That’s a bit harsh and you’re a douche. Great article, but I don’t get it, why don’t the pictures in the tiles don’t line up with the cars. doesnt makesense.

Which sentence are you referring to?

Hi Andy Milonakis,
   on page 11; he calls it an automatic transmission when he knows full well it is not.  It is clearly a manual transmission in a vehicle without enough room for clutch pedal linkage. 
He also tells us it has “substandard fuel economy”  when he is in complete knowledge that what he just wrote is exactly opposite of any reality or hallucination.  It has only the best non-hybrid and non-diesel economy in the USA for the last 5 years.

      Because his other articles are conveniently available for everyone to see,  it unfortunately becomes an inescapable and irrefutable fact that indeed he did not make an honest mistake.  He did know better, yet chose to MISINFORM. 

 Okay, I’ll spot you the “worst car on the road today” opinion, as that’s certainly debatable.

However, on fuel economy, I think a great deal depends on whose figures one accepts. The EU rates the smart fortwo at a combined city/highway fuel economy of 50 miles per (US) gallon, but the US EPA only rates it at a combined 36 miles per (US) gallon.

The Chevy Spark gets 34 and spots you two extra seats and less NVH in the bargain. Sure, it’s front-wheel drive, but other than that, is one MPG per extra seat too much of a sacrifice?

Can you people lay off? This whole line of discussion is absurd. While AutoGuide clearly would have escorted any other writer to the curb after such an egregious assault against the noble smart fortwo, Mr. Cole is a high-functioning mentally disabled person.

I for one (by the way “forone” would be a fantastic name for a smart brand motorcycle) think the fine folks at AG should be offered a hearty handclasp for taking one of society’s whimpering castoffs into their employ. Before Cole rose up the ranks here at everyone’s favorite automotive informational website log, you would not have been surprised to find him swabbing the terracotta tiles or accidentally knocking over your Mr. Pibb at the local Long John Silvers.

Making offputting Nazi references and calling an automated manual an “automatic”? These are not mere missteps or deliberate slights. This is the stuff of a disease-ravaged mind.

So folks, I implore you to stop all your hand wringing and instead tip your hats to AutoGuide for taking one for the team. Be happy that this fellow is in his basement playing at being a journalist instead of outside of his van offering passersby bites of his fish sticks.

P.S. – For all the hatred spewed haplessly by Cole and others about the smart transmission, I cannot bring myself to understand it. Having driven this four-wheeled wonder on multiple occasions, I find I quite like the sensation of a good sphincter clench, which is what happens each time you try to make a left turn through an intersection as the transmission pauses for a moment to shift into the next gear. Plus, my doctor tells me it’s good exercise for my heart. He’s a Ph. D. but still.

This would make sense if the Mazda5 were in the same class of car, as the Chevy Spark and the smart fortwo are.

Both the Spark and the smart fortwo are classified as city cars. The Mazda5 is an MPV.

 You don’t get to tell me what I meant to say. I said what I meant. I was comparing cars in the same class, regardless of drivetrain, and you weren’t. That the Spark is front-drive is immaterial for my comparison; it just means that the Spark didn’t qualify to be included in this article.

FYI, neither would the front-drive Mazda5 (also available in four-wheel drive, but not rear-drive).

So, snarkatus, please feel free to keep moving the goal posts, but you’re still going to fall short of the mark.

You remain wrong.

Scion IQ. 36 in town 37 on the highway. smart is 34/38. The IQ has 36.5 combined to smarts 36. Before you point out the smart has better highway MPG, lost of cars are rated at 38-40 on the highway. so no its not the best.

the  2013 Hyundai Elantra should be included with the most popular compact cars,much more reliable than the Caolla.

What a joke list. Waste of time reading it.

Honda S2000 oh yea u forgot about this powerhouse!

“Curiously named”? Instant loss of credibilty as a car person. Chevy has been badging their cars with the Super Sport logo, since they first sold the package on the 1961 Impala. The package was for ever linked with classic high performance Chevy V8 muscle cars like the Camaro, Chevelle, El Camino, Monte Carlo, and Nova and of course the Impala. Nazis? Ships? Are you serious? You might as well suggest that Ford’s Famous GT (Grand Turismo) badging might mean, Guatemalan Terrorist. That’s how stupid you sound. If you said that around a group car buffs, they shrug you off and ignore all your comments for the rest of the conversation. You sound like some chick, watching a football game and asking why the guys are all wearing helmets. “Where are they going? Space?” She’s the only one laughing, because she sounds dumb.