adaptive cruise control. That package also improves upon the standard forward-collision avoidance system by looking out for cyclists and pedestrians.
Honda
2023 Honda Civic Hatchback: $25,000
The base Civic hatchback comes standard with the same Honda Sensing features as the HR-V.
Toyota
2023 Toyota Corolla Hatchback: $24,000
The Corolla hatch gets the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 suite, which includes adaptive cruise control; lane-keeping, lane-centering, and road-sign assist; a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection; and lane-departure alert.
Kia
2023 Kia Forte: $23,000
The Kia Forte provides standard lane keeping and lane centering. For adaptive cruise, you have to start with the mid-level GT-Line and select the $300 GT-Line Technology package.
Subaru
2023 Subaru Impreza: $22,000
Buyers can get an entry-level Impreza sedan with the aforementioned EyeSight tech as long as they shell out the extra $1,300 for the continuously variable automatic transmission.
All vehicle pricing includes MSRP plus destination charges (set at the time of publication), and will be rounded to the nearest thousand.
