Manufacturers clearly haven’t dozed off from creating performance sedans that limbo beneath the radar – and hopefully fly under a highway patrol’s speed radar in the process.

These five brand new ‘sleeper’ sedans have within the last few months packaged startling performance with a chrome-trimmed exterior and luxury-laden interior, leaving no other driver on the road apparent to the traffic light drag-race potential that lies within.

Mercedes-amg e43
Holden Caliais V
Audi s8
Maserati quattroporte
Volvo s90