These cars and SUVs will be discontinued by 2023

If there are two words that can get the attention of eager shoppers, it’s “clearance sale.”

The auto industry traditionally celebrates each new model year in early fall, as shipments of shiny new models begin arriving at dealerships. Although ongoing industry supply and demand issues may limit a given dealer’s remaining stock as the 2022 model year draws to a close, shrewd shoppers should still be able to score some great deals on vehicles that are being discontinued. Usually, models are shut down on the corporate block due to a sharp decline in sales, but some valuable rides simply end up being victims of changing consumer preferences.

This year’s fleet of discontinued cars and SUVs range from the mild (98-hp Chevrolet Spark) to the wild (Acura’s 600-hp NSX), but you’ll have to act fast if you want one. lead one of these last-chance trips home before they’re all gone:

Acura ILX

The comfortable but otherwise bland ILX compact luxury sedan will be phased out for 2023. Although not officially its replacement, the new entry point in the Acura lineup will be the 2023 Integra, which is a much sportier model that revive a very dear person. nameplate from Acura’s 1986 US launch.

Acura NSX

The brand’s low-slung (and slow-selling) supercar is making its final run for 2022, with no replacement planned. This is the second time an NSX has received the axe, with the original iteration running from 1991-2005. It returned as an advanced hybrid speedster for 2017. The two-seater is bowing out with a limited-production Type S model that produces a combined 600 horsepower on gas/electric power.

Buick Encore

Built in South Korea, the Buick Encore subcompact reportedly won’t be returning to US shores next year. Sales have fallen since the introduction of the similarly-sized but more upscale Encore GX for 2020. Several sources indicate the Encore’s closely related Chevrolet Trax could either be dropped or replaced with a new model a year later.

Chevrolet Spark

Chevy’s smallest car, the Spark subcompact hatchback, will be sent packing this fall due to declining sales. Added to the lineup in 2013, the Spark remains among the least expensive cars sold in the U.S. at well under $15,000. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the least powerful rides on the road at a paltry 98 horsepower, not to mention one of the most basic, with roll-up windows coming standard. The aforementioned Trax SUV is expected to pick up the Spark’s lost sales.

Ford EcoSport

Imported from India starting with the 2018 model year to fill a gap in Ford’s SUV lineup, the smallest vehicle in Ford’s showrooms will reportedly be phased out of the U.S. market at the end of the current model year. As with most SUVs on this list, declining sales are in question, with buyers apparently losing interest in subcompact cars and SUVs.

Honda Insight

Is it possible that a nameplate can be overused, or perhaps cursed? The third electrified model in the last two decades to be called the Insight – currently a hybrid-powered sedan – will roll off the line at the end of the 2022 model year. It was originally a futuristic-looking two-door hybrid – the first in USA – sold from 1999-2006; it then returned as a gas/electric four-door compact hatchback from 2010-2014.

Hyundai Accent

Subcompact cars continue to be a dying breed, with the Accent being the latest victim. Hyundai expects its small Venue crossover SUV to absorb its modest sales volume.

Hyundai Ioniq

With the all-electric Ioniq already out for 2022, hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions are slated to disappear from Hyundai showrooms by 2023. However, the Ioniq name isn’t going away, instead being used for the automaker’s new The electric car sub-brand, with its initial entry, the Ioniq 5 compact crossover SUV already on sale.

Hyundai Veloster N

Hyundai ditched the more passive versions of the small and sporty Veloster lineup for 2022, and will finish the job by phasing out the high-performance 275-horsepower N version this fall.

Toyota Avalon

Toyota’s largest and most luxurious sedan that was once dubbed the “Japanese Buick” for its plush, lightweight nature will not return in 2023 after more than a quarter century in the US. generation Crown, which carries one of the brand’s oldest nameplates, although it hasn’t been used in a Toyota sold here since 1972.

Volkswagen cars

Debuting in the US for the 2011 model year to compete in the then midsize sedan segment, the Volkswagen Passat was something of a standout despite its spacious cabin and sporty nature. It’s bowing out this year by offering a Limited Edition model, with its place in VW’s lineup secured by the more expressively styled Arteon sedan.