Sports sedan

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A sports sedan is a type of sedan automobile that is designed to look and feel "sporty". Originally introduced into the market to allow car manufacturers to be permitted to enter cars in motorraces with extra modifications not normally permitted in return of having them homlogated and sold to the public, one of the earlier examples was the Lotus Cortina and the Nissan Skyline GT-R PGC10. Since then, when they are not required for homlogation, like its sports car counterpart, they have been used as well to serve as the 'flagship' image car of the company. Also known as a halo car For example.

Traditionally sports sedans have a manual transmission and tachometer in order to provide that "sports feel" and are rear wheel drive, have good handling characteristics, and adequate power. But because there is no designation for those with an automatic transmission or sporty front wheel drive sedans, front wheel drive sporty sedans can also be considered to be sports sedans (Ex. Acura TSX, Acura TL). The BMW M3 is often considered the bench mark car in this segment. Examples of sports sedans are the Audi S4/RS4, Cadillac CTS, Chrysler 300C SRT8, Mazdaspeed 6, Jetta GLI, and the Infiniti G35.

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