2012 Compact Cars
The compact and sub-compact segments have seen significant growth over the past few years as models like the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Nissan Sentra dominating our roads. More recently, strong contenders like the Hyundai Elantra, Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus have emerged. The all-new VW Jetta and Mazda3 also remain popular while the Subaru Impreza offers AWD. In the smaller set, top sellers include the Hyundai Accent, Nissan Versa, Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris. Strong new additions include the Mazda2 and Chevy Sonic, while an updated Rio has also recently been launched. On the more premium side are models like the MINI Cooper, VW Golf, Lexus CT200h, Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series.
Recent Compact Car Reviews
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2012 Chevrolet Volt Review [Video]
Impressive? Without question. But is the Chevrolet Volt that much better than a hybrid or an electric car; or even a hyper-efficient, and significantly cheaper, gas model?
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2012 Subaru Impreza Hatchback Review
Subaru continues in its quest to be more Toyota-like with the new Impreza, although many of its best features include brand staples like permanent all-wheel drive.
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2012 Nissan Leaf Review [Video]
AutoGuide Editor-in-Chief Colum Wood sets out to see what happens when you use an electric city car for an unintended purpose, namely, making the long-haul commute from the suburbs.
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2012 Ford Focus SEL Review
Far from being a bargain purchase, Ford’s new Focus hatchback costs a little extra, but is certainly worth it.
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2012 Audi A7 Review
Audi’s new A7 luxury sedan is beautiful to look at, sporty to drive and opulent to ride in. Oh, and it’s also a hatchback.
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2012 Mitsubishi i Review
The latest automaker to join the electric car category, Mitsubishi’s i EV is more spacious, more fun and more affordable than you’d expect.
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Chevy Volt Super Bowl Commercial is Out of this World Strange [Video]
You would think with all the damage control Chevrolet has to do after their share of bad press on the Volt that they would be able to come up with a better, more creative ad for this year’s Super Bowl. Nonetheless, Chevy will be presenting your run-of-the-mill commercial...-
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Honda Civic Ad from Europe Reminds Us that Ads Can Be Creative [Video]
With all the Super Bowl ads finding their way onto the Internet well ahead of the big game, we’ve already had our fair share of head...
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![Chevrolet Volt Ads Look to Rebuild Confidence in Electric Vehicle [Video]](http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/wp-content/uploads//2012/01/gm_volt_video_thumb.jpg)
Chevrolet Volt Ads Look to Rebuild Confidence in Electric Vehicle [Video]
GM has a long road ahead of them to rebuild consumer confidence in the Chevrolet Volt after months of negative press surrounding the fire...
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Suzuki Kizashi Super Bowl Commercial Revealed [Video]
Titled “Sled”, Suzuki will be showing off their all-wheel drive 2012 Kizashi sport sedan for this year’s Super Bowl commercial. The Kizashi is also the same vehicle Suzuki showed off in their Super Bowl ad last year, which was the company’s first ever. The...
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Peel, Worlds Smallest Car To Be Revived [Video]
While small cars have had a difficult time catching on in North America, it seems as if cars in the UK market could never be small enough. A group of businessmen in the United Kingdom decided to resurrect the Peel brand and are now taking orders for both the Trident and P50...
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Recent Compact Car News
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China Car Sales Drop 24 Percent in January
According to a statement by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China’s monthly sales of passenger-vehicles suffered its steepest decline in more than seven years due to a Lunar New Year holiday season hiatus that deprived dealers of a week´s worth of...
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Top 10 Best Selling Cars of All Time
The numbers are always changing and a new list of the Top 10 best-selling vehicles in history, compiled by 24/7 Wall St. has a new model on top. There are some surprises on the list, but for the most part it all makes sense. Whether they’ve been in production for a...
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Mopar Fiat 500 Stinger: 2012 Chicago Auto Show
Mopar is making an appearance at the Chicago Auto Show featuring four cars they’ve decked out with loads of visual goodies including the Mopar Fiat 500 “Stinger,” pictured above. Photos hit the media last week, along with the equipment list for the Stinger,...
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2012 Kia Optima SX Limited Might be Brands First Luxury Car: 2012 Chicago Auto Show
If you were able to keep your eyes off of Adriana Lima to acknowledge that there was indeed a car in Kia‘s Super Bowl ad, then you...
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Next Toyota Avalon Will Meet or Beat Fiat 500 33-MPG Rating
Last month, Toyota alluded to the possibility that an Avalon Hybrid was in the works, claiming that a car under development would have “more space than a BMW X5, faster than a Volkswagen TDI and higher MPG than a Fiat 500." And now we pretty much have confirmation that the...
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2013 Hyundai Elantra Touring to Bow at Chicago Auto Show
Recently the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Touring was spied testing in Canada, and it appears that the second generation of its Hyundai Elantra Touring model will make its American debut at the upcoming 2012 Chicago Auto Show. The new Elantra Touring won’t be the only Elantra...
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