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AI Brand Chart: Midsize sedans, latest edition 2026-w42

4 AI models, 90 buying scenarios, edition 2026-w42, data as of October 16, 2026.

Models chose on EPA specification facts only; purchase price, reliability and availability were not assessed.

Fast panel: the fast or small current models of each vendor, not the full flagship panel.

beta: intervals not small-sample calibrated

Tiers, not strict ranks

How to read this

A position is only the order of the estimates, and arrows show how that order moved since the last edition: brands in one tier cannot be told apart from its leader at 95% confidence, and each rank is an interval. Rails show the conditional pick share (among answers that picked a brand) in shortlists of 4 (chance is 25%).

Changed beyond noise: for this brand alone, the 95% interval of its share change excludes 0. Lineup or panel changes between editions can cause it too, and it is never a rank claim.

Display order since the last edition, not strict ranks. Moves without a badge are within the margin.

  1. 1NewHyundaiTier 1, rank 1 to 2New on the chart in this edition.60% (49%–71%)1 week
  2. 2NewToyotaTier 1, rank 1 to 3New on the chart in this edition.50% (39%–60%)1 week
  3. 3NewHondaTier 2, rank 2 to 5New on the chart in this edition.40% (29%–< 50%)1 week
  4. 4NewNissanTier 2, rank 3 to 7New on the chart in this edition.21% (13%–31%)1 week
  5. 5NewCadillacTier 2, rank 3 to 7New on the chart in this edition.18% (10%–27%)1 week
  6. 6NewAudiTier 3, rank 4 to 7New on the chart in this edition.17% (10%–25%)1 week
  7. 7NewKiaTier 3, rank 4 to 9New on the chart in this edition.14% (7%–22%)1 week
  8. 8NewSubaruTier 4, rank 7 to 9New on the chart in this edition.4% (2%–8%)1 week
  9. 9NewVolvoTier 4, rank 7 to 9New on the chart in this edition.3% (0%–8%)1 week